Engineer - T&D

Iberdrola • FULL_TIME • Orange, Connecticut • 3w ago

Engineer - T&D

Job Title: Engineer - T&D

Work type: Office

AWESOME BENEFITS + RELOCATION + SIGN ON BONUS

Job Summary:
The engineer will review, analyze, and coordinate moderate to complex planned construction projects, maintenance requirements and responses to system disturbances related to the operation of the Transmission & Distribution (T&D) System. Approve planned outages and clearance requests. Coordinate work with other departments within UI and other outside system operators (e.g., ISO, CONVEX, NUSCO). Work is to be completed with minimal guidance. The incumbent must be available for on-call, as necessary.

Responsibilities

Perform moderately complex system analyses, design and calculations using std methodology & principles & other viable approaches.
Develop alternate methods or design concepts to resolve problems or to improve processes/services.
Solves moderately complex system operating problems. Take a new perspective on established solutions.
Prepare, maintain, and understand drawings (e.g., schematics, one-line diagrams). Develop and specify equipment, assemble documents and other requirements for assignments of moderate to complex level of difficulty.
Represent Operate Electric System (OES) on assigned project teams.
Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience and provide guidance to other team members on OES issues.
Guide or mentor others. Provides expertise to operators, dispatchers, engineers & consultants.
Interprets & make recommendations with respect to customer & stakeholder needs.
Explains difficult issues & works to establish consensus.
Promotes cross functional teamwork on assigned tasks and projects. Assist in guiding and mentoring engineers in OES.
Provides direction for resources outside of the department.
Works independently to address std & non-std system operating situations.
Apply design stds., industry codes, design criteria, guidelines & UI polices/procedures.
Interprets processes and standards related to OES.
Recommend solutions and best practices for standard and non-standard situations.
Represents OES on projects, task forces and studies.
Develop business cases & manage small projects/processes/initiatives or teams in accordance with applicable UI guidelines.
Coordinate phases of OES work for assigned portions of a project/program.
Plan, schedule, monitor, control budget/estimates, for assigned tasks and/or projects.
Possess in-depth experience, knowledge and skills in distribution design and operations, along with related business practices and procedures.
Able to explain difficult issues and work to establish consensus.
Able to work in a cross-functional team and guide or mentor other team members.

Note: The above Key Responsibilities/Duties are not intended to be all inclusive. Employees in this position may be required to perform other related aspects of the job not listed above or listed under Purpose/Major Objectives as assigned by the supervisor.

Behavioral Competencies

Develop self & others
Empower to grow
Collaborate and share
Be a role model
Focus to achieve results
Be agile

Skills and Requirements

Technical Skills/Competencies
Theoretical Engineering knowledge - Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Analytic, modeling & Calculation, understanding the business model; Global View of the Business.

Education & Experience Required:
BS/BA Degree Experience: Requires a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited college/university plus 2-5+ years’ experience performing engineering duties or an A.S. Electrical Engineering degree from an ABET accredited university plus 9 years’ experience in Engineering with UI Engineering Training Curriculum or equivalent is required.

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