Hybrid Principal Engineer – Substation Planner

at Puget Sound Energy

• Job title: Principal Engineer – Substation Planner
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $124,600 - $207,400 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Bellevue, United States

About the role

• Principal Engineer managing distribution planning projects and complex power flow models at Puget Sound Energy. Leading technical solutions while coordinating with industry leaders for a cleaner energy system.

Responsibilities

• Prepares complex engineering plans, designs, evaluations and studies utilizing specialized distribution planning analytical skills
• Responsible for solving unique problems using advanced analytical techniques
• Communicates solutions to personnel possessing a wide variety of educational and employment backgrounds, including in public forums in both verbal and written forms
• Ensures compliance with codes, standards, and design, operation, and maintenance requirements
• Identifies potential areas of weakness with team’s work, and initiates corrective action
• Documents and shares work with others to strengthen the depth and breadth of skills within PSE’s engineering workforce
• Provides technical leadership to others in the department and throughout the company
• Ensures that problem solutions are tailored to PSE’s business environment
• Maintains knowledge of industry developments and best practices and their application at PSE to further business objectives
• Engages with utility professionals and subject matter experts to collaborate on planning practices
• Coordinate and review the work of engineers, engineering assistants, field technicians, and others who assist in specific assignments (including contractors/consultants)
• Plans and schedules engineering resources to meet department needs
• Develops and executes department strategy to support overall business objectives
• Supports emergency response work as requested including immediate and extended restoration efforts driven by weather and other system failures
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree or PE license in electrical, mechanical, civil, or other appropriate engineering field
• Extensive experience in planning, design, specification preparation, maintenance, project cost estimating and scheduling (typically achieved after 10 or more years practice as a degreed engineer)
• Advanced technical and scientific expertise
• Experience leading engineering projects
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work effectively and collaborate with a wide range of internal and external customers.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• basic life insurance
• short- and long-term disability insurance
• additional voluntary options of supplemental life insurance
• accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent daycare
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(k) investment option
• cash balance retirement plan
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays throughout the calendar year