Electric General Manager

City Of Seward - Seward, AK

Full-time - Mid Level

Seward, AK

Utilities

About the position

This position is responsible for planning, directing, and evaluating the activities of the City's electrical distribution system and its employees. The role involves overseeing the design, review, and management functions necessary for the operation of the municipal electric utility system, ensuring reliable service to customers while adhering to state and federal regulations.

Responsibilities

• Plans, oversees, assigns, directs, and evaluates the work of the electrical distribution, generation, and transmission crews.
• Develops, modifies, oversees, and reviews administrative and engineering services in support of the electrical operation.
• Develops and modifies the budget for the department and is involved in its creation.
• Verifies and approves all departmental purchasing.
• Ensures reliable electrical service to customers.
• Performs design, cost estimates, and construction supervision of line extensions and other utility projects.
• Oversees the preliminary design and cost estimation work to prepare bid specifications.
• Reviews all bid specifications and engineering designs for cost effectiveness and recommends the appropriate bidder to the City Manager.
• Monitors long range plans for electric utility projects and ensures they align with growth and industrial expansion.
• Monitors, promotes, and influences regional, state, and federal activities that impact the electric utility.
• Ensures the City is current on all state/federal regulations.
• Researches and develops changes that increase the efficiency and productivity of the department.
• Ensures project management tasks and deadlines are met.
• Manages all contracts for electric utility upgrades.
• Provides effective and efficient customer service and promotes and maintains responsive community relations.
• Follows safe work practices.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related field.
• At least 7 years of experience with an electric utility position, including some supervisory experience, or any equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Knowledge of all phases of engineering design, analysis, contract preparation, and negotiation.
• Knowledge of project management and contract administration.
• Knowledge of electric utility transmission, generation, and distribution systems.
• Knowledge of power systems engineering and business management.
• Skill in oral and written communications.
• Skill in strategic thinking and decision making.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions that are furnished in a diagram, schematic, or schedule form.
• Ability to read and multi-task and prioritize work.
• Ability to assign and supervise the work of others and motivate employees to work toward common goals.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisors, coworkers, contractors, vendors, and the general public.