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Floresville Electric Light & Power System Electrical Staff Engineer in Floresville, Texas
Job Summary
The purpose of this position is to support the FELPS team as well as provide support to the Chief Executive Officer. This is accomplished by preparing plans, specifications, contracts, and cost estimates for assigned projects requiring electrical engineering experience, preparing and evaluating contract engineering, construction and equipment bids, administering, and reviewing consultant work, reviewing and determining applicable industry standards, and performing engineering design work, as required. Other duties include providing community support and goodwill, serving on various industry committees and boards, and coordinating with city and county government entities. Must embrace and lead change management concerning technological advances. Additional other duties may be assigned, based on organizational need.
Essential Functions
Planning
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Assisting daily operations by working alongside FELPS Operations group and by overseeing the Dispatch and Advanced Metering Infrastructure Departments; providing customer service; and giving direction in accordance with FELPS policies.
Updates Projects within UPN for FELPS and contract crews.
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Overseeing system improvements and reliability, attending continuing education courses and conferences.
Reviewing construction jobs by examining work sketches.
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Managing finances by coordinating with Chief Financial Officer and other FELPS staff; providing monitoring of purchases and other expenditures; attending appropriate training courses; and making recommendations to FELPS Chief Executive Officer; Reviewing larger projects designed by line design department and meets with large potential customers to work out the details for the electric power requirements.
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Directing external relations by offering community support to cities in FELPS service territory; communicating regularly with neighboring utilities; serving on various industry boards and committees; and making presentations and attending meetings for local, area, and county governing bodies.
Reviewing substation events, power factor and recommending changes if necessary.
Dealing with customer complaints and customer claims to FELPS insurance company. Providing technical advice to customers and potential customers concerning all facets (or phases) of distribution power supply and use.
Providing customer service functions and advice to large residential
Minimum Qualifications
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Bachelors degree Engineering required; preferable a BSEE degree with a Power emphasis.
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Two to five years in electrical distribution utility industry with progression of assignments including supervisory, management and leadership positions.
Substation knowledge is a plus.
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Support FELPS Team on all Engineering requirements
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Communications are highly sophisticated and involve final decisions or recommendations regarding policy development and implementation.
Interaction with others outside the organization requires exercising participative skills that support team efforts and quality processes.
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Receives Administrative Direction:
The employee normally performs the duty assignments within broad parameters defined by general organizational requirements and accepted practices.
End results determine effectiveness of job performance.
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Advanced Skills and Knowledge:
Work requires skills and knowledge in approaches and systems, which affect the design and implementation of major programs and/or processes organization wide.
Independent judgment and decision-making abilities are necessary to apply technical skills effectively.
Distribution and Substation design experience required.
Transmission and communications design experience a plus, but not required.
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This job title has responsibility for final approval of at least one division/departmental budget.
Is authorized to approve fiscal/budgeted expenditures up to the amount in the pproved expenditure authority matrix delegated by the CEO.
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