Electrical Engineer II or Electrical Engineer III

Duke Energy•Union, KY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Build an exciting, rewarding career with Duke Energy, where you'll find a friendly work environment, opportunities for growth and development, recognition for your work, and competitive pay and benefits. This position serves as the site subject matter expert for assigned electrical/controls systems, monitoring and trending system/component performance, interfacing with external vendors, and directing onsite testing and troubleshooting. The role involves coordinating cross-functionally with other departments to ensure system concerns, schedules, and budgeting are addressed, while also ensuring regulatory compliance and evaluating fleet operating experience to improve equipment reliability. The engineer will evaluate preventative maintenance program performance, recommend adjustments, and maintain the configuration of station and turbine-specific Distributed Control System (DCS), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), and programmable logic controllers (PLC) process control systems. Responsibilities include developing the scope, technical basis, installation, and testing requirements for engineering design changes, managing external control system vendor support, interfacing with operations & maintenance, coordinating with cyber security specialists, and managing control/electrical system vendor contracts. The role also involves maintaining the plant risk grid for system/equipment responsibilities and being proficient in researching engineering and design issues, evaluating alternatives, and making sound recommendations.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited program.
A Master's degree in Engineering will be considered in lieu of the B. S. engineering degree.
Minimum 2 years related work experience (for Engineer II).
Minimum of 4 years of related experience (for Engineer III).
Ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

Understanding of basic engineering theories and principles.
Understanding of basic practices of researching engineering and design issues, evaluating alternatives, making sound recommendations and preparing and presenting recommendations.
Ability to deal with a variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
Good written and oral communication skills.
Passing grade on the Engineering Fundamentals Exam.
Understanding of basic principles of project management.
Experience in the utility industry.
Department specific experience applicable to the hiring department.

Responsibilities

Serving as the site subject matter expert for the assigned electrical/controls systems.
Monitoring and trending system/component performance.
Interfacing with external vendors to ensure technical issues are properly resolved.
Directing onsite testing and troubleshooting activities for emergent issues.
Coordinating cross functionally with other departments (such as Design Engineering, Transmission, Maintenance & Operations) to ensure system concerns, schedules, budgeting, and related issues are properly addressed.
Ensuring regulatory compliance is maintained.
Evaluates Fleet Operating Experience and industry learnings to improve Equipment Reliability.
Evaluating preventative maintenance (PM) program performance and recommending performance-based adjustments.
Responsible for maintaining the configuration of station and turbine-specific Distributed Control System (DCS), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), and programmable logic controllers (PLC) process control systems to ensure safe, reliable, and regulatory compliant operation of power stations.
Develop the scope, technical basis, installation and testing requirements for engineering design changes, which include but are not limited to AC power systems, DC power systems, Large AC motors, Transformers, Switchgear, Motor Control Centers, Voltage Regulators, Breakers, etc.
Manage any external control system vendor support as a single point of contact (SPOC).
Interface with operations & maintenance, assisting with any other electrical/control system challenges and needs.
Coordinate with cyber security specialists for scheduling and implementing necessary patching as well as database management.
Manage the control/electrical system vendor contracts, including on-call support, maintenance, and parts agreements.
Maintain plant risk grid for system/equipment responsibilities.
Proficient in practices of researching engineering and design issues, evaluating alternatives, making sound recommendations and preparing and presenting recommendations.