Engineer III / Engineer, Senior | System and Program Support

Our present and future success depends on the creative and dedicated people of our company who demonstrate the principles outlined in the APS Promise: Design for Tomorrow, Empower Each Other and Succeed Together.  

Summary

Engineer III / Engineer, Senior | System and Program Support - Provides APS’ oversight of Engineering Service Provider design packages and recommends modifications to increase operating efficiency and /or reviews design and documentation of complex projects to ensure compliance with design specifications, schedules, and any regulatory requirements. 

You are responsible for:

• May develop, negotiate, and manage contracts and contract revisions. 
• Prepares complex engineering plans, designs, analysis, specifications, cost estimates, evaluations, studies, technical reviews, investigations, and verifications. 
• Ensures engineering analyses, design, project control, schedule commitments or oversight work is technically sound, cost effective, and in compliance with established standards, codes, and regulations. 
• Checks and reviews analysis, evaluations, and investigations of others.
• Interfaces with power plants to ensure project objectives are understood and that work scope meets the plant’s requirements, budget, and schedule. 
• Contacts power plants and various levels of management to obtain or present technical data. 
• Presents the results of designs, studies projects (in terms of new techniques) or approaches to subordinates, colleagues, management, and customers.
• Assists the organization in problem solving, as needed, by critically challenging assumptions and decisions to ensure the most optimal solutions and strategies are implemented. 
• Assists in developing long-range strategies for significant site problems.
• Provides technical guidance, leadership, and support to less experienced engineers.
• Participate in large-scale engineering projects or multiple medium-scale projects while acting as a technical specialist for a specific engineering field. 
• May be responsible for:  review of work scope; directing consultants; conducting feasibility studies; determining cost estimates and resource requirements; and recommending engineering criteria.
• Integrates the many interrelated elements of complex projects that are broad in scope, require considerations not previously encountered and requires interpretation and/or modification to guidelines. 
• Complies with design, regulatory, operating and maintenance requirements.
• Develops and applies unique solutions and applications to a broad range of technical issues and problems (solutions that typically require original and creative approaches).  Makes decisions and recommendations that have a moderate to significant effect on the overall organization performance.
• Leverages industry and organization resources to resolve key technical issues.  Develops a path forward to address these issues including bridging strategies. 
• May interface with outside agencies and regulatory authorities.
• May research new developments and technology and make recommendations to management on their feasibility for Company operations.

 

Minimum Requirements

Engineer III  | System and Program Support

 

• A four year Bachelor of Science degree in an engineering discipline or related applied science discipline (see approved list) from an ABET accredited institution
• plus five (5) years working experience in Engineering-related positions.  

 

Engineer, Senior | System and Program Support

• Bachelor of Science degree in an engineering discipline or related applied science discipline (see approved list) from an ABET accredited institution
• PLUS eight (8) years working experience in Engineering-related positions.

 

Preferred Special Skills, Knowledge or Qualifications

• Problem analysis/resolution techniques.
• Knowledge of applicable codes, standards, practices, methods and safety standards in the area of applicable engineering discipline.
• Experience in the utility industry.
• Professional Engineer (PE) licensure.

 

Approved degrees: Materials Science/Metallurgy, Physics, Chemistry, Math, Nuclear, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Electronics, Computer Science, Environmental, Chemical, Architectural, Structural. (A four-year bachelor of Engineering Technology degree is not considered an automatic equivalent for a B.S. degree in Engineering.  A review of the degree program curriculum must be completed by Engineering department management.)

 

Major Accountabilities

1) Develops and applies unique solutions and applications to a broad range of technical issues and problems (solutions that typica