Engineer I in Reading, PA

This is an open position with FirstEnergy Service Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. Level 1 / Level 2 / Level 3 NOTE- Position may be located in the Dunbar, PA Operations Center or in Akron OH or elsewhere in the company service territory, subject to the hiring managers approval. The Meter Engineer is a technical subject-matter expert responsible for transmission revenue meters, PJM Generation projects and Company Tie Lines. The Meter Engineer works directly in the Meter Engineering Group reporting to the Manager/Supervisor. Responsibilities The Smart Meter Engineer is responsible for: • Must be able to manage multiple simultaneous projects. o Multiple PJM projects will be going on concurrenly. • Understanding the FirstEnergy life cycle processes of meters which includes: o Meter forecasting. o Understanding how meters are purchased. • Understand Components of a metering system: o Which meter forms are used on services o Meter Vector associated with each service • Meter design o Transmission Interconnections with peer utilities o Intra-company connections o PJM Generation Projects o State Line Crossings o Current Transformer sizing o Equipment and wiring practices • Estimates for Transmission Capital Projects o being familiar with what equipment is required for a project o use estimating tools to estimate equipment and labor Costs • Calculation of transformer loss and line loss meter settings o Obtaining and storing transformer test sheets o obtaining and storing transmission line parameters o develop meter settings to properly calculate losses o confirm meter output is within expected ranges after being programmed • Working with other groups within FirstEnergy to do the following: o Reporting and making presentations to Managers and Directors. o Developing or assisting the development of test scenarios for smart meters that could be executed by the Meter Engineering/Test Lab teams. o Representing the Meter Engineering/Test Lab function on project teams. o Participating and lending expertise to FE team projects that impact metering or meter records. Qualifications at Level 1 • Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited school is required. Position level requires a minimum of 1-3 years previous related engineering experience. • Candidate must possess exceptional analytical and problem solving ability, supplemented by strong customer service and leadership skills, excellent verbal and written skills. • Strong analytical, problem solving, decision making and leadership skills and excel communication and presentation skills. • Good computer skills with some proficiency in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, database query tools. Qualifications at the Engineer III level: • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited school required or be a professionally certified engineer (PE License) and have a Bachelor of Science Degree in a technical subject (Engineering Technology, Physics, etc.). Professional Engineering (PE) License preferred. • Minimum of 3 (three) years of experience • Candidate must possess exceptional analytical and problem solving ability, supplemented by strong customer service and leadership skills, excellent verbal and written skills. • Exceptional analytical, problem solving, decision making and leadership skills with excellent communication and presentation skills. • Excellent personal computing skills; including proficiency in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, database query tools. Qualifications at the Engineer IV level include all of the above plus: • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited school required or be a professionally certified engineer (PE License) and have a Bachelor of Science Degree in a technical subject (Engineering Technology, Physics, etc.). Professional Engineering (PE) License preferred. • 7 yrs of prior Engineering experience working in related field. • Candidates must possess exceptional analytical and problem solving ability, supplemented by strong customer service and leadership skills, excellent verbal and written skills. Preferred experiences include strong computer skills / aptitude & SAP knowledge. Crews, toad, PowerBI, CAD are a plus.

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