Overview
The Engineer Sr is responsible for the safe, reliable, and economical, around-the-clock operation of generation, electric transmission, and distribution systems. This includes engineering support for the design, construction, maintenance, and operation of power plants, transmission lines, substations, distribution systems, gas systems, control centers, and other related assets.
The role also involves continuous monitoring and balancing of energy flow and responding to system disturbances, along with engineering support across generation, distribution, and transmission activities that deliver electric and gas services to customers.
Cross-Functional Planning and Strategy
In a dynamic and evolving environment, the Engineer Sr supports cross-functional planning and system strategy initiatives. The Engineer partners with teams across generation, transmission, distribution, gas, forecasting, finance, regulatory, and operations to evaluate technical information, assist with long-range system planning, and provide practical, data-informed recommendations that strengthen reliability, improve cost effectiveness, and enhance operational readiness.
Success in this position requires the ability to work through ambiguity, develop and implement processes, and help shape new or evolving programs as they are established.
Key Responsibilities
- Attend seminars and continuing education opportunities for professional development.
- Apply the highest level of engineering judgment and technical expertise, with potential limited supervisor responsibilities.
- Make decisions that can significantly affect timeline, cost, safety, and reliability.
- Coach and mentor junior engineers.
- Support on-time, on-budget, quality delivery of projects.
- Handle substantially complex content involving diverse issues and problem sets.
- Work with assignments typically framed as broad goals or areas of responsibility.
- Demonstrate the ability to train other engineers on technical topics related to research, design, development, testing, and analysis.
- Provide input and assist in the review and evaluation of lower level personnel.
- May sign and seal engineering work completed independently or prepared by staff under the Engineer Sr’s oversight.
- Lead or support other project and process improvement initiatives as assigned.
- Partner with internal stakeholders across generation, transmission, distribution, gas, operations, forecasting, finance, and other business units to evaluate system needs and identify engineering solutions.
- Analyze technical, operational, and planning data to support long-range infrastructure strategies, capital investment prioritization, and system performance improvements.
- Help develop, refine, and document processes, assumptions, methodologies, and recommendations for new or evolving engineering and planning programs.
- Provide engineering input into complex, multi-disciplinary initiatives where requirements, processes, or program structure may be changing in real time.
- Prepare technical analyses, presentations, and recommendations for leadership and cross-functional partners to support informed decision making.
- Identify risks, dependencies, and improvement opportunities across interconnected systems and recommend practical actions to improve reliability, efficiency, and value to customers.
Minimum Skills and Qualifications
- Comprehensive engineering experience.
- Ability to effectively oversee design work of employees and contractors.
- Technical expert on engineering principles, practices, and procedures across 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 and a collaborative working style.
- Ability to work call duty and occasional unscheduled work in evenings, weekends, or holidays after experience level permits.
- Ability to travel occasionally for off-site work, seminars, manufacturing plant inspections, and similar activities.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including word processing, spreadsheets, database, presentation tools, electronic mail, and scheduling.
- Texas Professional Engineer (PE) certification.
Preferred Qualifications
- Transmission engineering experience.
- Master’s degree from an accredited university.
Competencies
- Manages Ambiguity
- Collaborates
- Communicates Effectively
- Drives Vision and Purpose
- Drive for Results
Minimum Education
Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or related field from an ABET accredited four-year college or university.
Pay and Posting
Pay Grade 17. Qualifications may warrant placement at a different job level. Open until filled.
Working Environment
Work is performed both indoors and outdoors. The role involves operating computer equipment and using manual dexterity, talking, hearing, and repetitive motion. Employees use personal computing equipment, telephone, multi-function printers, and calculators.
Employees may be exposed to hazardous chemicals, wet or humid conditions, outdoor weather, and noisy or dusty environments. Ability to travel to and from meetings, training sessions, or other business-related events is required. After-hours work may be required.
Physical Demands
- May exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
- Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and
