Manager Controls Engineering

Closes: December 31, 2024
Starting Range: $120,368 to $158,887, ML 12
Full Range: $120,368 to $178,146

Job Description
Responsible for the supervision and direction of the Controls Engineering Group. Resonsible for the controls design, regulatory compliance, and operational troubleshooting for Avista’s generation assets. Coordinates work with other engineering sections and with various operating, maintenance, and construction departments, regulatory agencies, power supply, and other departments. Responsible for the development, preparation, publishing and maintaining Company generation control standards. Responsible for furnishing technical design expertise for operations, maintenance and emergencies as required for generating stations.

Principal Accountabilities

• Responsible for overall employee performance, productivity and development. Manages recruiting, hiring, and retention of employees including continuous education and training, leadership development, and evaluation for coaching and guidance for employees to achieve their career goals.
• Works with other Engineering Managers and/or other business unit managers to prioritize projects and tasks to determine work assignments for their group; to set design and construction schedules utilizing staffing and material availability; to develop department operations, maintenance, and design philosophies, practices, and standards. Also includes developing construction methodologies, material usage and equipment selection.
• Primary contact for control systems and issues associated with generating facilities to report operational, maintenance, and safety problems and issues. Responsible to assure that these items are addressed in a timely and practical manner.
• Assists in the development of and implements department operations, maintenance, and design philosophies. Ensures that all Company design and maintenance practices relating generation follow applicable regulatory requirements, codes and standards.
• Reviews and signs construction drawings, specifications, evaluations, requisitions, and vendor selection. Reviews scheduling, design, and construction problems on a planned, periodic basis, as well as actual costs versus budgeted costs and adjusts work planning as needed.
• Retains and administers consultants, contract engineers, or other technical help where necessary to augment existing staff, perform specialized technical tasks, or maintain capital construction schedules.
• Attends, or assigns a representative to attend, internal and/or external meetings defining construction schedules, operating philosophies, design philosophies, design parameters, emergency procedures, and other design problems.
• Participates in the development of 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year capital and maintenance budget requirements for generating facilities. Prepares yearly O&M and non-construction capital budgets for their respective Group. Manages department variance and expected spend reports. Verifies accuracy of expense accounts, time records and other documents.

Requirements

• Requires a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, preference for Electrical Engineering degree

• 5 years directly related work experience

• Professional Engineering license in Washington or Idaho

• Leadership experience preferred

• Effective and flexible written and verbal communication and presentation skills required

• Effective interpersonal and organization skills required

Hybrid work options are available for this role. The successful candidate will be required to work at our Spokane, Washington headquarters at least 3 days per week including Mondays and Tuesdays with an additional day determined by the employee and manager.

To Apply
We encourage you to apply as many of our positions have step progressions to account for an incoming employee’s various levels of knowledge, skills, and experience.

Complete an online application and attach your resume and cover letter to your profile. All documents must be attached to your application at the time of submitting your application for review. No documents can be attached after you click "Submit".

Benefits
At Avista, we believe our employees are essential. Through them we deliver value to our customers and the communities we serve. The physical, mental, and financial health and well-being of our employees and their families are important to us. We are committed to offering a comprehensive total rewards program comprised of an externally competitive, internally equitable compensation structure and a benefits package that allows us to retain and attract a diverse, engaged, and skilled workforce. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage, retirement benefits, incentive plans, wellness resources, time-off programs and much more. In addition to our total rewards program, the Pacific Northwest offers abundant outdoor recreation, four distinct seasons, and all the amenities and activities an individual or family might be interested in. To learn more, please visit our benefits website at https://avistabenefits.com/.

Pre-employment screening requirements
Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a drug test, background check and motor vehicle records review.

Avista’s Commitment to Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
Avista is a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds, and we are committed to Equal Opportunity Employment, Affirmative Action efforts, and Equity, Inclusion and Diversity. We strongly encourage applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, protected veterans, and all others. All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, age, sensory, mental or physical disability (unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification), Veteran status or any other classification protected by nondiscrimination laws.

Equity and diversity in our workplace is important to us. Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP here. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you require any special accommodations to participate fully in our recruitment process. Avista will make reasonable accommodation to assist a qualified person with a disability in the job application, interview process, and to perform the essential functions of the job whenever possible, where undue hardship would not be created for Avista. Please contact us at humanresources@avistacorp.com if you would like assistance.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)