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Director, Mechanical Engineering / Environmental (Hydro) (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232)

May 30, 2026

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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 and belonging.

General Purpose

Manages turbine overhaul, mechanical, and plant support projects at 36 hydroelectric plants in scenic locations across seven western states, having a major impact on corporate, business unit, or organizational objectives. Establishes strategic business objectives, strategies, and plans in support of Company strategic goals. Manages and allocates financial and employee resources.

Responsible for selecting, coaching, and developing employees and management of employee salaries. Implements and supports Company programs and policies. Typically supervises Manager-level employees.

Responsibilities

Direct projects that support hydroelectric operations. Oversee hydroelectric turbine overhaul, mechanical, and plant support projects.
Apply engineering and environmental principles to support the Company’s operations, including facilities technical studies, planning, and implementing capital projects.
Assist with development and implementation of annual asset investment plan including capital and maintenance expenditure options and serviceability reviews.
Prepare expert testimony for legislative hearings, regulatory proceedings and court proceedings.

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Manager, Engineering Standards, Portland, OR or Salt Lake City, UT #112479 (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232)

August 16, 2024

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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 and diversity, equity and inclusion.

General Purpose

The Substation Standards Engineering Manager leads the substation standards team, encompassing civil, wound equipment, substation general, and major equipment disciplines. This role is pivotal to achieving corporate and organizational objectives.
Key responsibilities include developing and implementing technical solutions, engineering guidelines and policies, creating material specifications and construction standards, integrating advanced technologies into the electric grid, and publishing handbooks, requirement manuals, standards, and guidelines for engineering, design, constructability, and maintainability of substation assets.
Additionally, the manager is responsible for selecting, coaching, and developing employees, managing salaries, ensuring compliance with company programs and policies, and establishing and adhering to department goals and budgets. This role requires a strategic focus on advancing the company’s substation standards and helping to ensure the reliability and efficiency of the electric system.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and approve engineering standards activities supporting capital projects, ensuring compliance with regulations and best practices.

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Manager, Substation Technical Support-Relay Engineering, (OR, UT, ID, WA, WY) #112126 (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97216)

July 3, 2024

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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 and diversity, equity and inclusion.

General Purpose

Manages the day-to-day relay support engineering for Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power that have significant impact on corporate, business unit, or organizational objectives. Establishes and implements business objectives, strategies, and plans. Manages and allocates financial and employee resources. Responsible for selecting, coaching, and developing technical employees and responsible for management of employee salaries. Implements and supports Company programs, policies and objectives. Responsible for adherence to department financial budgets. Responsible for 24/7 technical support for substation and line apparatus, protective relays and communication equipment. Responsible for delivery of corporate and departmental goals and objectives.

Responsibilities

Develop and modify policies, practices and procedures to improve the overall operational effectiveness of PacifiCorp’s transmission and distribution system.
Provide technical support to critical and highly complex operation and control functions within the business.
Develop and implement processes and procedures to enhance operational safety, reliability and effectiveness.

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Mgr, Distribution Grid Engineering, Portland, OR #111295 (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97211)

October 21, 2023

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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 and diversity, equity and inclusion.

General Purpose

Manages the day-to-day distribution system planning, reliability, customer interconnection system impact studies, 24/7 outage response and wildfire risk mitigation of a geographic territory that has a significant impact on corporate, business unit, or organizational objectives. Establishes and implements business objectives, strategies, and plans. Manages and allocates financial and employee resources. Responsible for selecting, coaching, and developing employees and responsible for management of employee evaluation and salaries. Creates, implements and supports Company programs and policies related to the distribution system. Responsible for establishment and adherence to department budget.

Responsibilities

Apply engineering principles to support the Company’s distribution operations, including technical studies, distribution grid system planning and troubleshooting capital project proposals, wildfire risk mitigation and 24/7 outage response.
Provide excellent customer service by overseeing the production of rapid and accurate load and generation interconnection studies, power quality and outage investigations, outage restoration solutions and arc flash/motor start analyses.

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Now I understand the useful purpose of Consequence-driven Cyber-informed Engineering (CCE)

January 15, 2023

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Consequence-driven Cyber-informed Engineering (CCE) is a methodology focused on securing the nation's critical infrastructure (CI) systems. In the past, I questioned the usefulness of this methodology and how it fits within the grand scheme of all the other methods, standards and practices, such as NERC CIP. After reading the CCE patent, I can now say – I get it. To really..
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Director Engineering Standards & Grid Modernization (Salt Lake City, UT or Portland, OR) #108031 (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232)

May 3, 2022

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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 and diversity, equity and inclusion.

General Purpose

Direct and oversee the technical engineering resources within the company necessary to support the continued operations, reliability and resiliency improvement of the company’s electric substation, transmission and distribution systems. Includes responsibility for development and implementation of technical solutions, engineering guidelines and policies, material specifications, identify and implement advanced technologies integration to electric grid, construction standards and guidelines, and publication of all related handbooks, requirement manuals standards and guidelines relating to engineering, design, constructability, and maintainability of the company’s substation, transmission, distribution and metering system assets. Responsible for selecting, coaching, and developing employees and management of employee salaries. Implements and supports Company programs and policies. Typically supervises both Manager level employees and all levels of engineers through principal grade.

Responsibilities

Develop, approve and implement effective standards for the design and construction of the company’s substation, transmission, distribution and metering systems that accommodate best practices and overall lowest total ownership cost.

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