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Education and/or Equivalent Experience:

• Graduation with a Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in engineering, plus seven (7) years of experience related to engineering.

Licenses or Certifications:

Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Texas; or if currently licensed in another state, the ability to obtain a Texas PE license within one (1) year of employment.

Notes to Applicants

This position serves as a technical subject matter expert for the Substation Engineering department. The work assigned involves applying medium to high levels of engineering knowledge and experience with electric utility substation electrical and physical design. Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, applying technical standards, codes, principles, and concepts to perform engineering calculations and design; preparing technical documentation; specifying equipment and materials; and supporting field construction. Primary functions of this position are design, engineer, and generate substation one-line, physical layout, control house, permitting, oil containment, grounding, foundation, structure, grading, and other substation drawings, details, and construction documents for transmission and distribution substations and substation equipment.

Working with Austin Energy provides a number of health and welfare benefits such as low-cost medical, dental, vision, paid leave time, a highly competitive retirement plan, career development opportunities and more.

Employment Application:

• The City of Austin employment application is an official document; incomplete applications will not be considered.
• Please be sure to detail on the application all current and previous employment that you wish to be considered as part of your qualifications.
• The Employment Record should be complete with job titles, employment dates, job duties, functions, and responsibilities for each position held. Starting salary will be based on overall relevant experience from your application.
• Rsums will not be accepted and statements such as see rsum will not be accepted. You may use N/A for fields that are not applicable.
• Please note that Austin Energy may close the job posting at any time after 7 days from the date of the initial advertisement. Once the job posting has closed, applications cannot be changed.

If you are selected as a top candidate:

• Verification of your education (which may include high school graduation or GED, undergraduate and/or graduate degrees) will be required. You must provide proof of education from an accredited organization/institution.
• If you are identified as a top candidate and are in the military or a veteran, you will need to provide a copy of your DD-214 prior to confirming a start date.
• This position requires a criminal background investigation.

Essential Position:

This has been designated as an Essential Employee position. In the event of a City-designated emergency, Essential Employees provide services that impact the public health, safety, utility services, and welfare of members of the Austin community and other employees and ensure the continuity of essential operations. In such an emergency, Essential Employees may be called back in, may be required to modify their schedule, may be assigned to a City-designated work site, or may be retained on site to assist with operations and recovery.

Fair Labor Standards Act:

This position is classified

FLSAExempt. Exempt employees are salaried and are not eligible for overtime compensation.

Pay Range

$48.38 - $62.90

Hours

Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with a flexible telework/in-office schedule.

Overtime as business needs require.

Job Close Date

02/10/2025

Type of Posting

External

Department

Austin Energy

Regular/Temporary

Regular

Grant Funded or Pooled Position

Not Applicable

Category

Professional

Location

4815 Mueller Blvd., Austin, TX 78723

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Experience:

• Extensive Knowledge of electric power system
• Experience performing substation engineering work including electrical and physical design for an electric utility
• Experience reviewing and sealing electric utility engineering work of others
• Experience with substation project estimates, bill of materials, equipment specifications and manufacture drawing approvals
• Experience with AutoCAD
• Experience conducting substation grounding studies using CDEGS
• Experience with national, state and local regulatory requirements and rules including NERCand ERCOT
• Experience providing engineering field support to electric utility technical personnel

Duties, Functions and Responsibilities

**Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.

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