Supervisor Engineering - Grid Analytics & Technology Solutions

Puget Sound Energy; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 87,800 - 212,300; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) retirement plan

PTO and paid holidays

Job summary

Puget Sound Energy seeks a senior engineering leader to supervise the Grid Analytics & Technology Solutions team. You will guide planning tools, analytics models, and reliability-focused projects, while promoting a culture of safety and regulatory compliance.

The role requires coordinating with internal and external stakeholders and shaping strategic analysis to drive business goals. Responsibilities include budget planning, performance management, and developing robust solutions to complex grid

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Civil Engineering or other appropriate engineering field.

Responsibilities

• Supervises the Grid Analytics & Technology Solutions team and provides leadership to the staff.
• Promotes safety and ensures compliance with codes and design standards.
• Plans and develops project budgets with appropriate documentation.
• Reviews work of internal and external engineering staff and communicates solutions across teams.
• Leads a team focused on advancing electric system planning tools and analytics models.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Civil Engineering or other appropriate engineering field

Job description

Puget Sound Energy is looking to grow our community with top talented individuals like you! With our rapidly growing, award winning energy efficiency programs, our pathway to an exciting and innovative future is now.

Job Description

Supervises the Grid Analytics & Technology Solutions team, which focuses on advancing electric system planning tools and analytics models to address capacity requests, DERs, distribution assets, and reliability needs. Key responsibilities of the team include developing and managing load profiles to assess coincident peak demand for large load interconnections, enhancing locational load forecasting capabilities, creating locational value assessments for non-wire alternative projects, building time-series analysis tools for DER and load interconnection support, evolving the Hosting Capacity Map, and developing predictive models for asset management, climate risk, and reliability performance.

The supervisor will be responsible for the supervision and leadership of technical staff, inspiring change, providing strategic thought, building collaborative working relationships with peer stakeholder teams, guidelines, performance metrics & reporting, setting priorities, and developing robust analysis and strategies to drive business objectives.

Assignments involve a substantial degree of complexity, with many interrelated elements, requiring considerations not previously encountered. Facilitates solutions to complex issues involving diverse opinions, and ensures that solutions are aligned with customer expectations, and PSE's business initiatives and environment. Assists in development of resource plans, department budgets, and department goals and objectives. May review design and documentation to ensure compliance with design criteria and standards.

Upholds the safety compliance standards inherent in PSE's operating and/or field procedures related to work responsibilities. Promotes and supports a culture of total safety.

Demonstrates commitment to conduct business honestly, ethically and consistent with our core values and Code of Conduct. Ensures duties are performed in accordance with all regulatory compliance obligations. This job is considered "safety sensitive" as defined in RCW 49.44.240 and is subject to pre-employment drug screening that includes screening for the presence of marijuana and marijuana metabolites.

Job Responsibilities

• Employee Safety, Development & Team Building - Providing employees with coaching, feedback, and developmental opportunities and building effective teams.
• Demonstrates a passion for safety. Promotes and supports a culture of total safety including eliminating at-risk behaviors by conducting safety audits and inspections, eliminating hazards and near misses, and attending safety meetings.
• Sets clear expectations and holds employees accountable for performance as well as safety goals/targets where applicable.
• Oversees training and development of employees directly and indirectly managed and makes effective staffing decisions. Ensures required training is successfully completed.
• Challenges and inspires employees to achieve business results.
• Accountable to ensure employees adhere to legal and operational compliance requirements, as well as safety standards.
• Conducts and ensures the completion of performance reviews.
• Provides coaching, direction and leadership support to team members in order to achieve employee, business, customer and safety results.
• Leads team focused on advancing electric system planning tools and analytics models to address capacity requests, DER's, distributions assets, and reliability needs.
• Facilitates solutions to unique problems by leveraging employees' technical skills, and providing guidance with regards to PSE's business initiatives.
• Ensures team is strategically focused in daily duties and projects.
• Motivates team to achieve corporate and departmental expectations.
• Develops and administers team goals and manages/measures performance of technical team.
• Reviews the work of internal and external (consulting or contract) engineering staff.
• Communicates solutions to personnel possessing a wide variety of educational and employment backgrounds.
• Plans and develops project budgets with appropriate documentation.
• Ensures compliance with codes, standards, and design, operation, and maintenance requirements.
• Identifies potential areas of weakness with assigned work, and initiates corrective action.
• Supports emergency responsework as requested including immediate and extended restoration efforts driven by weather and other system failures.
• Represents department at team meetings.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Civil Engineering or other appropriate engineering field (a WA State Professional Engineering license may be considered in lieu of a degree).
• Extensive experience in engineering analysis, planning, design, specification preparation, maintenance, project cost estimating and scheduling (typically achieved after 10 years' practice as a degreed engineer).
• Experience leading engineering projects.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience in working effectively and collaborating with a wide range of internal and external customers.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working within the utility industry.
• Understanding of data structures, software architecture, and databases
• Possession of a Professional Engineering License.
• Leadership training.
• Previous supervisory experience.
• Synergi or CYME disribution power flow modeling experience.
• Data analytics experience.

Additional Information

At PSE, we value our employees and provide them with opportunities to excel. We offer a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package. To learn more about why PSE is a great place to work, see our Employee Value Proposition, which highlights our commitment to employee growth, work-life balance, and meaningful career opportunities in the energy sector.

The pay range for this position is$87,800.00-$212,300.00, and this position is eligible for annual goals based incentive bonuses.

PSE offers a suite of benefits to our employees.

• Employees are eligible for medical, dental, vision, basic life, and short- and long-term disability insurance.
• There are additional voluntary options of supplemental life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent daycare, and an Employee assistance program (EAP).
• For long term savings, PSE offers a 401(k) investment option and a cash balance retirement plan.
• Employees will also receive Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays throughout the calendar year.

Detailed benefit overviews can be found on our Career page - Why Work For Us (pse.com).

Families and businesses depend on PSE to provide the energy they need to pursue their dreams. Our steadfast commitment to serving Washington communities with safe, dependable and efficient energy started in 1873. Today we're building the Northwest's energy future through efforts like our award winning energy efficiency programs and our leadership in renewable energy.

Puget Sound Energy is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veteran status or presence of a disability that with or without reasonable accommodation does not prevent performance of the essential functions of the job, or any other category prohibited by local, state or federal law.

Should you have a disability that requires assistance and/or reasonable accommodation with the job application process, please contact the Human Resources Staffing department at [e-mail] or 425-462-3017.