HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2003-210RESOLUTION NO. 2003-210
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
APPROVING THE REALLOCATION OF ONE VACANT
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER POSITION TO SENIOR POWER
ENGINEER IN THE ELECTRIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT,
AND FURTHER APPROVAL OF A NEW JOB
SPECIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby
approve the reallocation of one vacant Electrical Engineer position to Senior Power
Engineer located in the Electric Utility Department; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby approves the new job
specification for Senior Power Engineer, as shown on Exhibit A attached hereto; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the salary range for Senior Power Engineer
shall be as follows:
Step A Step 8 Step C Step D Step E
$6,582.00 $6,911.00 $7,256.00 $7,619.00 $8,000.00
Dated: November 5, 2003
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2003-210 was passed and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held November 5, 2003, by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Beckman, Hansen, Howard, Land, and
Mayor Hitchcock
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
SUSAN J. BLACKSTON
City Clerk
2003-210
EXHIBIT A
CITY OF LODI OCTOBER 15, 2003
SENIOR POWER ENGINEER
DEFINITION
Performs a variety of professional office and field engineering work relating to planning, design,
construction and maintenance of electric utility systems and projects within the Engineering and
Operations Division of the Electric Utility Department and performs related work as required.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED AND RECEIVED
Receives general direction from the Manager, Engineering and Operations. May provide
supervision or lead direction to lower -level engineers, electrical estimators and technicians.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES
Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:
• Performs complex professional engineering work in the design, construction and
maintenance of City's electrical and communication facilities, including system modeling
and planning, engineering studies, material specification, cost and scheduling estimates and
written reports and presentations;
• Develops material and equipment standards and specification, and operating and
maintenance procedures for the electric utility;
• Prepares reports and presentations for load forecasts and analyses, system expansion studies
and other power system studies, analyses and calculations;
• Prepares bid specifications and Council communications, reviews bids and proposals,
recommends awards of contracts and monitors progress of capital improvement projects and
professional services contracts;
• Prepares plans, specification, and cost estimates for electric utility construction projects,
makes feasibility and economic studies of alternative plans;
• Coordinates Electric department activities with other city departments and outside agencies;
• Performs engineering assignments for a wide range of utility, commercial and residential
electric systems, including substations, overhead and underground electric distribution,
transmission, generation, metering, grounding systems, protective fuse and relay systems,
and sports and street lighting systems;
• Assists in the training of utility personnel;
• Provides technical guidance and work supervision for engineering division staff;
• Assists and provides guidance for the utilities' customers for the efficient use of electric
energy, in establishing utilities service requirements, fault current protection, Load
management and demand control, power factor correction, and systems safety and
protections schemes;
• Prepares division budget and assists in the preparation of the utility's annual budget, capital
improvement programs and reports as required;
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• Performs long and short term system planning studies for transmission, substation and
distribution systems modifications, improvements and additions to serve existing and new
loads;
• Monitor systein performance and efficiency and recommends corrective measures as
required;
• Performs load studies and prepares forecasts as required for the utility's distribution system
planning and budget preparation;
• Performs other related duties as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge of:
• Electrical theory, design parameters and applicable codes and regulations as applied to
electrical utility distribution, transmission and generation facilities;
• Methods, materials and techniques used in the construction of electric transmission,
distribution and substation projects;
• Principles and practices of safety;
• Principles and practices of applicable codes and standards;
• Principles of budget preparation and administration;
• Principles of supervision and training.
Ability to:
• Prepare complex engineering plans and specifications;
• Perform complex engineering computations and studies;
• Check design and supervise the preparation of engineering plans, studies and reports;
• Supervise, train and evaluate assigned staff;
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing;
• Use and operate centralized telephone equipment, personal computer, related software and
peripheral equipment;
• Establish and maintain cooperative and effective relationships with those contacted during
the course of work.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Any combination of experience and education that would likely produce the qualifying
knowledge and ability. A typical combination is:
Education:
• Equivalent to a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major
coursework in electrical engineering or a related field.
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Experience:
o Four (4) years of responsible professional electrical engineering experience. One (1) year of
which was in a supervisory capacity.
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES
• Possession of the appropriate valid Driver's License from the California Department of
Motor Vehicles.
• Professional registration as a Professional Electrical Engineer, in the State of California.
Registration within another state that has reciprocity may be qualifying; however California
registration must be obtained within one (I) year of employment.