Distribution Designer I, II, or Senior - Payette

**If you are a current Idaho Power employee, please apply through the Employee Portal.

Application Deadline:

07/06/2025 at 11:59 pm Mountain Time

# of Positions:

1

Job Type:

Regular

Job End Date:

Exemption Status:

Non-Exempt

Pay Range:

$40.13 - $60.42 Hourly

Minimum Age Requirement:

Job Description:

Idaho Power — located in Payette, Idaho — is looking for a Distribution Designer I, II, or Senior to join our Customer Operations team. It’s an exciting time to work for Idaho Power. Our work plays a critical role in communities we serve across Idaho and Oregon, and we’re working hard to safely provide our customers with the reliable, affordable, clean energy they depend on. While this position is based at Idaho Power’s Payette location, we offer both flexible schedules and the opportunity to work up to 40% remote.

What does a Distribution Designer do for us?

With assistance and oversight, the distribution designer coordinates, plans, and designs line extensions and rebuilding of infrastructure for overhead and underground power lines. As a member of a team, they meet with internal and external customers with assistance, including contractors and developers, to determine needs, negotiate conflicts, or clarify issues, and communicate policies and procedures for line design options, rates, tariffs, and cost information. Based on customer needs and company practices, they design basic line routes, and creates project quotes. Senior Distribution Designers will also train and mentor distribution designer I's and II’s on processes and best practices for estimating, mapping, and design.

In addition to the meaningful work we do, we offer work-life balance, competitive pay and benefits, an employee incentive plan, and both a 401k employer-match and a pension plan, making Idaho Power one of the best employers in the state.

A COMPETITIVE CANDIDATE WILL HAVE

Knowledge of:

• Lines core processes of new business operations, emergency response, and unplanned maintenance
• Electrical distribution facilities, operating and protective systems
• Line construction methods, materials, standards, and equipment
• Financial requirements including Rule H, regulations, and rules
• Surveying practices, legal property descriptions, permitting requirements, work order reconciliation, WMP Design practices, and applicable safety rules

Skills in:

• Professional communication including verbal, written and telephone etiquette
• Customer focus, negotiation, and conflict resolution
• Personal computers including commonly used applications, and AutoCAD/AUD
• Math and algebra
• Organization and project management

Ability to:

• Read and understand construction drawings and plat, feeder, and work order maps
• Assists with performing land and construction surveying and preparing easements with appropriate legal descriptions
• Gather information, organize, schedule, and design distribution facilities
• Calculate voltage drop/flicker, fault current, clearance, conductor sag, and tension requirements
• Perform vehicle inspections
• Determine when to use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and work overtime at supervisor's discretion

A COMPETITIVE CANDIDATE WILL HAVE

Distribution Designer I:

Education:

• High school diploma or GED

Experience:

• 4 years of electric utility experience in relevant field operations, construction support or drafting/mapping and successful completion of the Idaho Power Pre-Distribution Designer Program

OR

• 2 years of design experience in the utility or construction industry

OR

• Experience as a Journeyman Lineman

OR

• Completion of Idaho Power Lineman Apprentice Program through Level 7

Preferred:

• Electric utility lines design experience

Licenses & Certifications:

• Valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record based on driving requirements for the position
• Must obtain First Aid/CPR card within 90 days

Distribution Designer II:

Education:

• High school diploma or GED

Experience:

• 4 years of experience in electric utility line design

OR

• Experience as a Journeyman Lineman with 1 year of design experie