Substation Standards-Principal Engineer, Salt Lake City, UT #112594
Company: PacifiCorp
Location: Salt Lake City
Posted on: February 21, 2025
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Job Description:
Substation Standards-Principal Engineer, Salt Lake City, UT
#112594
Date: Jan 29, 2025
Location: SALT LAKE CITY, UT, US, 84116
Company: PacifiCorp
JOIN OUR TEAMPacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to
grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service
excellence, environmental sustainability and diversity, equity and
inclusion.General PurposeProvides technical leadership on the most
complex and business critical engineering projects. Facilitates
internal training for engineers and technicians. Develops
presentations for senior management and recommends and implements
changes to benefit the company. Develops engineering studies,
plans, specifications, calculations, evaluations, design documents,
and performance assessments associated with the planning, design,
licensing, construction, operation, and maintenance of the
Company's generation, transmission, distribution,
telecommunication, or other utility
facilities/systems.Responsibilities--- Support procurement in
efforts to increase material redundancy and resolve material
shortages.
--- Collaborate directly with suppliers to foster strong business
relationships.
--- Evaluate suppliers' ability to manufacture material effectively
and reliably.
--- Review manufacturer drawings to ensure that they conform to
internal specifications and standards.
--- Develop and maintain publications describing material, material
specifications and installation of material.
--- Ensure that all publications and materials comply with all
applicable federal, state, and governing body (e.g. NESC)
regulations and requirements.
--- Lead or assist in investigations into equipment failures,
ensuring root causes are identified and necessary corrective
actions are implemented to prevent future failures.
--- Pursue, analyze, pilot, and review new technologies for the
purpose of cost reduction, reliability improvement and wildfire
mitigation.
--- Provide field support to address issues related to equipment,
standards, and compliance.
--- Collaborate with field teams to resolve technical challenges
and ensure safe and efficient operation.
--- Review joint use applications, pole sizing requests.
--- Provide recommendations for the use of material based on
specific applications.Requirements for the position, at Engineer I
level, include the following:--- Bachelor's degree in engineering
from an accredited college/university.
--- Understanding of the role of governing body rules, regulations,
and requirements in engineering standards.
--- Understanding of the benefit of recognizing material failure
modes and their detection.
--- A fundamental understanding of civil, , transmission, and
distribution system layouts, including their key constituent
components.
--- Understanding the role of troubleshooting distribution,
transmission outages, with respect to material failures.
--- Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills involving
the ability to work cross-functionally to understand requirements,
present alternatives, and recommendations.
--- Demonstrated ability to communicate technical information
effectively to a group of peers.
--- Demonstrated ability to remain calm in potentially charged
conversations.
--- Demonstrated ability to successfully research information not
currently existing in organization.
--- Fundamental understanding of wildfire mitigation technologies,
strategies, and solutions.
Additional Requirements for Engineer II level, include the
following:--- Demonstrated ability to find effective solutions to
problems.
--- Fundamental understanding of pertinent governing body rules,
regulations, and requirements like NESC, GO 95, IEEE, ASTM, ASCE,
as they relate to material, material installation, and
procedures.
--- Ability to identify material failure modes in 25% of the
material in area of responsibility and how to detect them, both
before and after failure.
--- A minimum of two years of experience in designing transmission,
and distribution systems, or related professional experience.
--- A minimum of two years of experience applying troubleshooting
techniques to address material-related distribution, transmission
outages.
--- Ability to communicate technical information effectively and
persuasively to larger internal groups.
--- A minimum of two years of experience in designing with, or the
use of, wildfire mitigation technologies, strategies, and
solutions.RequirementsAdditional Requirements for Senior Engineer
level, include the following:--- Ability to research and
efficiently identify applicable governing body rules, regulations,
and requirements such as NESC, GO 95, IEEE, ASTM, ASCE, as they
relate to material, material installation, and procedures.
--- Ability to identify material failure modes in 50% of the
material in area of responsibility and how to detect them, both
before and after failure.
--- A minimum of four years of experience in designing
transmission, and distribution systems, or related professional
experience.
--- A minimum of four years of experience applying troubleshooting
techniques to address material-related distribution, transmission
outages.
--- Ability to communicate technical information effectively and
persuasively in presentation format to larger external groups,
including people with a less technical background.
--- A minimum of four years of experience in designing with, or the
use of, wildfire mitigation technologies, strategies, and
solutions.
Additional Requirements for Senior II Engineer level, include the
following:--- Ability to competently identify and interpret
applicable governing body rules, regulations, and requirements such
as NESC, GO 95, IEEE, ASTM, ASCE, as they relate to material,
material installation, and procedures.
--- Ability to identify material failure modes in 75% of the
material in area of responsibility and how to detect them, both
before and after failure.
--- A minimum of six years of experience in designing transmission,
and distribution systems, or related professional experience.
--- A minimum of six years of experience applying troubleshooting
techniques to address material-related distribution, transmission
outages.
--- Ability to communicate technical information effectively and
persuasively to company executives.
--- A minimum of six years of experience in designing with, or the
use of wildfire mitigation technologies, strategies, and
solutions.--- A minimum of 10 years industry experience as a
practicing engineer, including experience performing highly
technical work of a specialized nature.--- Professional Engineering
(PE) license strongly preferred; may be required based upon
role.
--- Project management and leadership skills including the ability
to work as a team member, maintain project timelines, budgets, and
deliver on commitments.
--- Ability to perform effectively in high-pressure situations
while maintaining focus and calmness.
--- Highest level of communication and interpersonal skills
involving the ability to work cross-functionally to understand
requirements, present alternatives, and recommendations.
--- Proficient with the use of personal computers and automated
tools.
--- Expert knowledge and application of principles in area of
engineering specialty. Understanding of the Company's business and
relevant policies, procedures, and practices.
--- Knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local laws
regulations and electrical codes.Preferences
Company Code: Pacificorp
Primary Location: SALT LAKE CITY
Department: Power Delivery
Schedule: Days
Personnel Subarea: Exempt
Hiring Range: $119,400-$168,500 This position is eligible for an
annual discretionary performance incentive bonus of up to 15.00% of
salary. Benefits: Health care, retirement, paid time off, tuition
assistance, paid short-term and long-term disability, paid
bereavement leave. For more information, please visit:
https://careers.pacificorp.com/content/New-Benefits-Page/?locale=en_US
Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the
position with or without an accommodation. At PacifiCorp, we
celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion. PacifiCorp is proud to
be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will
receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry,
citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including
gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual
orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability,
medical condition, veteran or military status, familial or parental
status, marital status or any other category protected by
applicable local, state or U.S. federal law. Unless otherwise
required by law, all offers of employment are contingent upon the
successful completion of a background check and drug screening
including for marijuana. While marijuana is legal in several
states, including Oregon, a positive test for positions in Oregon
may disqualify a candidate. The company complies with the laws of
Washington and California and only obtains and considers positive
tests for marijuana in safety-sensitive positions or those covered
by U.S. Department of Transportation regulations.
Career Segment: Power Systems, Construction, Compliance,
Procurement, Equity, Energy, Engineering, Legal, Operations,
Finance
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