Electrical Data Editor

This role will be responsible for the maintenance of the electrical connectivity model from a circuit breaker at a substation to a customer s meter, and everything between. This electrical connectivity model is essential for critical client applications such as the Outage Management System (OMS), Advanced Grid Analytics (AGA), GIS2CAD, Customer Care and Billing (CCB), and Work and Asset Management System (WAMS). This position will report to the Looped Radial Distribution System (LRDS) Supervisor.

Location: This position is hybrid and may require 1 day onsite per week

Responsibilities:

• Perform complex, detailed computer-aided drafting and preparation of maps, plans, revisions, schematics and drawings of the electrical features of varied facilities such as substations, distribution and transmission systems, and street lighting.

• Locate and revise all elementary, connection and arrangement drawings to document changes.

• Exercise sound judgment to analyze, interpret and evaluate engineering data to resolve electrical engineering problems; read, analyze and draft technical drawings.

• Assist, support, and respond to inquiries and problems from engineers, crews, internal and external customers.

• Complete map work orders, conversion work orders and map corrections.

• Reproduce quarter section maps, feeder maps or other documents needed for appropriate project work.

• Prepare, maintain, and revise records, maps, programs, and schedules.

• Answer questions from departmental personnel concerning asset location, work orders, distribution maps and consultation documents.

• Perform other related duties of comparable level/type as assigned.

• Perform field assessments of overhead distribution structures and related equipment.

• Update various GIS databases as needed.

Required Education & Experience:

• Electrical Engineering Technology associate degree or two years of college level instruction in electrical engineering, and experience utilizing GIS software in coursework (AutoCAD, ESRI, QGIS, etc.)
• Two years experience in Electrical Data Editing, GIS or a combination of education and/or training and/or experience which provides an equivalent background required to perform this work.
• Certification/License: Current Washington State driver s license or evidence of equivalent mobility.
• Strong communication, organizational and work management skills

Desired Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or professional certificate in Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Two years or more of GIS related work within a utility using ArcGIS and/or AutoCAD Map
• One or more years of electrical drafting and knowledge of electrical systems
• Knowledge of WAMS (Work Order Management System), ArcFM, Asset Suite, MS Office Suite