Manager, Telecom Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT or Portland, OR #113809

POWER YOUR GREATNESS

General Purpose

Provide oversight and leadership for the engineering design and engineering support of the company’s enterprise-wide private utility telecommunications OT infrastructure, including core utility transport (radio, microwave, and fiber optic systems) network systems architecture. Oversee the implementation of technology standards, designs, policies, and practices for telecommunications enterprise systems to ensure they address company needs while following industry best practices. Ensure the proper implementation of new technologies to ensure high levels of network and system performance and reliability. Drive corporate programs that focus on the replacement of obsolete telecom technologies and systems while supporting ongoing enterprise projects and initiatives. 

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee engineering staff involved in the ongoing implementation and expansion of enterprise transport communications infrastructure including fiber, carrier Ethernet, microwave, TDM/SONET, two-way radio systems, and supporting systems.

• Oversee the implementation of technology standards, design, policies, and practices of the telecommunications systems to ensure industry best practices are followed.

• Manage the engineering design and engineering support of cross-platform enterprise transport infrastructure standards and system architecture.
• Oversee the implementation of new telecommunication technologies in the company’s core telecommunications environments.
• Communicate with senior management and business units to assure that utility and information systems and technologies are provided, improved, and replaced as required. Manage systems and technology development priorities.
• Develop and maintain ongoing relationships with hardware, software, consulting, engineering, service providers, and employee resource vendors to ensure that the company’s systems are developed and deployed using appropriate practices, are adequately supported, and external influences on the company’s systems are understood and used in planning.
• Develop and maintain ongoing relationships with organizations to ensure technology standards and policies are followed.
• Manage and participate in systems capacity planning to manage technology changes and growth and make recommendations for approval by senior management.
• Develop formal proposals for hardware and software component purchases and participate in negotiations with vendors. Coordinate plans for hardware and software changes and enhancements with other information technology personnel.  
• Develop necessary policies, procedures and methodologies to support and maintain telecommunications OT infrastructure, including adequate network security.
• Ensure that telecommunications OT infrastructure is adequately documented. Ensure internal process documentation is adequate. Develop, update and assure conformance to documentation standards required by policy.
• Manage the development of network disaster recovery plans, enterprise business continuity plans, and regulatory/industry compliance standards. Provide technical interpretation of compliance requirements and CIP/Part 693 compliance standards.
• Manage the tracking of telecommunication circuits and hardware & software assets, ensuring conformance with asset management standards. Monitor and manage support and software maintenance contracts for the department, ensuring assets are properly covered.
• Perform administrative activities necessary for the effective management of the department, including employee safety, selection and development of employees, pay administration, budget administration, employee counseling and motivation, organization goals & objectives, and planning, organizing, integrating, measuring, and reporting work performed within the department.
• Lead frequent functional team staff meetings, communicating and resolving operational and group process issues.  Provide weekly report to management of functional team activities, project status and risks.
• Assures compliance with all local, state and federal regulations and company policies.

Perform any additional responsibilities as requested or assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or related field; or equivalent work experience. (Typically four years of additional related, progressive work experience would be needed for candidates applying for this position who do not possess a Bachelor’s degree. A minimum of two years additional directly related technical experience is required.)
• A minimum of seven years of experience with telecommunication transport systems.
• A minimum of three years of direct people management experience.
• Advanced technical knowledge of network and telecommunication technologies, and a thorough understanding of enterprise OT environments.
• Knowledge of telecom and information technology terms, equipment, systems, functions, and major vendors.
• Knowledge of electric utility operational terms, system protection schemes, systems, and functions.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills.
• Effective interpersonal skills and customer relationship skills.
• Effective analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and projects concurrently.
• Availability as a resource for problem resolution on a 24-hour basis.
• An on-site presence is required to perform managerial and collaborative functions of the position.

Preferences

• Knowledge of the Company’s strategic plan, regulatory and political environment, as well as the Company’s policies, procedures and practices, and applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
• Advanced Degree and/or PE license.

Additional Information

Primary Location: SALT LAKE CITY

Company Code: Pacificorp

Department: Power Delivery

Schedule: Days

Personnel Subarea: Exempt

Hiring Range: $137,000-$ 177,300

This position is eligible for an annual discretionary performance incentive bonus of up to 20.00% of salary.

Benefits: Health care, retirement, paid time off, tuition assistance, paid short-term and long-term disability, paid bereavement leave. For more information, please visit: https://careers.pacificorp.com/content/New-Benefits-Page/?locale=en_US

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without an accommodation.

At PacifiCorp, we celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion. PacifiCorp is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law.

Unless otherwise required by law, all offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and drug screening including for marijuana. While marijuana is legal in several states, including Oregon, a positive test for positions in Oregon may disqualify a candidate. The company complies with the laws of Washington and California and only obtains and considers positive tests for marijuana in safety-sensitive positions or those covered by U.S. Department of Transportation regulations.