Senior Engineer- Climate Resiliency Planning

Description

• Identifies potential areas of weakness with assigned work and initiates corrective action.
• Plans and develops project budgets with appropriate documentation.
• Plans, schedules and coordinates the work of engineering and other cross-functional resources to meet corporate climate resiliency objectives and priorities.
• Documents and shares work with others to strengthen the depth and breadth of skills within PSE’s engineering workforce.
• Ensures compliance with codes, standards, and design, operation, and maintenance requirements.
• Supports emergency response work as requested including immediate and extended restoration efforts driven by weather and other system failures.
• Interprets and/or modifies available guidelines to assess resiliency of the energy delivery system and align them with mitigation strategies for reducing hazards associated with climate change.
• Communicates solutions to personnel possessing a wide variety of educational and employment backgrounds, including in public forums in both verbal and written forms.
• Prepares cost estimates and project evaluations without direct supervision.
• Prepares complex designs, standards, studies to assess and mitigate the impacts of temperature, sea-level rise, precipitation, wildfire and cascading events on the transmission and distribution energy delivery system.
• Provides a detailed design review of internal or external technical documents.
• Coordinates and supports execution of corporate strategies to mitigate climate-related hazards to the transmission and distribution system over intermediate and long-term timeframes.

Requirements

• Knowledge of engineering economics and utility accounting practices.
• Knowledge of climate impacts and adaptation solutions, including the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Climate READi Framework.
• Substantial experience in planning, design, specification preparation, technical field work, project cost estimating and scheduling (typically achieved after 8 or more years practice as a degreed engineer). Years of acquired experience is provided as a guide and alone does not constitute readiness for job level as individual’s skill acquisition rates can vary significantly.
• Bachelor of Science degree or PE license in electrical, mechanical, civil or other appropriate engineering field.
• Demonstrated organization, documentation, prioritization, and project management skills.
• Experience working on complex engineering projects.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience working in the utility industry.
• Consolidates knowledge of industry developments and best practices for conducting vulnerability assessments and implementing climate change adaptation techniques to mitigate identified hazards, and applies this knowledge at PSE to further business objectives.
• Possession of a Professional Engineering license.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance