Puget Sound Energy · 4 hours ago
Principal Engineer- Climate Resiliency Planning
Bellevue, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$120K/yr - $200K/yr
10+ years expPuget Sound Energy is looking for a Principal Engineer in Climate Resiliency Planning to provide engineering and technical leadership for energy delivery system resiliency. The role involves collaborating across departments to address climate change impacts on energy systems and developing specifications and standards to enhance resiliency.
Utilities
Responsibilities
Prepares complex engineering plans, designs, specifications, standards, evaluations and studies utilizing specialized analytical skills, with a focus on improving resiliency of the energy delivery system
Responsible for solving unique problems using advanced analytical techniques to assess and mitigate the impacts of temperature, sea-level rise, precipitation, wildfire and cascading events on the transmission and distribution energy delivery system
Communicates solutions to personnel possessing a wide variety of educational and employment backgrounds, including in public forums in both verbal and written forms
Ensures compliance with codes, standards, and design, operation, and maintenance requirements
Identifies potential areas of weakness with team’s work, and initiates corrective action
Documents and shares work with others to strengthen the depth and breadth of skills within PSE’s engineering workforce
Provides technical leadership to others in the department and throughout the company
Ensures that problem solutions are tailored to PSE’s business environment
Maintains knowledge of industry developments and best practices for conducting vulnerability assessments and implementing climate change adaptation techniques to mitigate identified hazards, and applies this knowledge at PSE to further business objectives
Coordinates and reviews the work of engineers, engineering assistants, field technicians, and others who assist in specific assignments (including contractors/consultants)
Plans, schedules and coordinates engineering and other cross-functional resources to meet corporate climate resiliency objectives and priorities
Develops and supports execution of corporate strategies to mitigate climate-related hazards to the transmission and distribution system over intermediate and long-term timeframes
Supports emergency response work as requested including immediate and extended restoration efforts driven by weather and other system failures. Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor of Science degree or PE license in electrical, mechanical, civil, or other appropriate engineering field
Extensive experience in planning, design, specification preparation, maintenance, project cost estimating and scheduling (typically achieved after 10 or more years practice as a degreed engineer)
Advanced technical and scientific expertise
Experience leading engineering projects
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to work effectively and collaborate with a wide range of internal and external customers
Preferred
Experience working within the utility industry
Possession of a Professional Engineering License
Knowledge of engineering economics and utility accounting practices
Experience working on complex engineering projects
Knowledge of climate impacts and adaptation solutions, including the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Climate READi Framework
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Basic life
Short- and long-term disability insurance
Supplemental life insurance
Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent daycare
Employee assistance program (EAP)
401(k) investment option
Cash balance retirement plan
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Paid Holidays
Company
Puget Sound Energy
Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is Washington state’s oldest local energy company.
1001-5000 employees
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Late StageLeadership Team
Wade Smith
EVP & COO
Lorna Luebbe
General Counsel/Senior Vice President/Chief Sustainability Officer
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