Distribution Project Planner 3

E2 Consulting Engineers, LP•San Diego, CA

7d•$108,000 - $125,000

About The Position

E2 Consulting Engineers, LP is a professional services firm established in 1988 that provides engineering and design, federal base operations and infrastructure support, gas pipeline construction and inspection, environmental consulting and remediation, and information technology services. The company emphasizes safety, innovation, collaboration, and excellence. The Distribution Project Planner assists in developing strategic project plans that help the Company meet its goals. The role provides project oversight, mentorship, and technical assistance on project scope and determinations. It may include site visits and work with customers to define scope, design limitations, and requests for moderate- to high-complexity additions and modifications to gas and/or electric facilities, from project inception through completion. The planner prepares service orders, field memos, and moderate construction work orders, and contributes safe, reliable, cost-effective designs that comply with Company policies, safety orders, and CPUC regulations. The position requires knowledge of design and engineering principles and practices for overhead and underground distribution, CPUC rules, gas and electric theory, standard practices, and construction calculations. The role also requires coordinating with project teams and customers, communicating design decisions, and managing design files and comments. Work is performed in both office and field settings. Frequent travel to customer locations is required to gather information for project scope development; travel to the client location in San Diego may be required. Local candidates only. Field work may involve varying weather, uneven terrain, traffic, noise, and other hazards.

Requirements

Minimum high school diploma.
At least 7 years of experience working on distribution system projects.
Qualified Designer in Overhead, Underground, or Gas.
Ability to communicate effectively with project team members and customers to develop designs compliant with appropriate standards.
Ability to communicate design approaches and decisions effectively, including when substituting for the Project Manager or Project Designer in project meetings.
Substantial experience working with designers, planners, and project managers on design matters.
Proficiency in AutoCAD, Geographical Information Systems, MS Office applications, Smartsheet, SAP, and web-based applications.
Ability to travel frequently to customer locations; local candidates only.
Ability to safely access active client and utility work sites while complying with safety requirements.
Ability to operate a vehicle and travel to multiple site locations as needed.
Ability to meet the physical demands of frequent walking, standing, stair climbing, and traversing uneven terrain; bending, stooping, reaching, and carrying field equipment or documents may also be required.
Visual acuity and attention to detail to inspect existing facilities and collect field data.

Responsibilities

Provide project oversight and mentorship to peers, and technical assistance for project scope and determinations during daily operations.
Visit work sites as needed to help determine scope and enable designs of moderate to high complexity for additions and modifications to Company gas and/or electric facilities from project onset through completion.
Meet with customers as necessary to identify design limitations and customer requests.
Prepare service orders, field memos, and moderate construction work orders using safe, reliable, cost-effective designs that conform to Company policies, safety orders, and CPUC regulations.
Apply knowledge of design and engineering principles, overhead and underground distribution, CPUC rules, gas and electric theory, standard practices, and construction calculations.
Use AutoCAD, Geographical Information Systems, MS Office applications, Smartsheet, SAP, and web-based applications.
Identify site-specific obstacles, communicate them to peers, present design options, and raise critical infrastructure issues.
Communicate with project team members and customers to develop designs compliant with appropriate standards.
Communicate the design approach and decisions made during the design process.
Substitute in project meetings for the Project Manager or Project Designer when they are absent and communicate effectively about the design.
Work with designers, planners, and project managers on design matters, and manage design files and the organization of design comments and iterations.
Travel to customer locations to gather information for project scope development and, as needed, to client locations in San Diego.