State of Connecticut Executive Branch

• When used as a working lead: This job level is reserved for an employee reporting to a supervisory level class who is assigned full-time lead responsibilities over employees in a unit while performing unit work activities. Assigned lead responsibilities may include the supervisory type activities outlined below in the first paragraph under Examples of Duties.
• A working lead level employee reports to a supervisor and normally is assigned lead responsibility for a unit having a minimum of two (2) other engineers as well as technical and clerical staff. For supervisory type duties performed by a working lead, the final approval/"sign-off" authority is vested in the supervisory level employee to whom the lead employee reports.
• When used to perform the most complex tasks within a unit, work must clearly exceed the norm and include a concentration of highly advanced functions within assigned disciplines. Class use is on a limited or exceptional basis.

• Performs the highest level of utility engineering studies and analyses;
• Reviews analyses of and reports on original cost, depreciation planning and construction program studies and engineering exhibits submitted by utility companies;
• Makes analyses in exceptionally difficult or complex cases; 
• Has principal engineering responsibility in more complex cost studies;
• Maintains rules and standards of equipment and service for electric, nuclear, gas, water/sewer and telecommunication companies;
• Investigates accidents involving public utilities;
• Oversees meter testing procedures;
• May act as expert witness in regulatory proceedings or in court;
• Performs duties as required.

• As assigned by a supervisor, may distribute, prioritize, oversee and review unit work;
• May provide staff training and assistance;
• May conduct or assist in conducting performance evaluations;
• May act as a liaison with operating units, agencies, consultant staffs and other outside officials regarding unit policies and procedures;
• May recommend policies and standards;
• May prepare reports and correspondence;
• Performs related duties as required.

• Considerable knowledge of
  • relevant state and federal laws, statutes, and regulations;
  • relevant agency policies and procedures;
  • basic engineering principles and techniques;
  • standard equipment, operating methods and practices of electric, nuclear, gas, water/sewer and telecommunication companies;
  • principles and practices of governmental regulation of public utilities;
• Considerable
  • interpersonal skills;
  • oral and written communication skills;
• Ability to
  • utilize computer software;
  • prepare technical reports;
  • lead.

The General Experience must have included two (2) years in one of the following areas:

• Utility company operations experience, such as:
  • ELECTRICAL: Field service, distribution, transmission, engineering, codes and standards, or regulation;
  • NUCLEAR: Power plant operations, prudence investigations, licensing, nuclear event analysis, engineering, decommissioning cost review and regulation.
  • GAS: Field service, distribution, transmission, engineering, codes and standards, or regulation;
  • TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Head-end technical operations, central office operations, distribution, engineering, codes and standards, or regulation;
  • WATER/SEWER: Design, construction, distribution, engineering, or regulation.
• Management audit of the respective utility operations described in the first bullet.
• Utility company regulation.
• Experience totaling one (1) year in at least two of the following areas:
  • Preparation of depreciation studies, or technical critiquing and report writing on such studies.
  • Preparation of detailed cost-of-service studies, or technical critiquing and report writing on such studies.
  • Preparation of studies of appropriate installations, including determination of required capital improvements and report writing, or technical critiquing and report writing on such studies. Appropriate installations are:
    • ELECTRICAL: Electrical
    • NUCLEAR: Nuclear power plants and facilities
    • GAS: Pressure piping
    • TELECOMMUNICATIONS: CATV or telephone systems
    • WATER/SEWER: Water utility system design
  • Development of engineering safety codes or recommended practices for appropriate installations, or development of operating procedures to comply with such codes or practices.

• College training in engineering may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
• A Master's degree in engineering may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.
• For state employees one (1) year as a Public Utilities Engineer 2 may be substituted for the General and Special Experience

• The classification of Public Utilities Engineer 3 is assigned to Salary Group FS 28a.
• Employees shall proceed through that salary group and then shall proceed to the maximum salary of Salary Group FS 29.
• The Job Code is identified as Salary Plan FE in CORE-CT.