Electric Distribution Design Engineer at The Planet Group

Pay: $80-90/hr

Overview

?This role works with a cross-functional team of design technicians, design engineers, union represented craft employees, contract construction resources, schedulers, suppliers, and interfaces frequently with customers.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide engineering support in electric distribution operations, maintenance and construction
• Perform engineering calculations, analysis, research and design.
• Coordinate with developers and customers to evaluate requests for new electric service and develop electric distribution designs to install electric infrastructure to provide customers with power.
• Coordinate the procurement of all material to construct projects.
• Evaluate designs for permit needs and apply for and manage permit process throughout project lifecycle.
• Interface with construction resources to coordinate construction scheduling
• Manage projects throughout construction and serve as a resource for construction crews as questions arise.
• Perform engineering as-builts once construction is complete. Update drawings and associated applications to ensure accurate modeling of the electric distributions system.
• Post material used during the course of construction and manage inventory quantities.

Top Required Skills

• Ability to work and develop rapport with all levels of management and staff
• Ability to lead, collaborate, or work effectively in a variety of teams, including multi-disciplinary teams
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including interpersonal, facilitation, and presentation capabilities
• Ability to develop, manage and monitor project performance to ensure results meet project requirements, budgets, and schedules.
• Ability to manage project risk through collaboration with the project team, station stakeholders, suppliers, and executive leadership.
• Ability to coordinate the resolution of technical problems and implement changes.
• Experience managing construction projects involving technical engineering

Nice to Have Skills:

• Engineering or technical design background preferred.
• Project management from design through construction preferred.
• Experience managing a full lifecycle project from design to construction through to completion
• Experience interacting with customers in the course of developing a design and then coordinating construction impacts with those customers once design goes to construction.

Soft Skills:

• Strong communication skills both verbal and written
• Ability to lead, collaborate, or work effectively in a variety of teams, including multi-disciplinary teams

Years of Experience:

• 5+ years of directly related industry experience in the field of construction or engineering

Education:

• Bachelor Degree or an equivalent combination of education and demonstrated related experience may be accepted in lieu of preferred level of education
• Other Education: Engineering, Engineering Technology, Construction Management

Industry Experience

• Candidate must have utilities industry experience