The City is currently seeking a Senior Electric Engineering Technician who will be responsible for performing a wide range of sub-professional engineering and administrative duties including: planning, engineering design, project review, budgeting and management, labor and material estimates and complex phases of construction cost estimating. The incumbent has lead responsibility in planning, design and review of special and major development projects and has responsibility for the development and implementation of design and construction standards.
A selected sample of duties includes: assists the Utilities Director in preparing and administrating departmental work plan; by use of computer aided drafting software (i.e. ACAD) and/or other related tools, prepares detailed plans for needed maintenance and/or replacement work. Plans include providing special instructions for the materials, location of poles, anchors, guys, conduit systems, vaults, service boxes, transformers, labor estimates and other necessary information required to complete the work; determines proper cable, wire sizes, and transformer sizes for given loads on the distribution system; coordinates layout for major subdivisions with other city and third party utilities, insuring that overall City interests are a priority when said coordinating is done; conducts field surveys of project sites to determine the existing and future locations of electric and other facilities and the impact of proposed changes; ability to analyzing engineering technical and statistical information, evaluating alternatives and making sound recommendations; determines the existence of easement and requirements for new easements. Where new easements are required, initiates the process to gain easements prior to construction; assists in the development and updating of material and construction standards; works with developers, consultants, contractors, property owners, and other utilities on construction activities and proposed additions and changes to the City's electric utility system.
