Engineer

Position Title: Engineer

Job Duration: 1 year contract (ability to convert after contract duration)

Location:

• 1111 Louisiana Street (Downtown Towers Location)
• 3x week onsite / 2 days remote

Reason for need: promotions within team leaving gaps

Project Details: Responsible for estimating transmission projects at the planning stage of a project.

Must have skills:

• 0+ years of Transmission line design/build transmission lines (schooling and internship is acceptable)
  • Does not have to be electrical, can be civil or mechanical
  • Ability/experience performing calculations and designs
• Project Cost Estimating experience (experience writing work orders and having to create detailed estimates of projects)
• PLS-CADD experience

Soft skills:

• Strong Communication Skills required
  • Will be collaborating with internal groups across the utility, including engineering groups, as projects get handed off
  • This is a high visibility spot, as it requires multiple business units alignment and communication. This creates more opportunity for movement within the utility!

Nice to have skills:

• SAP experience – will be used in creating the structure that work orders get charged too – putting in planning estimates
• Professional Engineer License in the State of Texas would be beneficial (Professional Engineer license in another state and the active pursuit of a PE license in Texas may be substituted for State of Texas P.E. License)
  • They will not be doing PE Stamping but if they have this license, once converted, they would go right into a Sr Engineer or Staff Engineer role

Education/certification requirements:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering/Civil Engineering/Mechanical Engineering required

Day to Day responsibilities:

• Design transmission facilities, prepare project cost estimates, PLS-CADD modeling, and prepare SAP work orders in support of transmission, substation, telecommunication, and distribution capital projects
• Support the preparation of yearly Capital budgets
• Serve as department representative on task forces, committees, and cross-functional teams and serve as a subject matter expert and represent CenterPoint Energy on external committees, conferences, and other groups