Electric Transmission & Distribution System Manager

Transmission And Distribution Systems Manager

The primary purpose of this position is to oversee, plan, design, organize, direct and supervise the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the transmission and distribution (T&D) system including overhead, underground, and underwater electric lines, distribution switching equipment, demand side management equipment, warehouse, and metering, to ensure adequate power delivery capacity and resources to its customers and safe reliable operations.

Essential duties and responsibilities include managing the daily operations, engineering design, construction, routine preventive maintenance, and unplanned maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution facilities, including demand side management, metering and the electric materials warehouse; designing electric transmission and distribution facilities including structures for overhead and underground lines providing maintenance and coordination with the existing electric system; researching and understanding construction materials and establishing standards for materials used in the electric transmission and distribution system;

performing system planning including electric distribution layouts for residential upgrades, subdivisions, specifications of easements, analysis of load changes and substation usage; scheduling, training, motivating and evaluating the work of all direct reports to maintain proficiency and skill levels; developing and providing training, mentoring, testing, and exams to annually evaluate all direct reports; requisitioning supplies and materials and overseeing the maintenance of sufficient inventory to supply preventive maintenance operations, as well as unplanned repairs;

establishing and administering safety training programs and ensuring compliance with all state and federal regulations; working closely with the System Generation Manager and overseeing emergency procedures, such as load shedding when conditions deteriorate for the purpose of maintaining system integrity, scheduling outages, and restoration of partial, and total, power system collapse; coordinating the implementation of switching procedures with all direct reports and the System Generation Manager;

collecting and managing pertinent data to develop defensible capital project recommendations including project scopes, schedules and budgets and risk-scores projects; preparing and updating annual capital improvement plans for short-, mid- and long-range projects; preparing and managing annual operation and maintenance budgets, monitoring expenses, and maintaining fiscal accountability for department; preparing Requests for Proposals ("RFP"), Scope of Work ("SOW"), reviews and scores proposals, and makes recommendations to award contracts;

managing contracts within scope, schedule and budget, through final completion and acceptance of work; assisting with all technical and financial aspects of mid- and long-range strategic planning for the department; and performing other duties as assigned.

Knowledge of principles, practices, and theory of hydro and diesel electrical generation, transmission, substations, and distribution; principles, practices, and theory of electrical engineering; materials, uses, methods and equipment used in the operation and maintenance of electric transmission and distribution systems; safety procedures and precautions due to occupational hazards of others working with or around high and low voltage electrical equipment; project- and program-level planning and management including detailed scoping, accurate and defensible planning-level cost estimating, evaluation of risk, development and management of Capital Improvement Plans and successful cradle-to-grave management of projects;

state and federal laws and regulations pertaining to electric power transmission and distribution; management of an isolated, islanded, non-grid connected electric utility system; computer spreadsheet, word processing, and database applications used in the electric utility operations.

Skills in operating a personal computer using standard software applications appropriate to assigned tasks, including Excel, Word, Outlook, and any other customized software; reading, interpreting, and applying blueprints and single-line electrical diagrams related to electric generation, transmission, substations, and distribution systems; dealing with a variety of community members with various, and sometimes competing interests, calmly and professionally; multi-tasking with strong attention to detail.

Ability to direct and deal with other employees, including situations in which they may be upset, stressed, or in disagreement with decisions made; work under stressful situations which result from responding to emergency situations, including the responsibility for remaining calm and carrying out all duties; make decisions as to the best course of action for responding to emergency situations; communicate well with others, both…