Engineer I, II, or III - Lakeland Electric

• Prepares the scope of work for a given project or study, which may require data gathering, specifications, plans, diagrams, schematics, equipment/materials, and cost estimates for the required aspects.
• Oversees, completes, or assists in all aspects of assigned engineering project design or study.
• Provides project management and quality control functions for work done by parties associated with the project or study.
• Assists various departments within the organization on energy production.
• Studies and/or implements significant modifications or improvements to the electric power system.
• Assists in coordination with Plant Engineering, Plant Maintenance, Plant Operations, System Control, Substations, Relay department and contractors.
• Acts as a representative/liaison with regulatory agencies and other utility and industry organizations.
• Maintains and complies with project schedules and budgets.
• Operates various computer-aided engineering design and analysis programs or tools and produces work orders or studies to support projects.   
• Maintains an efficient filing and records system for projects from initiation to project close out.
• Prepares complex forecasts, studies, technical reports, and related items.
• Maintains an efficient filing and records system for projects from initiation to project close out.
• Acts as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the appropriate area of your expertise to support Lakeland Electric’s compliance with the National Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Standards Requirements.   
• Reviews and updates the annual 10-Year Site Plan for Generation and associated transmission lines that meets the Florida Public Service Commission’s (FL PSC) guidelines to meet Lakeland Electric’s future supply requirements that are consistent with LE’s load and reserve obligation.
• Builds and maintains databases on LE’s past and future load, new and existing resources, and performance characteristics of existing and future LE units to utilize in production cost and integrated resource planning model to perform generation expansion planning studies. 
• Develop as required or maintain existing commercial production cost models (i.e., GenTrader) for resource supply maintaining resource adequacy, and reliability as per Florida Municipal Power Pool and Florida Reliability Co-ordinating Council (FRCC) compliance requirements.
• Responsible for local, state, and federal regulatory reporting requirements necessary to meet compliance with FRCC, FERC, NERC, and EIA planning and reporting standards.  
• Gets involved in studies in coordination with FRCC and FL PSC to perform State-wide Resource Adequacy and Reliability Studies to meet NERC standards.
• Participates in regional and local resource planning and modeling sub- committees in FRCC and FMPP task forces.
• Ensures compliance with local and national planning standards.
• Confirms that documentation required in the standards is current and valid.
• Reviews, prepares, and submits reports and data to various regulatory agencies within the established time frame.
• Calculates statistical averages, cumulative and rolling averages, statistical trends, rates of change, percentages, etc.; tabulates, plots, and formats the results.
• Performs technical and economic evaluations of designs, studies, and specifications for Energy Production Projects.
• Position is required to attend meetings and visit job sites at locations other than primary work locations.
• Position is required to work alternate hours as necessary for the efficient operation of the department.  
• Position is Mission Critical.

• Performs related work as required.

Qualifications for Engineer I:

Qualifications for Engineer II:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering from a regionally accredited college or university.
• Three (3) years of experience in electric utility engineering work.

Qualifications for Engineer III:

• Master of Science degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering.  
• Three (3) years of experience in electric utility engineering work.

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering.  
• Five (5) years of experience in electric utility engineering work.

• Engineering in Training Certification (E.I.T) preferred.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license.  
• Must maintain a valid telephone number.
• May be required to pass and maintain qualifications for:
  1. Respiratory Protection Physical
  2. Pulmonary Function
  3. Qualitative and Quantitative Fit Test(s)

• Extensive knowledge of fundamental and applied engineering sciences, principles, and practices.
• Extensive skill in using engineering and mathematical reference tables, charts, and computer equipment is required in professional engineering work.
• Considerable knowledge of design and test codes, sources of technical information, and safety requirements related to electric power activities.
• Knowledge of permitting requirements for City, County, and State agencies.
• Considerable knowledge of project expenditures and budgetary cost controls.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisors, co-workers, consultants, utilities, other City employees, and the public.
• Ability to procure goods and services from various vendors.
• Ability to use various portable test equipment, meters, and survey instruments.
• Ability to perform engineering and surveying calculations.
• Ability to perform routine technical computations, make estimates, compile statistical information, and perform analysis.
• Highly capable of understanding and/or transmitting complex oral and written instructions.
• Highly capable self-starter, self-motivated, detail-oriented, team player, and able to carry out assignments independently with only general oversight.
• Highly capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously and proficiently while maintaining schedule flexibility as needed.
• Ability to develop, modify, and maintain computer modeling applications.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisors, co-workers, within Power Resources Group and other departments (i.e., Production, Compliance, Transmission and Distribution and Environment) and with external consultants, utilities, other City employees, and the public.
• Ability to perform engineering and economic studies using fundamental power system knowledge in both theoretical and practical basis. 
• Knowledgeable in reading electrical one-line diagrams and logic diagrams.

• The job may require some physical work that involves walking, balancing, climbing ladders/stairs, kneeling, stretching, reaching, pushing, pulling, crouching, bending or standing some of the time, occasional lifting up to thirty (30) pounds, routine keyboard operations and operation of City vehicles.
• The job may require sedentary work.
• Work may include fieldwork at various job sites and performing job duties in an office, power plant, and outside environment. 
• Employee may also have exposure to the general hazards of the industrial working environment and construction sites.
• The job requires normal visual acuity, field of vision, hearing, speaking, color perception, sense of smell, depth perception, and texture perception.

All City of Lakeland positions are subject to testing (e.g. written, oral, performance, computerized, interview, and/or any combination).  Candidates selected for testing will be notified via email or telephone.  Please check your e-mail and telephone messages regularly, including "junk" folders.  Test times and locations to be announced.  

THE CITY OF LAKELAND IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/EQUAL ACCESS EMPLOYER AND A DRUG FREE WORKPLACE

Salary : $72,384 - $131,373