Asset Health Engineer I​/II​/III​/IV

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York, NE, US,  Columbus, NE, US,

Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) has an immediate opening for a Asset Health Engineer I/II/III/IV located at the Columbus General Office in Columbus, NE or the York Operations Center in York, NE. Position will remain open until filled.

This position will report to the Asset Health Manager.

Level I to Level III is considered a progression and is approved by the appropriate manager. All District engineering positions are managed under the Engineering Technical Career Path document.

Position provides daily support for Operations, Maintenance, trending system performance and initiating actions to restore/improve system performance and reliability, troubleshooting off-normal system conditions, failure and root cause analysis, evaluating proposed configuration changes, recommendations to maintain asset value, and coordinating maintenance-related projects. Assignments are designed to develop general knowledge of professional engineering practice in the electric utility industry and introduce customer/supplier communication skills.

In addition to the general engineering activities above, job-specific knowledge and expectations for this individual role will include:

Assignments are designed to develop general knowledge of professional engineering practice in the electric utility industry and introduce customer/supplier communication skills.

In addition to the general engineering activities above, job-specific knowledge and expectations for this individual role will include:

This position will assist in all areas of delivery and performance analysis for electrical equipment. Areas of duties include: improving assigned Life Cycle Management processes, critical component and capital prioritization, provide highly insightful analytics on asset performance and identify future asset risks and mitigation strategies, Master Data review and standardization for all equipment materials, outage data review to assist with reporting for the Transmission & Distribution benchmarking system, managing key NERC/FERC programs, and the prioritization of all aging District assets.

A growing role in specifying and providing input to the purchasing and manufacturing of large power transformers. Assisting with evaluating existing and new technology to monitor the condition of installed equipment. Assisting with specifying testing requirements for equipment as required by various industry standards.

The successful candidate will be expected to continually interact with technicians in the field, as well as to provide an increasing amount of engineering expertise to other professionals, engineers, and technicians as they develop in the position.

The level assigned to the successful candidate will be determined by the candidate's skills and ability.

Level I to Level III is considered a progression and is approved by the appropriate manager. District engineering positions are managed under the Engineering Technical Career Path.

Level I:

Bachelor's degree in engineering from an Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited university or college is required, or Professional Engineering (PE) License and bachelor's degree in engineering from a non-ABET accredited school is required. Electrical Engineer preferred.

Entry-level position with assignments designed to develop a general knowledge of professional engineering practice in the electric utility industry and introduce customer/supplier communication skills.

Level II:

Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET accredited university or college, or Professional Engineering License obtained by accredited examination. Electrical Engineer preferred.

Second-level position with assignments designed to develop competent technical knowledge within an engineering discipline, develop customer relation skills, and introduce project management skills.

Level III:

Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET accredited university or college, or Professional Engineering License obtained by accredited examination. Electrical Engineer preferred.

Level IV

Bachelor of science degree in engineering from an ABET accredited university or college or Professional Engineering License obtained by an accredited examination. Electrical engineering degree is preferred.

3-5 years of experience as an Engineer III is required.

A fully competent engineer in conventional aspects within the specific…