Senior Electrical Engineer I

City of Lubbock•402 Municipal Drive Lubbock, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Performs professional level design and project management of electrical transmission, substation, and distribution projects including customer contact, field investigation, analysis, design, preparation of plans and specifications, supervision of engineering staff, and coordination with construction and operations staff.

Requirements

Completion of a bachelor degree in electrical engineering or a closely related field with an additional four years of experience in electric distribution engineering; or any combination of relevant education and experience which provides the following:
Valid current Driver's License
Physical exam required
Registered Professional Engineer
Knowledge of the principles and practices of electrical engineering.
Knowledge of the principles and practices of electric utility design, construction, and operation.
Ability to supervise the work of others.
Ability to communicate effectively with others.
Ability to maintain records and prepare reports.
Ability to use a variety of computer software including word processing, spreadsheet, database, CAD, and simple programming.
Ability to use and interpret data from a variety of electrical and electronic instruments and devices.
Ability to provide excellent customer service.

Nice To Haves

Registration as a Professional Engineer in the State of Texas

Responsibilities

Perform electrical engineering design, review, approval and project management of street lighting, overhead and underground electric distribution and transmission systems, and new and existing substations.
Perform analysis of electrical systems including NESC calculations, short circuit calculations, load flow modeling calculations, (PSS/E) voltage drop calculations, transformer sizing, lighting calculations, capacitor application, overcurrent protection and coordination.
Prepare cost estimates and written reports.
Develop specifications for materials and services.
Promote and represent LP&L in personal contacts and presentations to customers, architects, engineers, committees and boards.
Supervise engineering staff as required to accomplish the tasks above.
Research and apply new materials, methods, techniques, and technologies to expand and improve the efficiency, reliability, safety, and quality of the LP&L distribution system.
Provide support, applications, and training for computer, software, GIS systems and SCADA systems (ACS).
Monitor, document, and recommend policies for departmental environmental compliance.
Monitor electric systems operations and respond to emergency call-out to assist in system restoration and customer contact.
Develop, monitor, and administer contracts for materials and services.
Support Distribution buildout in OH and UG designs.
Help with project coordination for construction projects.
Meet with customers on new and existing requests.
Create projects for system reliability and capacity upgrades.
Support in all substation efforts from Greenfield and Brownfield applications.
Set up settings for Protection and Apparatus in the field.
Responsible for creating and maintaining standards for Transformers, LTCs, Relays, Capacitors, PTs, DC systems.
Read DGAs and implement a plan to address issues.
Create and maintain studies of the system on Distribution and Transmission levels, looking for contingencies and redundancies where needed to increase reliability on the system.
Study all new loads for Distribution and Transmission and the impacts of the system, create projects to address impacts.
Lead and inquire efforts with ERCOT for studies.
Responsible for installation and maintenance support of the OT network, SCADA, EMS, Substation Communications, Fiber infrastructure, microwave and radio communications, support for cybersecurity within LPL framework.
Support and maintain all compliance applicable for NERC and CIP regarding the network and communication.