POSITION Union: Meter Engineer
NUMBER OF POSITIONS: 1
LOCATION: ME Augusta General Office
RATE RANGE: $3197.17 $4234.57 (biweekly)
JOB SUMMARY:
Provides engineering design specification documentation coordination and engineering support for the companys metering systems to include revenue system and intertie (ISO) metering. Investigates evaluates and implements new metering technologies. Develops and supports solid state meter programming. Develops Company standards policies practices and procedures and ensure compliance with regulatory statutory and industry standards.
MAJOR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides engineering design and associated cost estimates for major and minor projects. Performs complex calculations for the selection and evaluation of metering equipment and systems including EMR AMRAMI ADM and MV90.
- Develops and maintains metering specifications performs technical and commercial review of RFPs and coordinates equipment delivery to meet project schedules.
- Provides engineering technical support and consulting services to various Company departments engineering firms and contractors.
- Develops and maintains parts of the Meter Construction Standards all of the M&S Spec. Book and most of the Meter Engineering Support Guide to ensure the Companys metering policies procedures and practices comply with all State and National Regulations Standards and Codes as well as good utility practice.
- Primary engineering technical and administrative support for the Companys EMR system.
- Design develops and maintains various meter programs for solidstate meters and other related technologies. Establishes and maintains engineering criteria and parameters successful metering data retrieval and validation utilized for billing settlement rate design and system load applications from those meters. Departmental expert on rate vs. meter integration.
- Primary responsibility for development of Special Billing algorithms for complex metering applications.
- Provides technical and engineering support on various CMP permanent and temporary committees.
- Primary engineering and technical representative for CMP at Itron User Group meetings.
- Provides system engineering support of EMR System pertaining to software upgrades and/or operational problems/enhancements. Assists with the education of end users based upon system or operational changes.
- Other ancillary duties related to the core functions of the job as assigned.
Requirements:
Skills/Abilities:
- Strong problem solving and analytic skills.
- Ability to work effectively with others in coordination of projects.
- Effective at managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Successful Project Management experience.
- Make complex engineering decisions with minor support.
- Selfmotivated and able to work independently with limited supervision.
Education/Experience:
- Bachelors degree in electrical engineering Electrical Engineering Technology or Computer Engineering with two years of relevant experience or P.E. license.
- In depth knowledge of the various operating systems and computer programs used by the department.
- Indepth knowledge of metering technology including standards related to metering.
- Experience in developing billing algorithms.
Certifications/Licenses:
- Professional Engineers (PE) License desired within 2 years of accepting the position
Must Have Criteria
- Bachelors degree from an accredited electrical engineering or computer science program.
- Computer literacy MS Office SQL command line interaction etc.
- Teamwork works effectively with others.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to achieve a PE License within 2 years of accepting the position.
Want Criteria
- Solves difficult problems with effective solutions
- Ability to manage multiple projects/assignments
- Ability to troubleshoot and solve problems relating to metering
- Experience with programming and scripting
- Familiarity with SCADA related protocols and ICCP
Company:
CENTRAL MAINE POWER CO
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Job Posting End Date:
April302025