Engineer II/III/Principal Engineer – Distribution Lines

Description

• Develops technical expertise on the design of Overhead and Underground distribution lines including expertise in associated equipment such as transformers, protection devices, disconnect switches, underground secondary networks, vaults and manholes, and power line structural components (poles, guying, crossarms, mounting hardware, etc..)
• Takes initiative to continually expand and improve technical and business skills.
• Oversees contract engineers and coordinates engineering activities across multiple engineering disciplines, work groups, and external stakeholders; including but not limited to: Project Management, Standards, Substations, Protection, Surveying and Right-of-Way, Foreign Utilities, and PennDOT. Builds relationships that will facilitate knowledge transfer, cross functional knowledge of related work groups, and ability to present work products effectively.
• Assists in a variety of topics which include developing innovative procedures, improved design recommendations and new or better equipment purchase recommendations.
• Periodic travel within PA and occasional travel to RI/KY to support projects. Travel will also entail attending conferences and conducting benchmarking.
• Performs engineering work on PPL’s distribution lines. Assists in the work on smaller engineering projects or well-defined areas of larger projects. Uses procedures to investigate, evaluate, and assist in producing technically correct and cost-effective designs and recommendations that solve ongoing problems.
• Provides engineering expertise and technical support during the planning and construction phases of large, complex overhead and underground distribution line design projects.
• Gathers and correlates basic engineering data using well defined engineering procedures, which may include routine and diagnostic testing of components and systems, and engineering studies.
• Works under supervision in the field and/or home office in a variety of functions and challenging but structured work that develops competencies in the function/discipline.
• Support enterprise-wide (PA/RI/KY) tasks, and initiatives as needed.
• Lead and support assigned projects for Rhode Island Electric (RIE) and PPL Electric Utilities (PPL EU)

Requirements

• ABET Accredited bachelor’s degree in engineering or engineering technology plus 10 years of engineering experience, or a master’s degree in engineering plus 8 years of engineering experience, or a PhD in Engineering plus 7 years of engineering experience. Utility system operator experience will be counted as engineering experience for this position.
• ABET Accredited bachelor’s degree in engineering or engineering technology plus 2 years of engineering experience. Utility system operator experience will also be counted as engineering experience.
• ABET Accredited bachelor’s degree in engineering or engineering technology plus 5 years of engineering experience, or a master’s degree in engineering plus 3 years of engineering experience, or a PhD in Engineering plus 2 years of engineering experience. Utility system operator experience will also be counted as engineering experience.
• ABET Accredited bachelor’s degree in engineering or engineering technology.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance