Supervisor Electrical Engineer

City of Seattle • Seattle, WA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is a community-centered utility that delivers vital services to Seattle residents and businesses including drinking water, drainage and wastewater, and garbage/recycling/compost. SPU also provides drinking water for 1.5 million customers in the region. SPU’s work includes system maintenance and improvements and keeping Seattle clean. Over 1,400 SPU employees work with our community to provide affordable and equitable stewardship of our water and waste resources for future generations. The SCADA Section maintains the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system used to monitor and control SPU's water, drainage, and wastewater systems which serves the greater Seattle area. The SCADA Section interfaces with planners, engineering, operations, maintenance, information technology, and other functional groups impacted by SCADA. The section is responsible for long-term planning and system development, as well as 24 hour / 7 days per week continuous operations. The Sr. SCADA Engineer will ensure effective design, operations and maintenance of equipment comprising the SCADA system including hardware and communication systems.

Requirements

• Five (5) years professional electrical engineering experience
• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering OR other combinations of education and/or experience which provides preparation to do professional instrumentation and control engineering work
• Registration as a Professional Engineer in Washington State
• Current driver license or evidence of equivalent mobility

Nice To Haves

• Experience with UL 508A national standard to the design of control panels.
• Experience with ISA 5.4 national standards to design control loop drawings or Process & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID's).
• Experience with ISA/IEC 62443 national standard for the development of written control strategies.
• Experience with ANSI/OSHA 29CFR1910.119 to identify, mitigate, plan, design, strategize and address industrial process hazards.
• Experience with ANSI/ISA 84.00.01-2004 to address safety instrumentation life cycle.
• Experience with IEC 61131 to support industrial controller programming strategies and development of life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Specifies process instrumentation and application
• Process safety instrumentation compliance
• Control panel project design cycle development and review
• Test plan development in support of commissioning activities
• Supports multiple projects flight and in various phases of planning.
• Instrumentation and Control engineering best practice compliance
• Capital project and Operations project design review, and development support
• Control system Project management
• Act as UO&M CxA and develop commissioning planning lead
• Manages design standards and guidelines
• Oversee and is responsible for designing quality

Benefits

• Hybrid work schedule opportunities.
• Family-friendly and multicultural work environment.
• Generous benefits package.
• Free public transportation options.
• City pension plan with employer/employee contributions.
• Growth potential and advancement opportunities.
• vacation, holiday, and sick leave
• medical, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance for employees and their dependents.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior