Engineer Sr

Pay Grade

17

Position Summary

The Engineer Sr position holds the responsibility for the safe, reliable, and economic round-the-clock operation of the generation, electric transmission, and distribution systems. Duties include Engineering responsibilities for the design, construction, maintenance, and operation activities of our power plants, transmission lines, substations, distribution system, gas systems, control centers and others. These Engineering duties may include continuous monitoring and balancing of energy flow and responding to system disturbances, along with all generation, distribution, and transmission activities that provide electric and gas services to customers.

Tasks And Responsibilities

• Attends seminars, continuing education opportunities for professional development
• Exhibits the highest level of engineering judgment/technical expertise and may include limited supervisor responsibilities
• Decisions may have significant impact on timeline, cost, safety, or reliability
• Coaches and mentors junior engineers
• Ensures the on-time, on-budget quality delivery of projects
• Deals with content that is substantially complex with diverse issues and problems
• Assignments are typically in the form of broad goals or areas of responsibility
• Provides demonstrated ability to train other engineers on technical issues related to the research, design, development, testing and analysis of engineering assignments
• Provides input and/or assists with the review and evaluation of lower level personnel
• Signs and seals required own engineering work and engineering work by staff under his/her oversight
• Performs other project and process improvement initiatives as assigned

Minimum Skills

Minimum Knowledge and Abilities

Comprehensive engineering experience

Ability to effectively oversee design work of employees and contractors

Technical expert on engineering principles, practices and procedures of varied fields

Ability to oversee major engineering projects, programs and or initiatives with minimal supervision

Effective communication skills focused on understanding customer needs and developing resolution

Strong people skills, with bias for a collaborative working style

Ability to work call duty and occasional unscheduled work in the evenings, weekends, or holidays after experience level permits

Ability to travel occasionally, to off-site work, to seminars, manufacturing plant inspections, etc.

Proficient in Microsoft Office Package, including word processing, spreadsheets, database, presentation software, electronic mail and scheduling

Texas Professional Engineer (PE) certification.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree from an accredited university

Competencies

Manages Ambiguity

Collaborates

Communicates Effectively

Drives Vision and Purpose

Drive for Results

Minimum Education

Bachelors of Science degree in Engineering or related field from an an ABET accredited four-year college or university

Required Certifications

Working Environment

Work is performed both indoors and outdoors. Operating computer, manual dexterity, talking, hearing, and repetitive motion. Use of personal computing equipment, telephone, multi-functioning printer and calculator.

Employee may potentially be exposed to hazardous chemicals, wet or humid conditions, outdoor weather, noisy and dusty environment.

Ability to travel to and from meetings, training sessions or other business-related events. After hours work may be required.

Physical Demands

Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.

Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking & standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.