About the role

  • Electric Distribution Engineer involved in planning, design, construction, and maintenance of the electric distribution system. Ensures efficient operation and reliability by managing area projects and analyzing distribution performance.

Responsibilities

  • Submits long term and short-term reconstruction, capacity and reliability plan recommendations
  • Manages projects within their local area of $100,000 or less
  • Reviews and recommends job estimates within DPA for capacity and reliability
  • Monitors area substation and circuit capabilities and track corresponding loads
  • Prepares proposals, including justification, for appropriate corrective actions to address deficiencies found
  • Performs planning studies to correctly model the electric distribution system
  • Works with Mapping to ensure discrepancies are corrected in associated records system
  • Analyzes historical loads and project future growth
  • Prepares long term and short-term plans to identify and correct area deficiencies
  • Prepares draft Preliminary Planning Reviews (PPR’s)
  • Identifies alternatives to address deficiencies for Project Analysis (PA’s)
  • Reviews and analyzes area distribution systems
  • Takes appropriate actions to maintain power factor and primary voltage within established standards
  • Determines circuit and associated equipment capabilities within the assigned DPA
  • Prepares and initiates switching plans to alleviate normal and minimize emergency deficiencies
  • Prepares necessary documentation about distribution needs for estimating to complete job packages
  • Prepares settings for load tap changers and other line equipment
  • Reviews requests for new large customer load additions or increases in voltage and recommend actions to correct deficiencies
  • Provides direction and reviews primary designs proposed by estimating
  • Prepares settings for distribution protective devices
  • Performs circuit protection reviews and makes recommendations for corrections
  • Determines protection requirements for rule 20, WRO projects and other major distribution projects
  • Prepares settings for Distribution Automation (DA) devices affecting distribution protection, voltage or emergency switching
  • Initiates service dependability solutions
  • Actively participates in local reliability / root cause meetings
  • Works closely with construction to prioritize outage prevention work

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from a college/university program accredited by Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET)
  • Power system engineering
  • Basic Microsoft Office skills
  • CYME experience
  • Python Scripting experience

Job title

Associate Electric Distribution Engineer

Job type

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

$95,172 - $142,956 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

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