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Manager, System Operations Training – Portland, Oregon – #113133 (Portland, Oregon, OR, US, 97216)

June 8, 2025

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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability inclusion & belonging.

General Purpose

Develop, lead, manage, and direct a team responsible for managing and executing the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of training programs for system operations to ensure compliance with NERC transmission and distribution training standards, adherence to wildfire policies and procedures, and other department training requirements. Manage onboarding and training programs and/or curriculum to ensure compliance with grid and region system operations training requirements and standards that deliver organizational objectives for all positions within System Operations. Conduct training assessments and gap analyses to determine individual training requirements. Will conduct training or co-facilitate with internal and external subject matter experts. Supports and implements business objectives, strategies, programs and plans. Implements and supports company programs and policies. Will collaborate with operational leads to identify learning needs and create tailored training solutions that meet organizational goals safely and efficiently.

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GIS Specialist, Salt Lake City, UT or Portland, OR #113116 (Portland, OR, US, 84116)

June 4, 2025

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General Purpose

The GIS Specialist position ensures that As-Builts are mapped into the facility and GIS based connectivity mapping systems after construction completes. Responsible for updating the mapping and connectivity systems using redlines and other information that comes back from the field, engineering, or dispatch. Position requires a good understanding of electrical distribution systems or other utility network based systems in addition to a strong knowledge of CAD and GIS fundamentals.

Responsibilities

•   Receives, tracks, and fulfills both internal and external spatial data and map requests.
•   Prepares PDF map products for annual regulated facility inspection programs, engineers, and various departments.
•   Editing and maintaining spatial data in an enterprise GIS environment.
•   Use Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and custom applications to create, collect, compile, configure, transform, and maintain data that serves a variety of purposes.
•   Post map changes as instructed by field-completed drawings and as-builts.
•   Maintain complete records of the Company’s distribution electrical assets.
•   Maintain the electrical connectivity network within the GIS applications by ensuring complete network traceability from the substation to the end customer.

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Area-Transmission Planner (Senior/Senior II) Portland, OR #113273 (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232)

May 31, 2025

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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability inclusion & belonging.

General Purpose

Contributes to planning and implementation of transmission projects necessary to ensure that the transmission system continues to reliably and efficiently accommodate customer needs. Utilizes engineering methods to demonstrate compliance with NERC/WECC Reliability Standards.
Develops engineering studies, plans, specifications, calculations, evaluations, design documents, and performance assessments associated with the planning, design, licensing, construction, operation, and maintenance of the Company’s generation, transmission facilities/systems.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, modify, and evaluate main grid transmission systems, processes, or facilities to support Company objectives, utilizing engineering methods to demonstrate compliance with NERC/WECC reliability standards.
Develop highly complex engineering studies, plans, specifications, calculations, evaluations, design documents, and performance assessments to the main grid.
Act as a lead expert in the work group; train and mentor associate and career level planners, engineers, technicians and drafters.
Determine methods and techniques for obtaining results.
Recommend alternative engineering solutions to management to meet business needs.

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Transmission Grid Ops Adviser – Portland, Oregon – #113444 (Portland, Orego, OR, US, 97216)

May 27, 2025

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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability inclusion & belonging.

General Purpose

This position is responsible for providing guidance and support for transmission system operations with a focus on reliability and represents PacifiCorp on various regional public power boards, such as North American Electric Reliability Corporation (“NERC”), North American Energy Standards Board (“NAESB”), Western Electricity Coordinating Council (“WECC”), Western Power Pool (“WPP”), California ISO (“CAISO”), and Southwest Power Pool (“SWPP”).

Responsibilities

Assist on a day-to-day basis with operational issues and merchant interfaces. This includes database programs (EAS, CAS, and Endur), the energy management system (Monarch), compliance with control performance standards (CPS), and disturbance control recovery.
Provide operational support as requested for network customer issues contractual input from an operational perspective, and act as the backup administrator function for the Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS).
Communicate and collaborate closely with the reliability coordinator on matters associated with transmission reliability.

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Grid Operator IV – Portland, Oregon – #113521 (Portland, OR, US, 97216)

May 23, 2025

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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability inclusion & belonging.

General Purpose

The position provides technical expertise for PacifiCorp real-time operations. This position has responsibility for real-time operational oversight for PacifiCorp’s Bulk Electric Transmission System, market operations (energy imbalance market), and balance and interchange functions which includes real-time communication and coordination with the reliability coordinator and other interconnected entities. Function as the lead/SME in the work group. Responsible for coordinating integrated operational objectives, daily and seasonal operation plans, and ensuring successful completion of objectives by a real-time operating team within a control center environment.

Responsibilities

Provide training and mentoring for all of the Grid Operators and able to contribute to the safe and reliable operation of all of the disciplines (Transmission Operator, Balance & Interchange, and Energy desks)

Provide technical expertise for the real-time operation of the Company transmission grid, market, and balancing authority area operations to ensure safe, reliable service following good utility practice criteria and guidelines set by national electric reliability council, federal energy regulatory commission and the regional reliability council.

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Journeyman Lineman (Local 659) – Klamath Falls, Oregon – #113066 (KLAMATH FALLS, OR, US, 97601)

May 19, 2025

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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability inclusion & belonging.

Pacific Power’s Klamath Area has an opening for a journeyman lineman to join their team located in Klamath Falls, OR (Oregon’s City of Sunshine.) The district covers approximately 3,440 square miles in both Oregon and California. Work includes new installations, maintenance and troubleshooting on transmission and distribution electrical systems overhead and some underground. The Klamath Area is home to Crater Lake National Park, Lava Beds National monument, numerous wildlife refuges, and the largest body of freshwater by surface area in Oregon. If you like hunting, fishing, boating, camping, hiking and other outdoor activities, meet the requirements below and want to join a professional hard working team, please submit your application. We look forward to hearing from you.

Responsibilities

Journeyman Linemen shall meet the qualifications as set forth in this Agreement and shall supply the Union and the Company with satisfactory proof of their experience and knowledge.

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