Engineering Assistant III

(T&D Engineering & Construction Department)

PowerSouth Energy Cooperative, headquartered in Andalusia, AL, is a generation and transmission (G&T) electric cooperative with 22 distribution members - 18 electric distribution systems and four municipal electric systems - in Alabama and northwest Florida. PowerSouth's member systems provide power to end-use consumers across 51 counties in Alabama and 10 counties in Florida.

PowerSouth's most important asset is a workforce of more than 560 men and women at nine PowerSouth locations. Safety is PowerSouth's number one core value, and its employees set the bar for safety excellence and have achieved an impressive safety record.

The purpose of this position is to provide engineering and design support and application of equipment to support the areas of Telecommunications, Transmission and Substation Engineering, Operations, Construction, System Protection and Control, and SCADA systems. This position requires an Associate or Bachelor's degree in the area of Engineering Technology, Industrial Electronics, Computer-Aided Drafting or a closely related field. In lieu of a degree, two (2) years of related experience in the following areas will be considered: telecommunications, substation operations, transmission lines, system protection, power plant operations, or drafting design.

- Assists with the preparation of detailed designs in the areas of Transmission and Substation Engineering, Operations, Construction, System Protection and Control, and Telecommunications according to all applicable specifications and standards; assists with the development of detailed design drawings of substation structures and assemblies, engineering and operations one-line diagrams, foundation plans, site plans, transmission structures and assemblies, revenue metering schemes, system protection relaying and control schemes, AC and DC load centers, and/or conduit and cable sizing; assists with monitoring and troubleshooting communications networks and computer systems, billing support, tower/building/rack topology drawings; assists with the development of design templates to be utilized in each application.

- Assists with the preparation of hardware and software configurations for electric utility processes and systems such as SCADA, and/or other engineering software; assists with the development of RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) configurations, HMI (Human Machine Interface) configurations, NMS (Network Management System) configuration and design, design templates for structure and assembly configurations and application of engineering software to support Transmission, Distribution and/or Industry Compliance.

- Ensuring materials and assets are captured accurately within PowerSouth's database in the areas of substations, transmission lines, and communications structures; updating of system records such as as-built drawings and configuration files for transmission lines, substations, communications structures and other PowerSouth assets; assists with the development of the overall bill of materials and compiling a complete and specific list of all materials and equipment to facilitate timely acquisition for construction of projects.

- Performing occasional field work including assisting with material inspection, equipment commissioning, and documentation of existing facilities, field surveys and measurements.

- Responsible for ensuring the success of PowerSouth by promoting teamwork, group goals and objectives, properly communicating and cooperating within the PowerSouth organization and with member systems as well as demonstrating and promoting standards of respect and dignity, accountability, integrity, and trustworthiness.

Benefits

- Medical and Dental Insurance

- Vision Insurance

- Pension Plan funded 100% by the company

- 401(k) Plan with up to 5% employer match

- Group Life Benefits

- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

- Paid Holidays

- Paid Personal and Sick Leave

- Educational Assistance

Employment is subject to a negative drug screen, background check, and completion of a comprehensive application for employment.