CenterPoint Energy is looking for a Senior Gas Transmission Engineer to join our Team, located in Danville, IN.
You will have the ability to under general direction, the Senior Engineer - Gas Transmission performs engineering analysis, design and specifications, material procurement requests, construction bidding, construction management and support, project management, and record completion data to complete basic to moderately complex modernization, public and system improvement, new business, and measurement/regulator station projects for gas transmission pipelines within Vectren Energy Delivery. Determines work scope, right-of-way and permitting requirements, develops and monitors project schedule, and provides regular updates to maintain data in the asset management and geographical information systems that result from capital projects, impacting Energy Delivery asset data. Communicates project needs and status with internal or external customers.
Provide input on future year budget projections and identify System Improvement opportunities. Looks for and recommends process improvements for departmental processing of the engineering, design, and construction processes. This engineer coordinates projects with contract engineering firms and reviews results with the Engineering Manager. This engineer coordinates approvals with the Engineering Manager.
Essential Functions
- Under general direction, on-time manage assignments and projects from inception to completion.
- Continue to enhance relationships, resolve conflicts, and coordinate with internal/external customers and contractors.
- Meet customer's needs and expectations in a timely manner. Work flexible hours when required to meet critical deadlines. Achieve annual performance objectives established with manager. Manage paper and electronic documents in accordance with company policies and standards.
- Provide mentoring to other Engineers, Specialists, and Technicians.
- Process customer requests and create necessary work orders. Perform tasks to track and complete work orders.
- Communicate with customers, visit customer and work sites, make sketches/drawings for work orders, develop work scopes, cost estimates and schedules, design pipeline routes and facilities, requisition material, request permitting, request right-of-way easements, review/authorize invoice payments, communicate and coordinate activities with Field Operations, supply equipment data, and create/process billing orders as needed to facilitate completion of projects.
- Manage assigned projects through completion to achieve budgetary and business objectives.
- Coordinate system issues with Gas System Design and Gas Control groups.
- Write bid specifications for engineering design work for consulting engineering.
- Write bid specifications for construction contracts and bid/show the projects. Evaluate bids and determine best value for engineering and construction activities.
- Oversee construction inspectors and the contractor's construction. Complete as-built work-order documents to satisfy Company and regulatory requirements.
- Knowledge of gas/electric distribution /transmission system design, standards, and codes. Considerable construction management and project management skills
Education Description
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Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited college, university.
- Preferred degree in mechanical, civil, petroleum, or industrial discipline.
Experience
Requires a minimum of five years' experience in utility design or related project construction design AND a Professional Engineer License.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
1111 Louisiana St
Houston
Texas United States
www.centerpointenergy.com
