Engineer -IV

Location:

Albuquerque, NM, United States
Job
Date Posted:
Dec 11, 2025

Department:
Distribution Engineering NSD

P.E. License Required

Salary: $78,537 – $106,024 – $133,511

Personnel may be covered by NERC CIP cyber security standards. Candidates must pass a Personnel Risk Assessment, including identity verification and a criminal background check, before hiring, promotion, or transfer. They must also attend annual cyber security training and may need a credit background check depending on location.

Summary
Under general supervision, plans, schedules, conducts, and coordinates moderate‑scope projects or detailed phases of larger projects.

• Manage engineering aspects of moderate‑scope projects or detailed phases of major projects.
• Lead cost, schedule, and performance studies of conventional projects.
• Support operations with standard and non‑standard engineering techniques and procedures.
• Communicate engineering ideas, recommendations, and evaluations to diverse internal groups.
• Represent the company’s interests in complex engineering matters.
• Provide broad technical support to associates.
• Apply engineering expertise to improve or develop new standards.
• Provide technical direction and supervise contractors and personnel.

• Apply engineering principles, practices, and regulations; perform economic and decision‑analysis studies in areas such as generation, transmission, distribution, planning, finance, and environmental controls.
• Read, interpret, and apply national, state and local codes and standards (IEEE, ANSI, NEC, NESC, ACI, AISC, ASME, NACE).
• Translate electrical theory and physics to utility application for reliability improvement.
• Make informed repair decisions following company protocols.
• Work around high‑voltage equipment (up to 345 kV).
• Forecast budgets.
• Demonstrate leadership, motivation, and interpersonal skills.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (ABET accredited) and four or more years of engineering experience, or three or more years with a Fundamentals of Engineering certificate, or three or more years with a Master’s Degree.
• Fundamentals of Engineering certificate preferred.
• Valid driver’s license.

• Read and interpret documents.
• Write routine reports, correspondence, speeches, and presentations.
• Speak effectively before customers, employees, and managers.

• Proficient with electrical engineering design programs.
• Knowledge of word processing, database, and spreadsheet software.

• Apply common sense understanding to complex instructions provided in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Handle complex problems with multiple variables.

• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, and exposure to outside elements.
• Lift up to 50 pounds; crouch, bend, climb, and work at heights.
• Protective equipment: hard‑hat, safety glasses, and hearing protection.

• Split time between office and field; majority in office.
• Exposure to high‑voltage facilities, computers, and construction equipment.

Salary: $61,035 – $80,872 – $100,709

Personnel may be covered by NERC CIP cyber security standards. Candidates must pass a Personnel Risk Assessment, including identity verification and a criminal background check, before hiring, promotion, or transfer. They must also attend annual cyber security training and may need a credit background check depending on location.

Under direct supervision, performs entry‑level assignments developed through standard techniques and procedures.

• Provide entry‑level engineering support for small, repetitive projects.
• Conduct or participate in small studies focused on performance, cost, and scheduling.
• Support operational areas with basic engineering work.
• Communicate engineering ideas and recommendations.
• Represent the company in fundamental technical matters.
• Provide entry‑level technical support to associates.
• Apply company and industry standards for safety and consistency.
• Provide occasional technical direction and supervision to contractors and…