The primary purpose of this regulatory engineering position is to fulfill the Public Staff’s legislative mandate by providing highly technical engineering expertise and expert opinions to the Director of the Energy Division, as well as to the Public Staff’s Executive Director and other division directors and staff within the Public Staff, regarding a wide range of energy utility issues. 
 
At the Public Utilities Engineer III level, the engineer performs responsibilities on utility filings of a high degree of complexity and scope with a minimal level of supervision by the Division Director.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities / Competencies

Qualified candidates must document on the application that they possess all of the following:  

In order to receive credit for the supplemental questions in which you answered yes, you must provide supporting information within the body of the application, to support your answer. Your application should also reflect all education and all professional work experience acquired including high school and all degrees. It is critical to our screening and salary determination process that applications contain comprehensive candidate information. 

• Knowledge of engineering principles and practices as applied to the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of electrical generation units/plants.

• Data analysis techniques and familiarity with Microsoft Excel.

• Experience with systems modeling with an emphasis on energy systems.

• Intermediate technical and project management skills to solve problems and resolve scheduling or staffing conflicts.

• Knowledge of renewable generation construction and interface with the electrical system.

• Knowledge of electric utility transmission planning and NERC requirements. 

• Complete tasks in a timely manner with little to no supervision.

• Experience communicating effectively both orally and in writing.

Some state job postings say you can qualify by an “equivalent combination of education and experience”. If that language appears below, then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience OR a combination of both. See
oshr.nc.gov/experience-guide for details.

 

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

APPLICANTS MUST MEET THE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT AND ALL KSAs IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THIS POSITION

Bachelor's degree in an applicable field of engineering from an appropriately accredited institution and four (4) years of experience in utilities operational and regulatory engineering work; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Necessary Special Qualification May require registration as a professional engineer by the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors.

*If there are no qualified candidates remaining in the applicant pool who meet the minimum Education and Experience or Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required for the position, the agency may consider for this position, a trainee who does not meet the minimum requirements. Salary for a trainee may be set at a lower level than the classification salary range and recruitment range that is listed in the posting with the salary being adjusted up accordingly when the trainee has obtained the necessary additional education and experience to fully meet the minimum qualifications as outlined in the classification specification.