Supervisor Engineering - Grid Analytics & Technology Solutions

Job Description

Puget Sound Energy is looking to grow our community with top talented individuals like you! With our rapidly growing, award winning energy efficiency programs, our pathway to an exciting and innovative future is now.

PSE's Planning team is looking for qualified candidates to fill an open Supervisor Engineering - Grid Analytics & Technology Solutions position!

Specific details regarding the work arrangements for this position will be discussed in further detail during the interview process.

Supervises the Grid Analytics & Technology Solutions team, which focuses on advancing electric system planning tools and analytics models to address capacity requests, DERs, distribution assets, and reliability needs. Key responsibilities of the team include developing and managing load profiles to assess coincident peak demand for large load interconnections, enhancing locational load forecasting capabilities, creating locational value assessments for non-wire alternative projects, building time-series analysis tools for DER and load interconnection support, evolving the Hosting Capacity Map, and developing predictive models for asset management, climate risk, and reliability performance.

The supervisor will be responsible for the supervision and leadership of technical staff, inspiring change, providing strategic thought, building collaborative working relationships with peer stakeholder teams, guidelines, performance metrics & reporting, setting priorities, and developing robust analysis and strategies to drive business objectives.

Assignments involve a substantial degree of complexity, with many interrelated elements, requiring considerations not previously encountered. Facilitates solutions to complex issues involving diverse opinions, and ensures that solutions are aligned with customer expectations, and PSE's business initiatives and environment. Assists in development of resource plans, department budgets, and department goals and objectives. May review design and documentation to ensure compliance with design criteria and standards.

Upholds the safety compliance standards inherent in PSE's operating and/or field procedures related to work responsibilities. Promotes and supports a culture of total safety.

Demonstrates commitment to conduct business honestly, ethically and consistent with our core values and Code of Conduct. Ensures duties are performed in accordance with all regulatory compliance obligations. This job is considered "safety sensitive" as defined in RCW 49.44.240 and is subject to pre-employment drug screening that includes screening for the presence of marijuana and marijuana metabolites.

• Employee Safety, Development & Team Building - Providing employees with coaching, feedback, and developmental opportunities and building effective teams:
• Demonstrates a passion for safety. Promotes and supports a culture of total safety including eliminating at-risk behaviors by conducting safety audits and inspections, eliminating hazards and near misses, and attending safety meetings.
• Sets clear expectations and holds employees accountable for performance as well as safety goals/targets where applicable.
• Oversees training and development of employees directly and indirectly managed and makes effective staffing decisions. Ensures required training is successfully completed.
• Challenges and inspires employees to achieve business results.
• Accountable to ensure employees adhere to legal and operational compliance requirements, as well as safety standards.
• Conducts and ensures the completion of performance reviews.
• Provides coaching, direction and leadership support to team members in order to achieve employee, business, customer and safety results.
• Leads team focused on advancing electric system planning tools and analytics models to address capacity requests, DER's, distributions assets, and reliability needs.
• Facilitates solutions to unique problems by leveraging employees' technical skills, and providing guidance with regards to PSE's business initiatives.
  • Ensures team is strategically focused in daily duties and projects.
  • Motivates team to achieve corporate and departmental expectations.
  • Develops and administers team goals and manages/measures performance of technical team.
• Reviews the work of internal and external (consulting or contract) engineering staff.
• Communicates solutions to personnel possessing a wide variety of educational and employment backgrounds.
• Plans and develops project budgets with appropriate documentation.
• Ensures compliance with codes, standards, and design, operation, and maintenance requirements.
• Identifies potential areas of weakness with assigned work, and initiates corrective action.
• Supports emergency response work as requested including immediate and extended restoration efforts driven by weather and other system failures.
• Represents department at team meetings.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Civil…