Engineer Asset Health
Job Description
Position Summary
Level I to Level III is considered a progression and is approved by the appropriate manager. Level IV is considered a progression and is approved by the Engineering Oversight Committee. All District engineering positions are managed under the Engineering Technical Career Path document.
Position provides daily support for Operations and Maintenance, trending system performance and initiating actions to restore/improve system performance and reliability, troubleshooting off-normal system conditions, failure and root cause analysis, evaluating proposed configuration changes, recommendations to maintain asset value, and coordinating maintenance-related projects.
Assignments are designed to develop general knowledge of professional engineering practice in the electric utility industry and introduce customer/supplier communication skills.
In addition to the general engineering activities above, job-specific knowledge and expectations for this individual role will include:
Asset Health Engineer:
This position will assist in all areas of delivery and performance analysis for electrical equipment. Areas of duties include: improving assigned Life Cycle Management processes, critical component and capital prioritization, provide highly insightful analytics on asset performance and identify future asset risks and mitigation strategies, Master Data review and standardization for all equipment materials, outage data review to assist with reporting for the Transmission & Distribution benchmarking system, managing key NERC/FERC programs, and the prioritization of all aging District assets. A growing role in specifying and providing input to the purchasing and manufacturing of large power transformers. Assisting with evaluating existing and new technology to monitor the condition of installed equipment. Assisting with specifying testing requirements for equipment as required by various industry standards.
The successful candidate will be expected to continually interact with technicians in the field, as well as to provide an increasing amount of engineering expertise to other professionals, engineers, and technicians as they develop in the position.
The level assigned to the successful candidate will be determined by the candidate’s skills and ability.
Education, Training and Experience
Level I to Level III is considered a progression and is approved by the appropriate manager. Level IV is considered a progression and is approved by the Engineering Oversight Committee.
Level I:
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical(preferred), Mechanical or Civil Engineering from an Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited university or college is required, or Professional Engineering (PE) License and bachelor’s degree in engineering from a non-ABET accredited school is required.
Entry-level position with assignments designed to develop a general knowledge of professional engineering practice in the electric utility industry and introduce customer/supplier communication skills.
Level II:
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical(preferred), Mechanical or Civil Engineering from an ABET accredited university or college, or Professional Engineering License obtained by accredited examination.
Second-level position with assignments designed to develop competent technical knowledge within an engineering discipline, develop customer relation skills, and introduce project management skills.
Level III:
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical(preferred), Mechanical or Civil Engineering from an ABET accredited university or college, or Professional Engineering License obtained by accredited examination.
A fully competent engineer in conventional aspects within the specific discipline with expertise in specific areas of past assignments. Assignments designed to expand the areas of expertise within the discipline, develop project management skills, and develop a general knowledge of other disciplines.