Power Engineering Technologist II-PETII - CC

About the Role

Working with limited supervision, the employee interprets codes, standards, and client guidelines, creates moderate to complex overhead and underground distribution designs, prepares project packages with material lists and drawings, and coordinates with construction personnel and customers to resolve site issues. The role also involves generating work requests, applying reliability principles to power-quality problems, and performing field validation as needed. • Use Hands to Feel, Handle or finger tools or controls 2/3 and more (Regularly).

Key Responsibilities

• ▸hand tools
• ▸design development
• ▸project packages
• ▸field validation
• ▸work requests
• ▸reliability

What You Bring

This position is the second level of the Distribution Engineering Technologist classification. It provides intermediate technical expertise to evaluate complex options and design power distribution facilities for residential, commercial, and industrial projects in a safe, cost-effective, and reliable manner. The incumbent is expected to have substantial experience with customer design processes and the client’s specific technical areas. The work is classified as moderately routine with general policies applied and requires occasional decision-making and tactful influence on moderate‑nature decisions. Applicants must have regular attendance, a high school diploma or GED (with preference for an associate or bachelor’s degree in a related field), and 1–3 years of utility power distribution engineering or craft experience. On‑the‑job training combines job shadowing, classroom instruction, and mentorship during the first year. Key competencies include reading and interpreting technical documents, writing reports and business correspondence, presenting information to customers and teams, and performing basic arithmetic, algebra, and geometry. Candidates must be able to follow written, oral, and diagrammatic instructions and solve problems involving multiple variables. The role demands frequent standing, walking, and sitting, regular verbal communication, and consistent use of hands for tools; occasional climbing, stooping, and reaching; and the ability to lift up to 10 lb frequently and up to 25 lb occasionally. Vision requirements include close and distance vision, color discrimination, peripheral vision, depth perception, and focus adjustment. The work environment may include occasional wet or humid conditions, exposure to moving mechanical parts, work at heights, outdoor weather, and a risk of electrical shock, with moderate noise levels typical of an office setting. • Ability to deal with a variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds. • Self-motivated, savvy, reliable, trustworthy, as well as technically competent. • Demonstrated team player. • Demonstrated negotiating skills. • Demonstrated time management skills. • Effective oral and written communication skills. • Proficient user of personal computer, particularly Microsoft Office based on applications. • Ability to constructively manage multiple tasks. • Possess valid driver’s license and vehicle suitable for business use (mileage reimbursement may apply). • Ability to participate in storm restoration activities as a Driver, Wire-sitter, or Damage Assessor (DA only if qualified by storm experience). • Stand 1/3 to 2/3 (Frequently). • Walk 1/3 to 2/3 (Frequently). • Sit 1/3 to 2/3 (Frequently). • Talk or Hear 2/3 and more (Regularly). • Climb or balance Up to 1/3 (Occasionally). • Stoop, Kneel, Crouch or crawl Up to 1/3 (Occasionally). • Reach with Hands and Arms Up to 1/3 (Occasionally). • Up to 10 Pounds 1/3 to 2/3. • Up to 25 Pounds Up to 1/3. • Up to 50 Pounds None. • Up to 100 Pounds None. • More than 100 Pounds None. • Close Vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less). • Distance Vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more). • Color Vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors). • Peripheral visions (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point). • Depth Perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships). • Ability to Adjust Focus (ability to adjust the eyes to bring an object into sharp focus). • Wet, humid conditions (non-weather) Up to 1/3 (Occasionally). • Work near moving mechanical parts Up to 1/3 (Occasionally). • Work in high, precarious places Up to 1/3 (Occasionally). • Fumes or airborne particles None. • Toxic or caustic chemicals None. • Outdoor weather conditions Up to 1/3 (Occasionally). • Extreme cold (non-weather) None. • Extreme Heat (non-weather) None. • Risk of electrical shock Up to 1/3 (Occasionally). • Moderate Noise (Examples: business office with typewriters, and or computer printer, light traffic).

Requirements

• ▸microsoft office
• ▸power distribution
• ▸utility experience
• ▸associate degree
• ▸team player
• ▸negotiation

Work Environment

Office Full-Time