Job Description
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Atlanta Gas Light is looking for Engineers interested in joining this country's vital natural gas industry. Natural Gas is an essential part of America's Energy mix and a trusted energy source for more than 70 million homes and businesses. With over a 100-year supply of natural gas reserves in North America, the natural gas industry has a bright future.
This position is an exciting opportunity for engineers who enjoy the challenges and responsibilities of coordinating the construction of natural gas transmission and distribution facilities. The right candidate must be a self-starter and able to make sound decisions. Incumbents in this role administer external resources who construct gas utility infrastructure, while delivering on financial and operating objectives. The Associate Engineer drives quality and safety expectations and ensures that those standards are met within a functional or regional area.
Functional Expertise :

• Oversees construction of underground gas utility infrastructure for residential, commercial, and industrial properties.
• Makes decisions in the field and coordinates with internal and/or external service providers and support departments (environmental and real estate) and external agencies to ensure that work is performed as planned, permitted, and scheduled.
• Inspects Construction (safety, compliance, quality, locates and restoration).
• Reviews and approves work orders, progress reports, field changes, invoices, as-built records and bid contracts to ensure compliance and company standards and policies.
• Updates as necessary, Management, Sales, Engineering, and other applicable stakeholders on project progress.
• Monitors project specific budget and/or cost per unit variances and identifies exceptions/variances.

Business Acumen:

• Analyzes costs and benefits for specific construction projects and evaluates alternatives to ensure cost effectiveness of construction projects.
• Evaluates and recommends field design changes to keep construction projects on schedule and at or below forecasted spend

Engagement:

• Interprets pipeline contracts to effectively leverage and negotiate the application of contractual items with external service providers.
• Maintains customer satisfaction through timely and thorough communication with individual customers, municipalities, and other governmental agencies at pre-con meetings and throughout the project (such as state Department of Transportation, cities, counties, etc.).
• Influences external contractors who represent the company by shadowing corporate values.

Driving Results:

• Establishes and monitors work goals and objectives. Measures employee performance and sets safety, quality, and productivity metrics.
• Creates and/or implements improved processes and techniques to enhance operating environments.

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities
Project Engineer I
Education and Experience:
Required:

• BS in Engineering from an ABET accredited institution.
• 0-2 years of progressive Engineering experience

Skills:

• Ability to communicate with all levels in the organization.
• CAD/GIS - basic proficiency
• MS Office - intermediate proficiency

Certifications/Licenses:

• Engineer in Training (EIT)

Project Engineer II
Education and Experience:
Required:

• BA/BS in Engineering from an ABET accredited institution.
• 2-4 years of progressive Engineering experience

Skills:

• Technical writing, analysis, problem solving.
• Basic project management
• Intermediate ability to communicate with all levels in the organization.
• Basic ability to influence and persuade in decision making.
• Computer Assisted Design/Geographic Information System - intermediate proficiency.
• MS Office - advanced proficiency

Certifications/Licenses:
Preferred:

• Engineer in Training (EIT)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)

Project Engineer III
Education and Experience:
Required:

• BA/BS in Engineering from an ABET accredited institution.
• 4 years of progressive engineering experience in project engineering or construction management of natural gas or other pipeline facilities
• Demonstrated success in multiple utility-related departments (i.e. Design Engineering, Construction Operations, Cathodic Protection, Standards Development, PMO, System Planning, Field Ops, Integrity Management, etc.)
• 2 years familiarity and experience with Gas Safety regulations or utility pipeline construction practices

Preferred:

• Master of Business Administration or MS in Engineering

Skills:

• Technical writing, analysis, problem solving.
• Intermediate to advanced project management
• Process improvement.
• Document management.
• Construction-related technical issue resolution
• Significant ability to communicate with all levels in the organization.
• Intermediate to advanced ability to influence and persuade in decision making.
• Computer Assisted Design or Geographic Information System - intermediate proficiency
• MS Office - advanced proficiency

Certifications/Licenses:
Required:

• Engineer in Training (EIT)

Preferred:

• Professional Engineer (PE), Project Management Professional (PMP), or Certified Welding Inspector (CWI)