Electric Distribution Designer, San Antonio, TX

Electrical Distribution Designer

Halff is seeking a Electrical Distribution Designer to join our San Antonio office. The role focuses on coordinating and designing electrical distribution system installations, extensions, and improvements, primarily using ESRI Utility Network and ArcGIS.

• Landbase Services – coordinates verification of edits, QA/QC, and closing of as-built designs with Designers, Construction personnel, Site Inspectors, and Schedulers.
• Overhead Engineering – coordinates and designs overhead electric system improvement projects and civic improvement projects.
• Gas Engineering – coordinates and designs gas system improvement/renewal projects; civic improvement projects; and large line extensions and service installations/upgrades/remodels for large commercial and industrial customers and developments.
• Create, edit, analyze and implement gas facility data updates from job construction sketches, as-built sheets, or mobile applications using standardized CPS symbology and data placement business rules, related to civic improvement, rehab or other existing work.
• Validate gas line pressure discrepancies, confirm gas service measurement and feature placement consistency.
• Produce specialty Gas facility mapping and data product requests for internal and external use.
• Maintain and ensure successful GIS data exports to critical modeling and outage applications such as ADMS, Gas SCADA, and Gas Hydraulic Modeling software.
• Follow business rules and generate reports to improve the data quality for export to other systems.
• Perform all coordination with external agencies such as the City of San Antonio, TxDOT, etc.
• Conduct field surveying for the design and installation for each job, including staking pole locations and locating buried utilities.
• Develop job sketches and perform As-builts.
• Perform other project and process improvement initiatives as assigned.

• At least 2 years of experience working in ESRI Utility Network (UN) or an ESRI enterprise multi-user data ArcGIS environment.
• High School Diploma or GED Equivalent.
• Exceptional knowledge and demonstrated application of relevant design and construction standards and applicable code requirements.
• Extensive knowledge and demonstrated application of Electric Line Extension Policy and Gas Line Extension Policy.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with minimum supervision verified through assessments.
• Demonstrated ability to provide exceptional customer service.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare high quality job sketches utilizing GIS.
• Demonstrated ability to perform accurate and timely as-builts.
• Ability to meet goals and objectives with minimal direct supervision.
• Ability to work in a variety of locations such as the field, construction centers and the main office.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Package, including word processing, spreadsheets, database, presentation software, electronic mail and scheduling.
• Ability to set priorities, organize work and make occasional exceptions.
• Demonstrated ability to forge strong relationships across levels and organizational lines of business.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage and coordinate all projects to meet due dates.
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills for interaction with all levels of personnel.
• Ability to multi-task various critical work assignments in a fast paced environment in a professional manner.
• Demonstrated positive interpersonal behaviors toward CPS Energy, associates, and customers.

• Associate’s degree in Science with a concentration in Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical or related field from an accredited university.
• Designer/GIS, WMIS, and SAP experience.
• Gas design and construction standards knowledge.
• Gas Line Extension Policies knowledge.
• Relative experience in supporting utility construction & maintenance.
• GIS Placement Standards knowledge.
• Gas as-built standards knowledge.
• Functional GIS experience in the Gas utility industry.
• Demonstrated experience to use and develop effective QA/QC processes to maintain GIS data integrity requirements.
• Documented experience working in ESRI Utility Network (UN) or an ESRI enterprise…