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Job Description
Job Description
Engineering Technician II
Homer Electric Association (HEA) is a member-owned electric utility serving the central and southern areas of the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. We are seeking an Engineering Technician II at our Homer facility. We truly believe in the cooperative values of integrity, accountability, innovation, and commitment to community and a successful candidate will have an opportunity to directly impact these values.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Performs staking and prepares cost analysis for new single-phase & three-phase line extensions, services, and line relocations. Communicates Association standards and procedures, from the tariff to consumers, as they relate to the consumers' responsibility for acquiring new / rework services of line extensions.
- Designs distribution lines based on sound engineering practices such as pulling tension and pole loading calculations.
- Ensures that staking sheets, as-built drawings, and other engineering maps and drawings are created, organized, and stored in accordance with established procedures.
- Performs and assists in the completion of system inventories, record keeping, file maintenance, and finalization of work orders.
- Assists GIS / Drafting Technician with research for data input, through the GIS software, and maintaining records for existing maps. Provides field verification to improve data accuracy.
- Performs and assists in the inspection of distribution lines for compliance with required code clearances from other lines, buildings, and road crossings.
- Maintains working knowledge of NEC and NESC codes.
- Must work with or around consumers, keeping members informed of job status.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE :
REQUIRED LICENSES, SKILLS & ABILITIES :
HEA is an Equal Opportunity Employer; Minorities / Women / Veterans / Disabled.
Homer Electric Association, Inc. (HEA) is locally owned, and locally managed, and currently employs 139 people from the communities. The Cooperative provides affordable, reliable, quality energy services to its members and is governed by a nine-member elected Board of Directors. With more than 35,000 member accounts and over 2,400 miles of electric line in a 3,166 square mile service territory, members can benefit from the convenience of electric services their cooperative provides.
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