Mission Statement
BED’s mission is to serve the energy needs of our customers in a safe, reliable, affordable, sustainable, and socially responsible manner. BED’s four key values are: Safety, Reliability, Community and Innovation. BED’s vision is to make Burlington a Net Zero Energy city by eliminating fossil fuel usage across the electric, thermal, and ground transportation sectors by strategically electrifying, managing demand, realizing efficiency gains, and expanding local renewable generation while increasing system resilience.
General Purpose
This position is responsible for the design, engineering, and maintenance of the Burlington Electric Department McNeil Generating Station and Gas Turbine. This position is also responsible for the design and engineering of BED’s Chace Mill Winooski One Hydroelectric, Airport Solar, and Pine Street Solar facilities. This position is responsible for providing high quality leadership, communication, and management for the Generation engineering and maintenance area

Union Affiliation: Non-Union
Pay Grade M30: $138,501.79 - $189,728.44 Annually
Remote Tier 2: Up to One (1) day remote/week 

Essential Job Functions
• Manage the generating facilities in accordance with current Public Utility Commission ("PUC") mandates, other State and Federal requirements and City Charter provisions.
• Supervise, coach, motivate, and evaluate employees within the generation engineering and maintenance area to ensure that their specific duties and responsibilities are being fulfilled in a prudent and professional manner.
• Seek input from employees, provide feedback and recognize good performance; lead employees and at times make tough and sometimes unpopular decisions; and hold employees accountable for meeting established expectations and following procedures.
• Ensure that employees reporting to them and outside contractors at the generating facilities follow applicable safety rules and adhere to the BED/IBEW Collective Bargaining Agreement, Personnel Manual, and Accident Prevention Manual.
• Develop and manage the annual fiscal year maintenance and capital improvement budgets for McNeil Generating Station and the Gas Turbine,
• Develop and manage the calendar year maintenance and capital improvement budget for the McNeil Joint Owners.
• Develop, maintain, and implement BED’s McNeil Generating Station and Gas Turbine five-year capital plans.
• Responsible for the design and engineering for McNeil Generating Station, Winooski One Hydro, Gas Turbine, and Solar Generation facilities.
• Responsible for maintenance and capital projects for McNeil Generating Station and Gas Turbine.
• Support all maintenance and capital projects for Winooski One Hydro and Solar Generation facilities.
• Develop, implement, and maintain McNeil Generating Station and Gas Turbine maintenance plans.
• Responsible for all McNeil Generating Station and Gas Turbine outages.
• Support BED’s Winooski One Hydro outages.
• Responsible for all repairs and solutions after forced outages at McNeil Generating Station and Gas Turbine assets to get them operational in a safe and effective manner.
• Assist with troubleshooting and solutions after forced outages at the Winooski One Hydro asset to get it operational in a safe and effective manner.
• Perform job safety checklists, procedural checks, and work closeouts with staff and contractors that are working on site at McNeil Generating Station and Gas Turbine.
• Consult on and assist the Director of Safety in preparing revisions to the generating facilities portion of the Accident Prevention Manual.
• Oversee McNeil Generating Station and Gas Turbine projects to ensure they are adequately managed in terms of labor, materials, schedules, and work order closeout.
• Coordinate with Director of Generation Operations, Chief Forrester, Environmental Specialist, and other supervisors regarding activities, projects, and operating conditions.
• Keep the McNeil Joint Owners informed on issues and concerns at the McNeil Generating Station.
• Responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining generating facilities security standards in collaboration with the
BED’s IT Department to ensure the integrity of the generating facilities.
• Work with BED’s Policy & Planning Department to coordinate effective and economic operations of BED generation facilities and to support innovation projects that are complementary to generation facilities.
• Maintain a communicative and cooperative liaison between BED and its customers, other City Departments, City, State and Federal leaders, utilities, regulators, and others, as appropriate, relative to matters of mutual interest and expertise.
• Work with the Director of Generation Operations and BED’s Policy & Planning Department on RPS requirements in other States to maximize REC sales for all generation owned by BED.
• Oversee the design, documentation, and modifications for all generating facility’s control systems.
• Prepare specifications for proposed engineering services and new equipment. Evaluate proposals, review design drawings and calculations, and oversee installation.
• Provide project management for all McNeil Generating Station projects.
• Ensure generating stations are operating within local, State, and Federal permitted limits for water and air quality control.
• Keep abreast of all generating facilities safety policies and procedures and ensures employees maintain awareness and adherence to policies and procedures.
• Consult on and assist the Director of Safety in preparing revisions to the generating facilities portion of the Accident Prevention Manual.
• Develop, maintain, and implement written Standard Operating Procedures.
• Submit all compliance certifications required for any BED asset.
• Prepare and submit routine reports, including but not limited to operating reports and bid pricing changes.
• Maintain and program PLC logic related to all generating asset controls and operations.
• Perform generation outage requests and market bidding activities as needed.
• Learn and become qualified Level 1 and 2 Operator for BED Gas Turbine.
• Learn and become qualified to be Level 1 Operator for BED Winooski One Hydroelectric.
• Provide direct backup responsibilities to the Director of Generation Operation.
• Develop and implement written training plans for the Gas Turbine Operators.
• Respond to public concerns regarding generating facilities operation.
• Conduct tours for the public and technical visitors as needed.

