Senior Engineer - Gas

Huntsville Utilities • Huntsville, AL

108d • $110,864 - $134,139

About The Position

Huntsville Utilities offers a customer service driven environment, with access to industry-leading technology that supports our employee's work and resources to drive career advancement. Join Us at Huntsville Utilities, where our team is customer service-driven and uniquely focused on one goal: To provide high quality, low cost, safe and reliable electric, natural gas and water service to our customers.

Requirements

• B.S. degree from an ABET accredited school in Civil or Mechanical Engineering required.
• Current AL Professional Engineering License or the ability to successfully obtain licensure by comity within six months of hire.
• A minimum of ten (10) years of practical experience is required.
• Progressive experience of design, construction standards, and codes for natural gas distribution and transmission systems.
• Previous engineering and construction experience.
• Knowledge of materials and equipment used in operating and maintaining the gas systems.
• Experience with gas system model planning.
• Fluids modeling experience with GasWorks, or equivalent, gas modeling software experience desired.
• Experience with integrated business, design, mapping systems required.

Nice To Haves

• Practical knowledge of gas pipeline, gate station, and regulator equipment design, operation, and maintenance desired.

Responsibilities

• Offers technical guidance to department staff.
• Reviews documents for accuracy and applicability.
• May supervise and/or direct the project work of consultants and/or contractors.
• Mentor less experienced engineers in all facets of natural gas design.
• Prepares feasibility studies, prepares preliminary design reports, cost estimates, and makes forecasts of system requirements based on growth trends and modeling data.
• Reviews plans and specifications to ensure that they are technically complete and developed within policies, procedures, industry standard, and applicable codes.
• Performs constructability reviews to verify that project can be constructed and maintained as designed.
• Makes recommendations to correct any constructability or maintenance deficiencies identified.
• Reviews construction shop drawings to verify that proposed materials meet project specifications.
• Performs periodic field visits to verify that approved materials are being used and installed correctly according to project plans and specifications.
• Consults with other departments regarding projects and processes to ensure that project impacts and required resources are addressed.
• Stays abreast of current and proposed industry standards and codes.
• Maintains and updates HU standards and specifications to ensure that they are in compliance with current industry standards and codes.
• Prepares and reviews project budgets, scopes, and justifications.
• Performs advanced engineering functions in the design and operation of natural gas distribution and transmission facilities.
• Resolves complex customer and technical issues beyond the scope of less experienced staff.
• Maintains relationships with City, County, and State entities.
• Coordinates with other departments to address project impacts and resource needs.
• Responds to emergency call-outs as required.
• Participates in managing large restoration efforts as needed.
• Promotes and enforces compliance with all safety practices and policies.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• 401k
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Professional Development
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Utilities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree