Engineering Manager - Energy Accounting, Control Systems

Closing Date to Apply: This position is open until filled. Applications will be reviewed as they are received. The position may close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified candidates has been established.

Salary: $154,144 - $269,032
Midpoint: $211,588

Grant PUD posts the full salary range for each position. The midpoint is provided as a reference point and is not a guaranteed starting pay. Starting pay is based on job-related factors such as qualifications, experience, skills, internal alignment, and organizational needs. Most new hires are typically placed between the minimum and midpoint of the range.

Benefits: This link below will provide you with Grant PUD’s benefit that may be available if hired, different employee types are eligible for different benefits.

Grant PUD — Unified Insurance Program (uip-wa.org)

Grant County PUD will administer a background check as part of the hiring process, if selected for this position. 

Applicants meeting minimum qualifications may be further evaluated based on preferred qualifications and job-related criteria. Only the most qualified candidates will be referred for further consideration.

The District may use the applicant pool and results from this recruitment to fill additional vacancies in the same classification for up to six (6) months following the recruitment closing date, consistent with District policy and applicable law.

Position Summary

The Manager Engineering – Energy Accounting is responsible for the leadership, reliability, and strategic direction of the District’s energy and water accounting applications, ensuring 24/7 operational continuity of critical systems. This role manages assigned engineering and technical staff and is accountable for workload prioritization, staff development, system architecture, integration, and support practices aligned with enterprise technologies and business objectives.
Serving as the District’s primary technical and business liaison with the outsourced power marketing partner, this position coordinates with internal departments, external utilities, and regulatory agencies. The manager leads capital improvement initiatives, ensures compliance with NERC reliability standards related to interchange scheduling, evaluates emerging technologies while aligning work with department priorities, staffing capacity and business objectives.

Essential Functions

Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the following representative duties, knowledge, and skills. This is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by incumbents of this class; employees may be assigned duties which are not listed below; reasonable accommodation will be made as required. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement and is subject to change at any time by the employer. Essential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Lead capital improvement initiatives for energy and water accounting systems, ensuring effective planning, design, implementation, and lifecycle management of utility control system applications.
• Direct application architecture and support practices, providing technical leadership for system design, integration, and implementation aligned with enterprise technology standards.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Technologies and telecommunications teams to ensure seamless integration between internal systems and externally hosted accounting platforms.
• Serve as a key point of coordination with external partners, including power marketers, utilities, and regulatory agencies, while aligning internal stakeholders to maintain continuity of critical control system operations.
• Provides first line leadership, supervision, mentoring, and performance management for assigned staff, including workload prioritization, professional feedback, professional development, training and operational support coordination; participate in workforce planning and succession planning activities as appliable.
• Ensure compliance with NERC Reliability Standards related to interchange scheduling by guiding the development and implementation of policies, procedures, and industry best practices.
• Evaluate and advance emerging technologies through opportunity assessments and proof-of-concept initiatives, driving innovation and continuous improvement in system capabilities.
• Support budget development, forecasting, and management for energy and water accounting systems, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and fiscal responsibility.
• Serve as district representative for all software and service contracts related to energy and water accounting applications.
• Demonstrated commitment to Grant PUD’s mission, vision, values, strategic plan, and Grant PUD / IBEW Local 77 Code of Excellence. The incumbent should be familiar with these organizational priorities and behave in a way that aligns with these expectations.
• Understand and adhere to compliance requirements for this position that may include laws, regulations, security guidelines, Grant PUD policies & Procedures.
• In this position, if needed to operate a GPUD vehicle for business purposes, please refer to Vehicle/Asset Usage Policy, IS-TA-POL-001.
• Actively participate in all aspects of our safety program, including but not limited to:
  • Following all safety policies and procedures.
  • Alerting supervisors and coworkers to unsafe or hazardous working conditions.
  • Reporting any unsafe incidents or close calls within 24 hours to your supervisor; and
  • Accepting feedback from supervisors and coworkers regarding your own safety performance.
• Actively support programs and actions that improve our Safety Culture by:
  • Supporting the presence of safety in your department (e.g. include safety messages in business conversations; begin meetings as appropriate with a safety minute).
  • Ensuring supervisors are monitoring the safety actions of their teams (such as completing safety training, reporting incidents timely, etc.).
  • Being viewed as a safety champion by stopping work if necessary, promoting safety activities (Continuous improvement team processes, Safety & Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) activities, etc.).
  • Acknowledging compliant safety behaviors and good safety performance from members of your team(s).
• This position requires NERC CIP access, and incumbents must meet and maintain eligibility with the established criteria in the Grant PUD Personnel Risk Assessment Procedure.

Required Qualifications (Education, Experience, Licenses & Certifications):

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Technology, MIS, or related technical field; OR 2 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.
• Ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in engineering, application systems, or a related technical field, including at least (1) year of experience leading people projects or cross-functional work.
• Demonstrated experience in maintaining and supporting mission critical applications and systems, including responsibility for 24/7 operational support and monitoring.
• Direct experience with PCI GSMS Energy Accounting and Meter Data Management applications.

Preferred Qualifications (Education, Experience, Licenses & Certifications):

• Experience in electric utility or energy industry, including exposure to energy accounting, settlements, interchange scheduling, or market operations.
• Experience with OATI’s WebSmartTagging, WebScheduler, WebTrader, WebSmartOASIS, WestTrans, WebAccounting and WIT.

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of Western interconnect markets such as WEIM, EDAM, or SPP Markets+.
• Experience with the concepts, principles, theories, and methods surrounding electrical engineering industry standards and best practices.
• Knowledge of data processing principles sufficient to review program specifications, design programs, and modify software code.
• Ability to review and provide thoughtful feedback on contracts with suppliers, counterpart utilities, and regulatory agreements.
• Independently adapt, interpret, and apply written guidelines, precedents, and standardized work practices to a variety of unprecedented and problematic situations.
• Skill in:
  • Problem solving and critical thinking
  • Report creation and submittal
  • Workflow and time management
  • Utilization of MS office products
  • Project management
  • Resource management
  • Application integration
  • Written and oral interpersonal communication

Physical Requirements

• Position may be eligible for hybrid work arrangement: ☒Yes ☐No
• Majority of work is performed in a standard office setting.
• Some field work that may require operation of a vehicle.
• Typical shift of employees in this position: ☒8 hours ☒9 hours ☒10 hours ☐12 hours

*For a full list of requirements, the applicant/incumbent should refer to the Physical Capacity Evaluation (PCE).

The statements contained herein reflect general details as necessary to describe the principal functions for this job, the level of knowledge and skill typically required, and the scope of responsibility, but should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements.  Individuals may perform other duties as assigned, including work in other functional areas