Engineering Technician

OVERVIEW

This Electronic Engineering Technician 2 position provides engineering, design, and field support in Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)’s System Engineering (TEN) Project Engineering, Telecom (TENP) group. This includes fiber optics, analog/mobile radio, digital radio, power line carrier, operational telephone, microwave towers and antennas, emergency AC/DC power and UPS systems, communications buildings, multiplex equipment, and monitoring systems including alarm system, Fault Locating Acquisition Reporter (FLAR), microwave monitor, wide area networks used for operational data and network management. This position will provide engineering technician expertise, assisting project managers and other engineering personnel in implementing projects, supporting field maintenance crews, and other related engineering activities.

REQUIREMENTS

Education & Corresponding Experience (required)

• A bachelor’s or associate’s degree in electronic engineering or a closely related field is preferred
• 5 years of work experience is required with an applicable bachelor’s degree.
• 7 years of work experience is required with an applicable associate’s degree
• 9 years of work experience is required without a degree or applicable degree.
• Experience should include directly related work experience in a technical/engineering environment and should demonstrate increasing knowledge and responsibility.

Required Technical Skills & Experience (required)

• Proficiency in use of CAD software.

Preferred Skills & Experience (optional)

• Experience in a project team environment.
• Experience with MicroStation CAD software.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in the maintenance of databases related to the production of electrical and electronic drawings and documents.
• Assist in preparing detailed design, material, or procurement specifications for equipment.
• Assist in the preparation of engineering designs and development of engineering requirements for the development, installation and modification of BPA facilities based on analysis of engineering and design requirements, project parameters, and technical information from multiple sources.
• Draft and prepare telecommunications standard guides and templates for assigned projects.
• Participate in site visits to the field to support telecommunications project scoping and design, verify equipment configuration at sites, and document as built records during project wrap up.
• Support response to telecommunication engineering requests for information verification, such as waveguide distances, antenna locations, equipment spacing.
• Perform review of CAD and manually drafted drawings and other documents for drafting accuracy and completeness; provide feedback and/or make necessary corrections before review by engineers and technicians.
• Participate on teams and individually to research and document existing inventory of telecommunication and related equipment; may include data entry and clean-up efforts and coordination with the local District Resource Specialist.
• Provide engineering technician expertise to support engineering design and field personnel in all aspects of project documentation.
• Organize and analyze drawings prior to setup and discuss project complexity and time estimates with technical and supervisory personnel.
• Draft designs from engineers’ idea notes and rough sketches utilizing sources such as electronic files, drawing stick files, and central records vault.
• Participate in the development and revision of Telecommunication drawing templates and standards.
• Assist with various administrative duties, such as engineering record maintenance which includes obtain new drawing numbers, input drawing information into the organization’s CAD database at the various stages of the CAD process and complete necessary forms to submit final drawings to central records.
• Perform sub-system user file management within CAD systems, such as plotting, printing, storage and retrieving and returning drawings from ProjectWise.
• Update and maintain the As Built file structure within ProjectWise; maneuver .pdf and .dgn files as requested.
• Prepare and draft detailed As Built drawings via MicroStation CAD software.
• Manage submissions of As Built drawings and documentation. Assist in mentoring team members in the As Built process.
• Draft and prepare drawing lists’ and drawing packages for digital signature and distribution.
• Take and update photographic records of all physical equipment.
• Scan and file facility documents and other antiquated/non electronic prints.
• Mark documents and maintain filing system(s), files, emails, and records in accordance with compliance requirements. Share and disperse documents only to appropriate personnel (those with a Lawful Government Purpose (LGP) to know). Mark and maintain all official records in accordance with the Information Security (INFOSEC) and Information Governance & Lifecycle Management (IGLM) standards and procedures. Validate official records are accurately maintained for auditing purposes.