Location
Reno, NV | United States
Job description
NV Energy
Job ID: 106432
Location: Reno, NV
Facility: Sierra Plaza
Department: Substation Design Eng North
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Travel Percentage: None
Regular_Shift: N/A
Basic Purpose
Reviews and understands studies, plans, specifications, calculations, elevations, documents, and performance assessments associated with the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the company's generation, transmission, distribution, telecommunication, or other utility facilities/systems. Develops and reviews budgets, cost estimates, pricing schedules and other cost control support for construction and maintenance projects involving generation, substation, telecommunications, transmission, and distribution facilities. Develops, monitors, and analyzes cost engineering trends.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Prepares preliminary designs and evaluates detailed designs to develop cost estimates at various stages in the project evolution and evaluates resource requirements for construction and maintenance projects involving generation, substation, telecommunication, transmission, and distribution facilities.
- Prepares preliminary budget estimates using transmission and area planning engineering studies including substation and transmission one-line diagrams.
- Prepares budget estimates for capital projects to aid in the development of Company's multi-year capital plan by working with asset management group .
- Reviews and understands detailed design drawings to perform material take-offs and analyze construction sequencing.
- Performs cost analyses and prepares detailed variance analyses to support the appropriation request and project change notice process.
- Participates with the project team in scoping of projects for engineering, construction, and contractual requirements .
- Maintains historical and material cost databases and application tools to aid future estimates and pricing schedules.
- Prepares engineering cost and project update reports as required.
- Monitors and enforces all compliance requirements for area of responsibility.
- Ensures all compliance aspects of position are known and followed; understands and complies with all policies, codes, and regulations applicable to position and company.
Performs related duties as assigned.
Requirements Essential Education, Skills, and Environment
Education and Work Experience Engineering degree from an accredited college/university and 5 years industry experience and PE license. If no PE license, must have 8 years' experience as a practicing Engineer.
Specialized Knowledge and Skills
Demonstrated knowledge of:
- Industrial power systems or electrical utility power systems.
- Project cost control principles, theories, and concepts.
- Assessment skills to evaluate electrical utility facility conditions, determine resource requirements and accurately estimate costs.
- Design skills to understand substation engineering design, transmission line engineering design, civil engineering design, and protection and control engineering design.
- Construction work and a variety of the construction concepts, practices and procedures.
- Written and oral communication and interpersonal skills.
Demonstrated skills such as:
- Detail oriented, human relations, time management, communication, decision-making, presentation, interpersonal and organizational.
- Analytical, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication.
Equipment and Applications
PCs, word processing, Excel spreadsheets.
Work Environment and Physical Demands General office environment. No special physical demands required.
Compensation Annual Salary: $98,200.00 (Min) to $115,500.00 (Mid); Up to 15% Short Term Incentive Plan target opportunity at the discretion of the company. This is a non-represented position.
Benefits We offer the following benefits for non-represented employees. For represented employees, we offer many similar benefits plans and programs with specific terms negotiated in the collective bargaining agreement.
- Medical
- Pharmacy
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance & AD&D
- Wellness
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- 401(k) fixed contribution - company contributes 4% regardless of employee's contribution
- 401(k) match - company matches 100% of the employee's first 6% contribution; immediate vesting
- Adoption assistance
- Tuition Assistance
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 12 paid holidays
- Parental leave
- Military leave
- Bereavement leave
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Identity Theft Protection - company paid
- Flexible Work Schedules, (depending on position) - ask the hiring manager for more information
- Visit our Corporate website for detailed information and other benefits offered
EOE/Veteran/Disability
At NV Energy, we celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion. NV Energy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law.
If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, and you wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment at our company, please contact Human Resources via email at
[email protected] or call our HR Help Desk at (702) 402-5500 and select '0' or Fax your request at (702) 402-0031. TTY Sensory Impaired - 711
Note Depending on qualifications of applicants, this position may be filled at a lower level than that which is posted such as Cost Estimating Engineer.
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