State of Connecticut Executive Branch

Public Utilities Engineer 3 (37.5 Hour) (6672IE)

$48.51-$67.89 Hourly / $3,637.97-$5,091.35 BiWeekly /
$94,951.00-$132,884.00 Yearly

PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

In the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and Office of Consumer Counsel this class is accountable for acting as a working lead and/or for performing the highest level, most complex engineering studies and investigations of equipment, plants, operations, quality/adequacy of customer service, and records and accounts of public utility companies, specializing in an engineering capacity in one of the following areas: electric, nuclear, gas, water/sewer or telecommunications.

GUIDELINES FOR JOB CLASS USE

  • 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.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Receives general direction from a Public Utilities Supervisor of Technical Analysis or other employee of higher grade.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED

Leads professional and technical staff as assigned.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

  • 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.
When used as a working lead:
  • 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.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

  • 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;
    • ability to prepare technical reports;
    • lead.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Eight (8) years of experience as an engineer in the field of electrical, nuclear, gas, telecommunications or water.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE

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.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED

  • 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.

COMPENSATION GUIDELINES

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

JOB CLASS DESIGNATION

Classified/Competitive

OCCUPATIONAL GROUP

(11)-Engineering

BARGAINING UNIT

(15)-ENG, SCIEN, TECH P-4

EEO

(2)-Professional

SALARY INFORMATION

IE 28

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes.  As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.

CANCELLATION CLAUSE

This replaces the existing specification for the class of Public Utilities Engineer 3 (37.5 Hour) in Salary Group IE 28 approved effective January 16, 2024. (Revised to expand class use to OCC and modify content.) Item No. 24-139

EFFECTIVE DATE

08/21/2024
CLASS: 6672IE; EST: 6/29/1933; REV: 8/22/2024;