Engineer I/II/III/Principal - Interconnections & Tariff Rules

PPL Corporation is a major utility company delivering safe and reliable electricity to over 1.4 million customers in Pennsylvania. The position involves performing engineering work under supervision, focusing on planning, designing, and overseeing projects related to electrical energy systems.

Responsibilities:

• Assists in the work on smaller engineering projects or well-defined areas of larger projects
• Uses existing procedures to investigate, evaluate and assist in producing technically correct and cost-effective designs or recommendations that solve ongoing problems
• Builds relationships that will facilitate knowledge transfer, cross functional knowledge of related work groups, and ability to present work products effectively
• Works under supervision in the field and/or home office in a variety of functions and challenging but structured work that develops competencies in the function/discipline
• Gathers and correlates basic engineering data using well defined engineering procedures, which may include routine and diagnostic testing of components and systems, and engineering studies
• Continually expands and improves technical and business skill set under own initiative with instruction, guidance, and direction from others
• Assists in a variety of topics including developing innovative procedures, improved design recommendations or new or better equipment purchase recommendations
• All positions in which driving is an essential function of the job, regardless if the job code is marked safety sensitive or not, will also be included as safety sensitive
• May be assigned an Electric Utilities emergency and storm role. This is a special assignment that comes into play during storms and other emergencies when the company needs to restore power or respond to other issues affecting customer service
• This role may necessitate the need to work after-hours, outside of your normal schedule
• The company reserves the right to determine if this position will be assigned to work on-site, remotely, or a combination of both
• Assigned work location may change
• In the case of remote work, physical presence in the office/on-site may be required to engage in face-to-face interaction and coordination of work among direct reports and co-workers

Requirements:

• ABET Accredited bachelor's degree in engineering or engineering technology
• 2 years of engineering experience for Engineer II
• 5 years of engineering experience for Engineer III, or a master's degree in engineering plus 3 years of engineering experience, or a PhD in Engineering plus 2 years of engineering experience
• 10 years of engineering experience for Principal Engineer, or a master's degree in engineering plus 8 years of engineering experience, or a PhD in Engineering plus 7 years of engineering experience
• Utility system operator experience will also be counted as engineering experience