Lead Project Engineer

Description

Position Purpose and Objectives:

Under general guidance from the Vice President of Engineering, the Lead Project Engineer performs and oversees a wide variety of utility engineering work that may include managing multiple large and complex projects, writing specifications for equipment, managing and directing the work of engineering consultants, and coordinating with other departments to ensure the successful completion of projects. This position assists with setting direction for the development of electrical infrastructure, aligning with goals, strategic objectives, reliability, and regulatory reporting requirements.

Essential Job Functions:

The Lead Project Engineer will be responsible for the following:

Providing oversight of assigned engineering projects to ensure timely and accurate completion of the work. Assisting in the preparation of engineering budgets and work plans. Interfacing with Operations, Procurement, and other internal departments to ensure the work is completed according to all specifications and requirements.

Assisting in the development of the long- and short-range planning associated with all major substation improvements.

Performing detailed scoping for the development of new substations and modifications to existing substations. Includes the development and/or review of one-line diagrams, general arrangements, and other substation drawings.

Providing engineering support to construction resources during project execution. Track project costs against budgets and report status to management.

Writing project scopes for Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to procure consultant services. Reviewing consultant proposals, schedules, and bids, and performing evaluations of proposals to select consultants for projects. Reviewing and approving technical requirements in contracts.

Reviewing and overseeing the work of external consultants to ensure conformance with contract terms, project schedules, and cost estimates.

Reviewing and writing specifications for the procurement of equipment, such as transformers, breakers, relays, etc. Evaluating manufacturer proposals and recommending procurement decisions. Reviewing manufacturer drawings and performing factory visits and/or witness testing as required. Secondary Job Functions:

Shares on-call responsibilities with other Engineering staff. May be asked to represent the Engineering department on internal and external committees.

Develop knowledge of the distribution system and the technologies involved in the management of the distribution system.

Minimum qualifications:

Must hold a valid Colorado driver's license or have the ability to obtain one.

Must have a bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited* program.

*Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)

Minimum of eight (8) years of engineering experience, preferably in the electric utility or related industry.

Desired Qualifications:

Professional Engineer (PE) registration preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required

Engineering skills, including the ability to understand the many complex components of power system projects.

Essential project management, including scheduling, budgeting, and planning.

Knowledge and familiarity with United Power's Engineering, Design, and Operational processes and standards, or ability to become familiar in an abbreviated period of time.

Provides technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems. Solutions must be imaginative, thorough, practicable, and consistent with United Power objectives.

Ability to hear and judge questions and concerns without preconceived notions to train and assist in the creation of beneficial solutions. Supervision Received and Exercised:

May mentor or direct the work of lower-level Engineers, administrative staff, and/or student interns. Directs and oversees the work of external professional engineering and technical resources.

Discretion/Latitude:

Works under minimal direction. Independently determines and develops approaches to solutions.

Liaison:

Frequent inter-organizational and outside customer contacts. Represents the organization in providing solutions to difficult technical issues associated with specific projects.

Essential Physical and Mental Requirements:

Seventy percent (70%) of the time is spent sitting, twenty percent (20%) walking, and another ten percent (10%) standing. Will occasionally need to lift forty pounds (40 lbs.). Occasionally, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to twenty-five pounds (25 lbs.) are required when using a tool chest or meters.

Occasionally, balancing, climbing, handling, and the ability to feel objects will be necessary to act as Project Manager for line changes, line extensions, new substations, and substation improvements.

Frequently, it is necessary to be able to stoop, kneel, and crouch.

Talking in order to exchange ideas and to communicate with other employees in various offices is done constantly with ordinary tones. Constantly needs to hear ordinary conversation and the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication.

Constantly need to see "near" to prepare circuit diagrams and schematic drawings. It is constantly necessary to see "far" while driving. Depth perception and color vision are essential to driving. Eye accommodation and field of vision are necessary for performing detailed work and maintaining safety factors.

Mental abilities constantly necessary to competently perform the job are alertness, precision, ingenuity, problem solving, analytic ability, persuasiveness, auditory discrimination, speaking ability, memory, creativity, concentration, judgment, writing ability, reasoning, imagination, initiative, patience, and visual discrimination. Abilities the job will require only occasionally are spatial perception, tactile discrimination, olfactory discrimination, and aesthetic sense. Working Conditions:

Seventy percent (70%) of the Engineer's work is done indoors. Thirty percent (30%) of the work is done outdoors, occasionally exposed to extreme cold, extreme heat, and wet/humid conditions. The noise level is estimated to be 50-60 decibels.

Engineers are occasionally exposed to various hazards, such as airborne dust, sunlight, and odors. Various mechanical and electrical hazards are present, such as electrical burns.

Typical hiring range:

$134,900 - $164,950 annually. This position is in a grade with a maximum of $195,000

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a generous benefits package that includes an employee retirement plan, 401K with match, paid holidays, vacation & sick leave, medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance. For a full list of benefits, please visit our careers page at

United Power is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. United Power prohibits discrimination against applicants or employees on the basis of age 40 and over, race, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, color, religion, military or veteran status, national origin, disability, genetic information, or any other applicable status protected by state or local law.

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

NOTE: This position description is not intended to be all-inclusive; an employee will also perform other job responsibilities as assigned by the immediate supervisor or management.

Management reserves the right to change position descriptions, specifications, or work schedules to accommodate individuals with disabilities or as needed.

This position description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.