Lead Engineer - Region Engineer

Duke Energy; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Duke Energy is seeking a Region Engineer to provide geographically focused field support, technical guidance on outages, mis-operations and equipment issues in the Charlotte region. You will coordinate with C&M, Veg Maintenance, Engineering, and Asset Management to ensure reliability and project execution.

The role requires a BS in Engineering with ABET accreditation and PE licensure, 8+ years of engineering experience, and strong communication and project management skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering from ABET-accredited program.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
• Minimum 8 years of engineering experience.
• Master’s degree in Engineering may substitute for the B.S. degree.

Responsibilities

• Serve as point of contact for outages and equipment mis-operations.
• Lead or participate in Root Cause Investigations (RCA, ACA, BCA).
• Provide outage analysis, documentation, and follow-up.
• Provide input on project scope and collaborate with project teams on Transmission construction projects.
• Provide equipment troubleshooting and problem resolution (including SVC, UG).
• Represent Duke Energy as technical expert for escalated customer outage and service quality issues.
• Serve as technical point of contact with regional distribution engineering for contingency load planning, emergencies, and outages.
• Support plant outages or specific plant projects by serving as plant interface for PGO.
• Assist Asset Management in evaluating performance and reliability of Transmission assets.
• Identify and mitigate system issues and submit project work for assigned area.
• Support Project Manager on emergent/failed equipment projects (scope and estimates).
• Assist with scoring reliability projects for Copperleaf and decide repair vs replace.

Skills

Project management

Written and verbal communication

Researching engineering issues

Leadership

Education

ABET-accredited B.S. in Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Master's degree in Engineering (preferred)

Job description

Job Summary

The Region Engineer owns reliability and is responsible for providing geographically focused field support and technical guidance associated with outages, mis-operations, and equipment issues. The Region Engineer serves as the single point of contact for outage and mis-operation support associated with substation, relay, balance of station, and line equipment. This function provides the second level of technical support beyond the field crews and C&M Supervisors. The Region Engineer serves as the conduit between C&M, Veg Maintenance, Engineering, and Asset Management to provide expertise as deemed necessary. The Lead Region Engineer will provide additional leadership support for special investigations, assignments and initiatives. Region Engineer support will interface with the following organizations, as a minimum: Craft Workforce (Maintenance and Construction); Work Management; Transmission Engineering (P&C, Substation, and Line); ECC/DCC personnel; Asset Management (System Standards, Asset Strategy and Analytics, HRM and Fault Lab, and Data Management); Transmission Planning; Project Management; Generation Plant PTAC and System Engineers (Nuclear & RRE); Account Managers for external customers (e.g., industrial, Electric Municipalities Corporations); Distribution. Consider joining the Duke Energy team, where you'll find a friendly work environment, opportunities for growth and development, recognition for your work, and competitive pay and benefits.

Responsibilities

• Serves as point of contact for outages and equipment mis-operations
• Leads or participates in Root Cause Investigations (i.e., RCA, ACA, BCA)
• Provides outage analysis, documentation, and follow-up.
• Provides input on project scope and collaborates with project teams on Transmission construction projects.
• Provides equipment troubleshooting and problem resolution. (Includes unique equipment such as SVC, UG)
• Represent Duke Energy as technical expert for escalated customer outage and service quality issues. (e.g., power quality, reliability, and capacity)
• Serves as technical point of contact with regional distribution engineering for contingency load planning, emergencies, and outages
• Supports plant outages or specific plant projects by serving as plant interface for PGO
• Assists Asset Management in the evaluation of performance and reliability of Transmission assets in assigned region.
• Identifies and mitigates system issues and/or equipment issues that may impact system reliability and submits project work accordingly for assigned area.
• Supports Project Manager on emergent/failed equipment projects (scope and estimates)
• Assists with scoring of one-off reliability projects, to be placed in long range planning tool (Copperleaf), that are not covered under system programs or other projects.
• Lead effort to determine whether to repair versus replace equipment

Required/Basic Qualifications

• Must have obtained Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited program and PE Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) required.
• Minimum of 8 years of engineering experience
• A Master's degree in Engineering will be considered in lieu of the B.S. Engineering degree.
• Skilled in the practices of researching engineering and design issues, evaluating alternatives, making sound recommendations and preparing and presenting recommendations.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Skilled principles of project management.
• Experience in the utility industry.
• Expert working knowledge of the transmission systems & associated safety policies, practices, and work procedures.

Working Conditions

Field Mobility Classification – Work will be performed in various field locations, as needed, after the onboarding period. However, field employees are required to live within a reasonable daily commute to their assigned work location.

Specific Requirements

• Valid driver's license
• Travel Requirements 25-50%
• Relocation Assistance Provided (as applicable) Yes
• Represented/Union Position No
• Visa Sponsored Position No. This is not a Visa Sponsored Position.
• This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.

Diversity & Inclusion

Duke Energy values ideas that come from a diverse and inclusive workforce, and we’re dedicated to providing a work environment where all people are valued, respected and able to reach their full potential. Duke Energy is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, including but not limited to lactation, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, medical condition, military status, or protected veteran status. Duke Energy complies with all applicable state, federal and local laws, regulations and ordinances prohibiting discrimination.