Non-Essential Job Functions:
• Perform other duties as required

• Ability to actively support City diversity, equity, and cultural competency efforts within stated job responsibilities and work effectively across diverse cultures and constituencies.
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion as evidenced by ongoing trainings and professional development.
• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, or Engineering Technology is required.
• Eight (8) years of experience in electrical generation, construction, or design is required, including at least three (3) years of leadership or management experience.
• State of Vermont Professional Engineering license (PE) within 2 years of hire required.
• Basic knowledge of the combustion process, hydraulics, lubrication, electricity and electronics, heat transfer, control logic, valve types, and engineering units required.
• Ability to work with Generation control systems and software is required.
• Demonstrated computer competency in word processing, spreadsheets, and emails is required.
• Must possess demonstrated leadership and communication skills and an established record of motivating and empowering employees, holding employees accountable, and coordinating self-managed teams.
• Ability to communicate and interact with all BED employees, vendors, contractors, and the public is required.
• Ability to work well with customers and elected/appointed officials in high public profile positions is essential.
• Ability to effectively manage the Generating Facilities in such a manner that BED is able to meet its strategic mission, goals, and objectives.
• Knowledge of data acquisition systems, personal computers, programmable logic controllers, instrumentation, and distributed control systems is required.
• Experience managing capital and expense budgets is required.
• Working knowledge of National Electric Code, National Electric Safety Code, and VOSHA/OSHA Standards required.
• Experience in confined space, arc flash and lock out/tag out procedures.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize workload, manage multiple projects, and meet established deadlines required.
• Ability to use special personal protective equipment such as hearing protection, rubber boots, leather gloves, safety glasses, respirator (fit test required using OSHA criteria), hard hat, etc.
• Ability to enter a confined space and elevated areas.
• Ability to work long hours to accommodate workload and emergencies.
• Responding to all BED’s Generation emergencies is required.
• Answering phone calls after business hours is required.
• Ability to operate the Gas Turbine and Winooski One Hydro after hours in emergency situations..
• Ability to obtain and maintain a valid Vermont State driver’s license within three months of date hired.
• Regular attendance is necessary and is essential to meeting the expectations of the job functions.
• Ability to understand and comply with City standards, safety rules and personnel policies.

About City of Burlington - Burlington Electric Department

The Burlington Electric Department is Vermont’s largest municipally owned electric utility serving more than 19,600 customers. BED is the exclusive provider of electric service to the City of Burlington, an area of approximately 16 square miles, and the Burlington International Airport in South Burlington. BED is also the operator and 50 percent owner of the Joseph C McNeil Wood-Powered Electric Generating Facility (pictured above) located in Burlington’s Intervale.

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