Power Engineering Technologist - CC

Engineering Technologist

Entry‑level position of the Engineering Technologist staff. The purpose of this position is to apply technical skills to accurately evaluate options and design safe, cost‑effective and reliable facilities for residential, commercial, and industrial projects. Incumbents are expected to demonstrate a basic knowledge of client/customer design and workflow processes, data entry and technical skills in the client’s specific areas of expertise.

Compensation

The compensation range for this position is between $55,000.00 and $65,000.00.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee and Dependent Basic Life Insurance
• Employee and Dependent Basic Accidental Death & Dismemberment
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Critical Illness
• Accident and Whole Life Insurance
• Legal Services, Identity Theft, and Cyber Security
• Employee Discounts and Service Awards
• All health care benefits are available upon election on day one (1) of your employment with Pike.

• Learn, practice, and promote all safety policies and procedures 100% of the time.
• Demonstrate the ability to properly apply various codes, requirements, regulations, policies, and procedures to all assigned work.
• Develop skills to safely make job‑site visits and interact with construction personnel.
• Use the various design software and work management tools utilized by the company and client(s).
• Prepare project and job packages that include material lists, requisitions, labor estimates, site drawings and construction drawings for various installations of electrical facilities in a cost‑effective manner that maximizes safety and service reliability.
• Accurately evaluate loading on distribution equipment such as transformers & fusing.
• Learn utility construction practices on public right of way (ROW) and private land.
• Regularly communicate job status to assure client expectations and deliverable dates are met.
• Develop relationships with key internal and external customers while supporting both company and client’s business goals and expectations while representing themselves positively and professionally.
• Maintain files and records in an organized manner.
• Mentor under experienced personnel, supervision, management, and PE.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Generally routine, established precedents; practices and procedures exist.

Exchange of information, which occasionally requires tact and/or diplomacy.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regular attendance is required.
• Education and/or experience: Required:
  High school degree or GED.
• Preferred:
  Associates degree (AA or equivalent from a 2‑year college or technical school).
• Preferred:
  Bachelor’s degree from a 4‑year college or university in non‑engineering science, math, or business.

In certain situations, an Associate Degree or 4‑year degree may be required based upon client project or contractual requirements.

• 0‑1 Year(s) experience in power distribution engineering or craft or GIS/CAD work.

N/A

A combination of job shadowing, classroom, and interaction with more experienced employees as needed during first year in the position.

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as procedure manuals, operational procedures, etc.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or the business community.

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations. Ability to compute rates,…