Electric Engineering Project Coordinator

JOB OPENING

CITY OF FARMINGTON

JOB POSITION #189 - Electric Engineering Project Coordinator

NUMBER OF VACANCIES: 1

DEPARTMENT: Electric Utility/Engineering

WORK LOCATION: MOC

SALARY RANGE: $29.75 - $50.74 / Hourly

PAY GRADE: N/O Non-Exempt

TYPE OF POSITION: Regular, Full-Time

DAYS WORKED: Monday - Friday

HOURS WORKED: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

APPLICATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED THROUGH: November 7, 2025

Resumes submitted without a City of Farmington application will not be considered in our job selection process.

JOB DUTIES

The City of Farmington reserves the right to hire at either the Project Coordinator or Senior Project Coordinator level, depending on experience and qualifications.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Follow established safety protocols and policies as set by the Utility and as required for the job at hand. Must embrace and work with a 'safety first' mentality. Attendance at specific safety training will be mandatory.

Works under the general supervision and direction of the Electrical Engineering Construction Project Manager. May receive direction from Electrical Engineers and the Engineering Manager.

The position is responsible for developing and monitoring the Electric Utility's master Capital Improvement Plan dashboard, master outage schedule, and any other departmental project and budget tracking processes.

The position will assist in developing the Electric Utility's Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) project plans, utilizing project management tools and techniques, as well as departmental internal processes. The position provides support to the divisional and departmental project teams for project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.

Assist in developing detailed written scopes of work, project milestones, and deadlines. Define project deliverables and performance metrics.

Coordinate with the project engineer, project team, contractors, and systems operations personnel on outage-dependent work activities.

Analyze and monitor project progress using project data and common project management tools and techniques.

Identify problems, make recommendations, and adjustments to schedules and budgets as necessary to ensure the successful completion of projects.

Assist in performing risk assessment on projects, monitoring risks, reporting impacts to project schedules, and making recommendations.

Assist in the development and administration of communication plans on projects. Will communicate project status, issues, and solutions to the project team, management, and stakeholders as needed.

Maintain accurate project documentation, record project details, and maintain the organization of project documentation.

Assist in project close-out exercises, analyze project metrics, and compile lessons learned.

Controls all document exchanges with consultants, contractors, vendors, and the Purchasing Department. Maintains a read-only library of the current version of all available drawings and documents. Receives all drawings and document modifications for entry into the library. Maintains records of all requested documents and verifies their receipt.

NON-ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Become familiar with the overall layout of the entire system throughout the Electric Utility's service territory.

Develop an understanding of utility capital projects as they pertain to transmission, distribution, protection/relay, communication, SCADA, and substations.

Develop a general understanding of civil construction within the electric utility, which may include concrete foundations, ground grids, conduit plans, steel structures, overhead high voltage bus work, distribution and transmission structures, transformers, and other major equipment.

Gain an understanding of GIS, AutoCAD, internal workflows, and asset management platforms, their purpose, application, and function at the Electric Utility.

Gain an understanding of generally accepted public utility and enterprise accounting practices and terminology as it pertains to capital assets and the Federal Energy R