GENERATION MANAGER for the City of Ketchikan/KPU Electric Division. This senior management position oversees the Ketchikan Public Utilities (KPU) electric power generation system, the electric utility maintenance programs, and the utility warehouse and vehicle fleet operations. This position is primarily responsible for directing KPU’s diesel and hydroelectric power generation system, including powerplant and dispatch operations, and implementing all preventative maintenance programs and required repairs for hydroelectric dams, turbines and penstocks, diesel generators, vehicles, and other utility equipment and facilities in order to provide safe and reliable generation, transmission, and distribution of electric energy to the citizens and businesses of the City of Ketchikan and the surrounding Borough. 

Ketchikan is a welcoming island community with strong ties to tourism, fishing and the arts and has been named one of the “100 Best Small Art Towns in America”.  With a population of roughly 14,000 residents, Ketchikan is located on the Southern portion of the Southeast Alaska Panhandle in the Tongass National Forest, approximately 679 air miles north of Seattle, Washington. Our climate is mild with little snow; we have world-class fishing, hunting, boating and scenery and we have daily airline and ferry service. Complete job description and required application available at: https://www.ketchikan.gov/jobs. Position is open until filled; EOE/AA.  

A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in electrical
engineering. At least five (5) years of increasingly responsible electrical engineering experience working in an electric utility generation facility with hydroelectric and diesel electric power systems and SCADA systems, with at least two (2) of those years with management and supervisory responsibility. Experience with warehouse operations, ordering and inventory systems; electric system preventative maintenance programs, fleet repairs; and project management is highly preferred. Possession of, or ability to obtain, a Professional Engineering License in the State of Alaska is desirable.