Public Utilities Engineer 3 (40 Hour)

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In the 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

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

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

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.