Principal Engineer - Electrical

Location: City of Rochester

- Principal Engineer:  
* Utilize knowledge to influence and guide department engineers.  
* Provide technical leadership in most complex projects that have a wide impact on the business  
* Mentor, develop and support team in technical skills  
* SME for team  
* Liaison/ direct contractors on company policy, standards, and best practices  
* Work independently with little supervision
- Required Education, Experience and Training:  
* Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering required  
* 10+ years minimum relevant experience  
* Professional Engineering License Required
* Theoretical Engineering knowledge - Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Analytic, modeling & Calculation, understanding the business model;
Global View of the Business (Values cross-functional collaboration, understands importance of growing knowledge and developing relationships and links across the organization
* Practical engineering experience/application - Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Construction, (e.g., field experience, standardization "Perform economic analyses of engineering alternatives, develop business cases and defend in front of stakeholders.")
* Engineering documentation – Ability to adequately document and interpret engineering documentation
* Ability to review and approve engineering work done by others - to ensure compliance with company standards, specifications, and contract requirements
* Knowledge of Regulatory and Compliance Environment – Local, State and Federal Regulatory Standards and requirements
- General

Skills:

* Excellent diagnostic and problem-solving skills to decipher unique technical and analytical problems,  
* Proven ability to lead and manage projects,  
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills to articulate highly technical concepts,  
* Strong management and leadership skills, ability to drive change and adoption of new technologies.  
* Knowledge of the regulatory environment including relevant output and incentive mechanisms.  
* General contract, commercial and regulatory awareness with the ability to balance effective and efficient customer service and project delivery, ensuring maximum return on investment.  
* Track record of effective stakeholder and customer service engagement and management.  
* Ability to communicate and present information effectively at all levels  
* Ability to manage competing priorities using sound engineering and financial judgment to determine optimal solutions  
* Awareness and understanding of key business drivers  
* Ability to devise solutions to both common and complex problems/challenges.  
* Where appropriate, technical, and operational experience in a relevant engineering role within a utility environment.
+ Where required, knowledge of:
- Construction and maintenance standards in accordance with regulatory requirements      - Engineering standards and specifications up to 345kV
- Routine Technical

Skills:

* Physical Substation Design - Expert  
* Project Scoping and Estimating - Expert  
* Equipment Specifications - Expert  
* Construction and Outage Sequencing - Expert  
* Industry Codes, Standards, and Regulations - Expert  
* Technical Writing and Communication - Expert
- Unique Technical

Skills:

* Substation Foundation Design – Expert  
* Substation Layout - Expert  
* Substation Equipment Specifications - Expert  
* Structure Strength and load Analysis - Expert  
* Substation Material Selection - Expert  
* Substation Civil Specifications - Expert
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