Career Opportunities: Senior Engineer - Gas (3164) Requisition ID 3164 - Posted 09/27/2024 - Full-Time - Engineering ? Job Description Print Preview

Huntsville Utilities offers a customer service driven environment, with access to industry-leading technology that supports our employee's work and resources to drive career advancement. Join Us at Huntsville Utilities, where our team is customer service-driven and uniquely focused on one goal: To provide high quality, low cost, safe and reliable electric, natural gas and water service to our customers.

Offer Range: $105,019 - $127,067

Exempt/Non-Exempt: Exempt

Benefits: Yes

Employment Type: Full Time

Department: Engineering

Job Statement: Provides technical expertise, knowledge, and experience to the Engineering Department. Handles complex work assignments and provides technical guidance and instruction to junior engineers and aides. Establishes and maintains system specifications, evaluates new products, and makes recommendations to management regarding system improvements. Persons in this position will be considered a subject matter expert in their field.

Essential Duties:

Provides technical guidance and expertise to department personnel. Reviews technical documents prepared by department to verify that information is correct and applicable. Prepares feasibility studies, prepares preliminary design reports, cost estimates, and makes forecasts of system requirements based on consumer demand projections, service area growth trends, and interpretation of modeling data. Reviews plans and specifications to ensure that they are technically complete and developed within policies, procedures, industry standard, and applicable codes. Performs constructability reviews to verify that project can be constructed and maintained as designed. Makes recommendations to correct any constructability or maintenance deficiencies identified. Reviews construction shop drawings to verify that proposed materials meet project specifications. Perform periodic field visits to verify that approved materials are being used and installed correctly according to project plans and specifications. Consults with other departments to regarding projects and processes to ensure that project impacts and required resources are addressed. Stays abreast of current and proposed industry standards and codes. Maintains and updates HU standards and specifications to insure that they are in compliance with current industry standards and codes. Prepares and reviews project budgets and justifications. Handles difficult or complex customer and technical problems that are beyond the capabilities of less experienced personnel in the department. Maintains positive relationships with City, County and State entities. Stays abreast of latest trends and developments in the industry; Evaluates new products and makes recommendations for use. Responds to emergency call-outs as required. Participates in managing large restoration efforts as needed. Provides direction and assistance in determining restoration actions and priorities during emergency situations. Promotes and enforces compliance with all safety practices and policies. Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:

Education/Certifications/Training: B.S. degree from an ABET accredited school in the appropriate discipline (ME, CE) and current AL Professional Engineering License or the ability to successfully obtain licensure by comity with six months of hire.

Experience/Skills: A minimum of ten (10) years of practical experience is required. Expertise of design, construction standards, and codes for distribution and transmission systems, previous engineering and construction experience, knowledge of materials and equipment used in operating and maintaining the systems, and experience with system model planning. Experience with integrated business, design, mapping systems required.

Equipment: Vehi le, computer, software (MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, AutoCAD, Bentley, Mapping/GIS software, etc), two-way radio, telephone and calculator.

Physical Demands/Environmental Conditions: Sedentary work in office environment. Sometimes required to work long periods of time in inclement weather while coordinating activities to mitigate severe storm damage.

Other: A team player with excellent interpersonal, speaking and writing skills. Demonstrated ability to interact effectively and positively with others at all levels within the company and outside the company. Good technical knowledge and teaching skills. Subject to recall. Current Alabama drivers license. Subject to On-Call Duty.

All employees in the safety sensitive positions are subject to periodic random drug and alcohol testing and testing resulting from reasonable suspicion.

Other Considerations:

Gas:

B.S. degree in Mechanical or Civil Engineering from an ABET accredited institution. Practical knowledge of USDOT and ALPSC compliance requirements, including cathodic protection of pipelines and services desired. Practical knowledge of gas pipeline, gate station, and regulator equipment design, operation, and maintenance desired. Fluids modeling experience with GasWorks, or equivalent, gas modeling software experience desired. Current AL Professional Engineering license or the ability to successfully obtain licensure by comity with six months of hire.

Job Specific Competencies:

Making Accurate Judgments and Decisions Solving Complex Problems Displaying Technical Expertise Deliver High Quality Work

Huntsville Utilities is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in the E-Verify program. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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