This role involves coordinating outage planning and capacity studies for utility clients, while leading projects and guiding less experienced staff in a collaborative environment.
A Distribution planner is responsible for outage planning, performing capacity planning studies, and coordinating with utility clients. They will arrange outages by determining required steps to isolate distribution facilities. Additionally, they will evaluate events that occur on the distribution system.
Responsibilities/Technical Competencies
Evaluate distribution system operations
Working on multiple projects while prioritizing work
Interface with utility clients and collaborate with their operations team
Plan distribution system outages for performing maintenance and upgrade work
Utilizing GIS information to aide in design
Provide leadership, guidance, and instruction to less experienced staff members
Regularly meet and correspond with clients, equipment suppliers, surveyors, and construction personnel
Typical Assignments
Arrange distribution system outages
Provide capacity planning studies
Prepare calculations and equipment specifications
Field walkdowns
Response to field questions
GIS mapping
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil Engineering
2-5 years of experience
Must have Electrical Distribution Operations experience
Must have Outage Planning experience
Must possess exceptional interpersonal and organizational skills
Must be able to work in the US without sponsorship now or in the future
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