Supervisor of Electric Distribution Engineering

at Kansas City Board of Public Utilities in Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan and direct the design of electric transmission & distribution facilities by supervising and participating in the preparation of drawings, work orders, design calculations, specifications, cost estimates, contracts, and other technical documents designing and supervising facilities installations. 
• Oversee the performance of engineering studies including fuse and relay coordination studies, fault current studies, voltage studies, and load studies.  
• Review and investigate power quality concerns, customer complaints, and system issues before implementing corrective/mitigating action. 
• Review and approve all electrical transmission and distribution work orders to ensure accuracy and completeness. Supervise, train, and lead distribution engineers and other reporting staff. 
• Assist in budget preparation by forecasting and prioritizing system needs, recommending capital improvement projects, preparing project scope documents, and estimating project costs and schedules. 
• Develop underground and overhead distribution installation standards and evaluate new material and products. 
• Implement policies, complete reports and studies, and perform other assigned duties with regard to federal, state and Southwest Power Pool regulatory standards and requirements. 
• Develop policies, procedures and supporting data related to demonstrating compliance with applicable North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) standards and requirements.  Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for applicable standards during compliance audits. 
• Assure an effective, efficient and well-motivated employee resource by providing Equal Employment Opportunity in the areas of the hire and promotion of qualified individuals, the training, development and empowerment of employees, and the fair and consistent administration of performance evaluation and discipline, as consistent with Board policy. 
• Perform similar and related duties as assigned.

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