Associate Power Engineer

Overview

The City of Anaheim Public Utilities Department is seeking a professional to work as an Associate Power Engineer for the Transmission and Distribution Capital Projects Division within the Customer Expansion work group. This position will be required to perform a variety of professional electrical engineering duties and responsibilities related to the planning, design, systems analysis, and project management of electrical utility transmission and distribution overhead and underground systems and to provide technical assistance to higher level engineering staff.

Ideal candidates must possess experience in the planning, design, and implementation of electric capital improvement projects, and fully understand the engineering, administration, and construction requirements of transmission and distribution systems.

• Meet with residents, engineers, planners, developers, and outside utility agencies and organizations to prepare preliminary and final plans, designs, cost estimates, schedules and specifications for construction projects for underground line extensions, industrial, commercial and residential expansion and underground and overhead street lighting system and conversion.
• Design construction plans for customer electrical panel & switch gear upgrades including transformers, switches, capacitors, cables, Utility poles, fault indicators, splices, and other electrical materials. Calculate transformer size, cable pulling, voltage drop, and other power requirements necessary to serve new electrical demand.
• Conduct a variety of engineering related studies, calculations, and analyses related to load projections, electric system improvement plans, system protection, and transmission and distribution system planning; organize and analyze data and information.
• Develop system models and simulations; prepare reports including assessments and alternative recommendations; review and comment on detailed technical plans and application of construction standards for capital improvement projects such as underground conversions, system reliability and system expansion.
• Assist in planning, prioritizing, assigning and reviewing the work of project staff; coordinate electrical engineering activities with other City departments, divisions, sections and outside agencies to minimize construction impacts to neighborhoods; evaluate joint trench opportunities with other agencies to improve cost savings among project participants.
• Review plans of consulting engineers and private contractors; make technical engineering decisions and establish technical criteria and standards. Prepare or review designs for related substructures on private property and along public roadways such as the alignment and quantity of conduits; locations and sizes of vaults and their end wall configurations; cable pull boxes;
  Utility poles; and identify easement / access requirements for Utility equipment.
• Survey and inspect project locations; analyze existing project documentation including maps, drawings and specifications; meet and confer with project staff.
• Review and analyze electrical system operations; recommend system improvements that enhance reliability and operational flexibility; conduct economic and cost/benefit studies and prepare reports.
• Initiate and monitor electric utility material requisitions; prepare requests for proposals, specifications and related documents; participate in the evaluation and selection of equipment. Analyze potential load requirements; prepare AutoCAD drawings for developers; coordinate and oversee the development of construction plans; determine material requirements and project fee schedules.
• Investigate field problems affecting property owners, contractors, maintenance and operations;
  Respond to and resolve inquiries and complaints from the general public and other City departments; make investigations regarding concerns; review complete project work orders to verify that initial inquiry has been resolved.
• Calculate the quantity, quality and cost of materials used for various projects; review engineering calculations of other City engineers or engineering consultants. Review Anaheim Public…