Electric Transmission & Distribution System Manager

Salary negotiable depending on qualifications and experience aligned with job requirements.

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. This position is responsible for collaborating with other department employees to ensure safe and coordinated operation of the utility system.

Under the direct supervision of the Electric Utility Director, the T&D Systems Manager exercises considerable independent judgement and discretion as a professional with technical expertise to perform the position’s daily tasks and responsibilities within department established policies and procedures. The T&D Systems Manager directly supervises the General Foreman, Lineman Unit, Metering Unit, and Warehousing Unit. Additionally, the T&D Systems Manager may be required to supervise, oversee, and provide guidance to contracted support staff, and is responsible for collaborating with other department employees to ensure safe and coordinated operation of the system.

The T&D Systems Manager is a management employee who assists and acts in a confidential capacity to the Electric Utility Director, Municipal Administrator, Assembly, and other department heads who formulates, determines, or effectuates management policies. The T&D Systems Manager may be required to act as the Electric Utility Director in absence of the Electric Utility Director, as assigned.

• Manages 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
• Designs electric transmission and distribution facilities including structures for overhead and underground lines providing maintenance and coordination with the existing electric system
• Researches and understands construction materials and establishes standards for materials used in the electric transmission and distribution system
• Performs system planning including electric distribution layouts for residential upgrades, subdivisions, specifications of easements, analysis of load changes and substation usage
• Schedules, trains, motivates and evaluates the work of all direct reports to maintain proficiency and skill levels
• Develops and provides training, mentoring, testing, and exams to annually evaluate all direct reports
• Requisition s supplies and materials and oversees the maintenance of sufficient inventory to supply preventive maintenance operations, as well as unplanned repairs
• Establishes and administers safety training programs and ensures compliance with all state and federal regulations
• Works closely with the System Generation Manager and oversees 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
• Coordinates the implementation of switching procedures with all direct reports and the System Generation Manager
• Collects and manages pertinent data to develop defensible capital project recommendations including project scopes, schedules and budgets and risk-scores projects
• Prepares and updates annual capital improvement plans for short-, mid- and long-range projects
• Prepares and manages annual operation and maintenance budgets, monitors expenses, and maintains fiscal accountability for department
• Prepares Requests for Proposals ("RFP"), Scope of Work ("SOW"), reviews and scores proposals, and makes recommendations to award contracts.
• Manages contracts within scope, schedule and budget, through final completion and acceptance of work
• Assists with all technical and financial aspects of mid- and long-range strategic planning for the department
• Performs other duties as assigned

• 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…