Engineer III or Senior Engineer

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Note: this position maybe filled as an Engineer III or one level up as a Senior Engineer dependent upon the selected candidate's experience.

This position will be a key contributor to the Carolinas West Distribution Major Projects and Engineering organization. This position will be a member of the Extra Facility team and will be involved in solving complex problems in engineering areas of specialization with limited supervision. This role will not have direct reports. This position works closely with other Duke Energy employees in Transmission, Distribution, Large Account Management (LAM), Billing, Payments, Community Relations, and Economic Development (ED).

Nature of the Job:

• Tasks are straightforward, routine and often repetitive
• Tasks follow set guidelines or procedures
• Employee receives clear instructions from Manager regarding what to do and must use professional discretion to determine how to do it Majority of the time,
• Employee must compare alternative courses of action and decide after considering options
• Employee has the authority to make choices that have significant dollar implications and make decisions without specific guidance or direction from the Manager Always,
• Applies technical expertise in the identification, analysis, and resolution of problems in area of expertise
• Ensures accomplishment of business goals and objectives through effective planning, organizing, estimating, scheduling, and monitoring of work activities
• Conducts engineering and related studies to prepare thorough and accurate technical reports, correspondence, documentation, calculations, and sketches with limited guidance
• Strives to continually improve job-related, technical, and professional knowledge, skills, and performance of self and junior Extra Facility Specialists (EFS)
• Works as One to develop and promote positive working relationships to effectively coordinate work activities within group and cross work-group boundaries
• Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills
• Maintains accurate records and files
• Participates in other assigned duties during emergency or storm events
• Supports the company's goals and represents the company positively and professionally

Responsibilities and duties include, but are not limited to Extra Facilities:

• Be an expert in Carolinas Extra Facility (EF) processes and own the Extra Facility “philosophy.”
• Manage the “Extra Facilities” process from customer request through contractual implementation, includes unit cost update of Extra Facilities Field Guide.
• Serve as LAM’s liaison with the Carolinas Customer Delivery organization for customer care, responsiveness, and execution of calculations in timely manner.
• Support of Extra Facility calculation/process support (consultation, methodology, support) and contract administration (execution, billing, follow-up, existing customer packages). Assist

Economic Development & National Accounts:
• With new customer adds on unique customer request (delivery voltage, transformation, load).
• In the form of technical guidance, working with LAM, Economic Development and Planning

Engineers to secure and connect the potential customer.
• On site and/or building analysis; infrastructure availability, capacity, performance
• In serving as a liaison between Customer Delivery Planning Engineers and prospective clients (as identified by Economic Development) for site feasibility, electrical requirements, and rate analysis
• National Accounts – assist in serving as a customer liaison for site technical requirements on greenfield projects and expectations. Project Management and Support:
• Assist with evaluating Method of Service (MoS) options.
• In the form of technical guidance, contribute Project Management to new installations for large

Commercial and Industrial expansions.
• Support LAM by identifying best delivery modifications for customers to ensure reliability and least cost for both customer and Duke Energy.
• Provide project management support and lead for large customer projects (> 2MW) interacting with Transmission and Distribution, customer’s General Contractor & electrical contractor.
• In the submission of Adequate Facilities/Facilities Adequate Request.
• (Adequate Facilities = distribution; (FAR) Facilities Ade