The Engineer position holds the responsibility for the safe, reliable, and economic round-the-clock operation of the generation, electric transmission, and distribution systems. Duties include Engineering responsibilities for the design, construction, maintenance, and operation activities of our power plants, transmission lines, substations, distribution system, gas systems, control centers and others. These Engineering duties may include continuous monitoring and balancing of energy flow and responding to system disturbances, along with all generation, distribution, and transmission activities that provide electric and gas services to customers.
Tasks and Responsibilities
- Evaluates and recommends new standards, products, and/or services
- Develops, implements and maintains asset management programs based on industry best practice
- Manages and provides oversight for technical aspects of regulatory compliance programs
- Provides technical support for electrical equipment to Power Generation fleet
- Supports root cause investigation for equipment issues and protection system operations
- Attends seminars, continuing education opportunities for professional development
- Recommends and implements improvements to processes and procedures
- May include limited supervisory responsibilities, including lower level engineers
- Makes frequent independent decisions and recommendations that affect the section, department, and/or division
- Participates in and provides input to area budget
- Actively works within financial objectives set by management
- Discipline expert to mentor and develop employees
- Signs and seals required own engineering work and engineering work by staff under his/her oversight
- Performs other project and process improvement initiatives as assigned
Minimum Skills
Minimum Knowledge and Abilities
- Comprehensive engineering experience
- Ability to effectively oversee design work of employees and contractors
- Technical expert on engineering principles, practices and procedures of varied fields
- Ability to oversee major engineering projects, programs and or initiatives with minimal supervision
- Effective communication skills focused on understanding customer needs and developing resolution
- Strong people skills, with bias for a collaborative working style
- Ability to work call duty and occasional unscheduled work in the evenings, weekends, or holidays after experience level permits
- Ability to travel occasionally, to off-site work, to seminars, manufacturing plant inspections, etc.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Package, including word processing, spreadsheets, database, presentation software, electronic mail and scheduling
CPS Energy
145 Navarro
San Antonio
Texas United States
www.cpsenergy.com
