Electrical Engineer II Distribution Planning

Electrical Engineer II Distribution Planning Job Summary

Provide engineering and technical support services associated with the design, construction, and operation of CenterPoint Energy's overhead & underground distribution system.

• Review and analyze customer submitted site plans, structural drawings, electric one-lines, schematics, and equipment specifications.
• Use electrical models (CYMDIST) to analyze circuit loading, identify operating issues, and make reliability and operational recommendations for the distribution system.
• Perform administrative tasks to support electrical design applications.
• Acquire basic knowledge of distribution design standards and design criteria.
• Gather information and compile data from multiple sources (SAP, G.I.S., Distribution Accounts, Service Centers, etc.) to construct electrical models and make recommendations.
• Review Distribution Development Plan documents and associated reports (construction lists, loading reports, detail drawings/sketches, etc.).
• Perform studies to analyze and respond to DER interconnection requests, special studies, and other inquiries.
• Provide expertise to improve and enhance distribution planning techniques, standards, and procedures.
• Perform analysis of technical data, identify problems, and propose alternative solutions.
• Evaluate new technologies that will enhance the electric distribution system.
• Improve and enhance engineering processes and procedures.
• Participate on task forces, user groups, inter-utility work groups, and professional organizations.
• Gather and analyze data, perform engineering studies, prepare written reports, give oral presentations related to distribution systems.
• Manage multiple projects involving customers, contractors, and internal departments.

Requires a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited college or university.

• Requires a minimum of two years of electric utility or power engineering experience that includes performing engineering calculations and design.
• Experience with CYME or other power flow modeling software, as well as Python, is preferred.
• Able to use mathematics, including trigonometry and calculus, to complete complex engineering design calculations and relate mathematical solutions to actual utility situations.
• Able to interpret, analyze and produce electrical models, drawings, and technical documents.
• Able to apply knowledge of electrical theory and system operations to daily decisions.

• Able to communicate either written and verbal communications either in person or through technical equipment such as telephone.
• Able to demonstrate and apply the manual dexterity to operate a personal computer and common office equipment.
• Able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a minimal amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.
• Able to sit, stand or walk for long periods of time.
• Able to certify and use personal protective equipment, such as respirator, safety glasses, hardhat, gloves, protective footwear and earplugs on a daily basis.
• Able to operate a motor vehicle and drive a motor vehicle daily or for extended time periods, in a safe manner, and enter/exit vehicle unassisted.

• Required to participate in CenterPoint Energy's Emergency Operation Plan (EOP).
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Able to work in an office environment.
• Able to work indoors in an office environment and outdoors with occasional exposure to all weather conditions, equipment, and noise when at field installation sites.
• Able to work regular hours, with occasional or mandatory overtime; may be required to work rotating shifts.

We want you to know Being a part of the CenterPoint Energy team is more than a career alone. It's an opportunity to make a positive impact. You will be an integral part of enabling everyday life and the pursuit of possibilities for the customers we serve and the communities we share. The vital services we provide are at the core of making our world work, and by sharing your energy with us, we'll create a better tomorrow together.

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