Power Engineering Technologist Senior

About the Role

This senior-level Power Engineering Technologist role provides high‑level technical expertise to analyze complex options and develop power distribution facility designs for residential, commercial, industrial, and large‑scale grid reliability projects. The incumbent serves as a first‑level leader, assists in training new employees, and acts as a liaison between the client and the project team. The position involves complex work with no established procedures and requires major decision‑making, influencing high‑level decisions with tact and diplomacy. The role may function as a Team Lead or Project Manager I, overseeing workflow and coordinating with various stakeholders. Engineering roles at Pike involve critical responsibilities for maintaining essential services such as electric power, gas, telephone, and wireless communications, offering opportunities in transmission and distribution, substations, smart meters, renewable energy, telecommunications, and storm damage assessment. • Direct the workflow and activities of Engineering Technologist and others as assigned by management and the client. • Collaborate with the Pike Engineering Professional Engineer to ensure compliance with all local, state, and federal codes and client standards. • Design complex electric distribution facilities and circuit construction projects across diverse geographic areas, including downtown underground, high‑profile, and highway relocation projects. • Prepare site drawings, construction drawings, calculations, easements, and other documentation for complex electrical distribution installations. • Create work requests using management tools and communicate schedules, commitments, feasibility, and expectations to clients and end‑users. • Develop relationships with internal and external customers, builders, developers, electricians, utilities, and city officials as needed. • Coordinate with construction personnel and clients to resolve jobsite issues related to design or customer concerns. • Serve as a departmental lead to assist with training and provide technical support for other engineering classifications. • Support both company and client business goals while representing the organization positively and professionally. • Act as the lead or single point of contact for large infrastructure projects, coordinating technicians, engineers, and field resources to meet deliverables. • Learn, practice, and promote all safety policies and procedures at all times.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸power design
• ▸construction docs
• ▸work requests
• ▸project lead
• ▸team lead
• ▸jobsite coordination

What You Bring

Required education includes a high school diploma or GED, with an associate degree preferred and a bachelor’s degree in a related field advantageous depending on client or contract needs. Candidates must have 5–7 years of utility power distribution engineering or craft experience. Key skills include strong written and oral communication, proficiency in Microsoft Office, ability to read technical documents, and solid mathematical abilities ranging from basic arithmetic to algebra and geometry. Interpersonal abilities such as teamwork, negotiation, time management, and the capacity to manage multiple tasks are essential, as is a valid driver’s license and participation in storm restoration activities. Physical demands involve frequent standing, walking, and sitting, regular use of hands for tools, and occasional climbing, stooping, or reaching. Vision requirements cover close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and focus adjustment. The work environment may include wet conditions, exposure to moving mechanical parts, heights, and occasional risk of electrical shock, with moderate noise levels.

Requirements

• ▸utility power
• ▸5-7 years
• ▸microsoft office
• ▸bachelor's
• ▸teamwork
• ▸driver's license

Work Environment

Office Full-Time