Transit Power Distribution Coordinator na King County, WA
King County, WA · Seattle, Estados Unidos Da América · Onsite
- Professional
- Escritório em Seattle
About the Department
Metro Transit's Facilities Division is hiring for a Transit Power Distribution Coordinator position. This position presents the exciting opportunity to use your talents and energy to facilitate and coordinate de-activation requests from contractors, restore AC and DC loads following routine and emergency maintenance, and repair of the trolley overhead systems.
About Metro’s Transit Facilities Division:
King County Metro Transit’s Facilities Division maintains all Metro Transit properties, such as bus bases, park & rides, bus shelters, and offices and maintenance shops. Services include bus shelter repairs and replacements, bus shelter cleaning, trolley wire repairs, radio maintenance for buses, environmental spill clean-up, bus sign replacement, graffiti removal, and other facilities maintenance duties. Internally, team provides division-wide support functions for finance, budget, environmental compliance, safety, training, administrative services and new employee orientation. Planning, inventory/materials management, work center, workforce management, functional asset management, general/maintenance agreements, systems support, capital infrastructure, sustainable resources/energy.
Recruitment Information:
This recruitment will immediately fill one (1) Transit Power Distribution Coordinator Career Service position. In addition, this selection process may be used to generate an eligibility pool for future Career Service, as well as any fully benefitted Term-Limited Temporary (TLT) and/or Special Duty Assignment (SDA) vacancies that may occur in this classification and in this division. Eligibility pools remain valid for 12 months upon creation, or until the list is exhausted, at the discretion of the hiring authority.
SAFETY SENSTIVE REQUIREMENT:
This position is considered safety sensitive. Applicants for these positions are required to undergo drug testing prior to employment and subsequent to commencement of employment, will be subject to random, post-accident, reasonable suspicion, return to duty, and follow-up drug and alcohol testing in compliance with Federal DOT alcohol and controlled substance testing program protocols.
Who may apply:
We welcome applications from all interested candidates, including current King County employees and the public. Please refer to the "Supplemental Information" section of this job bulletin for the required application materials.
Position Duties
Applying equity and social justice principles is a daily responsibility and foundational expectation for all King County employees. In this role, you will apply equity and social justice principles that exemplify shared values, behaviors, and practices to all aspects of this work. As a Transit Power Distribution Coordinator, you will:
Prepare, review and approve all planned/unplanned and operational switching, tagging and clearance requests
- Coordinate electrical and line crews in energizing and de – energizing of the trolley overhead system and substation equipment
- Utilize the SCADA system to monitor power distribution loads and de –energize/re-energize AC/DC systems
- Ensure work is conducted in accordance to applicable regulations, rules and standards
- Respond to system emergencies during and after working hours
- Record, compile, and maintain operational data for trolley and substation systems
- Coordinate with Power Chiefs, Technical Assistants, and Crew personnel to provide them information, such as clearances, switching orders and design modifications of new and existing electrical equipment and systems
- Maintain data sources and manage databases; create reports and summaries from asset and maintenance management information systems, billing and tracking invoices reimbursable.
- Ensures highest level of safety
- Prepare and process reimbursable invoices in a timely manner
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications and Skills:
We are looking for candidates who meet the following requirements:
- Two (2) years of closely related experience to trolley overhead systems and substations.
- Ability to perform assigned duties in critical situations
- Knowledge of AC systems with voltages up to 26KV and DC systems with voltages up to 750 VDC
- Must have working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and Outlook)
- Knowledge of trolley overhead, substation and underground feeder systems
- Knowledge of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems
- Knowledge of reading and interpreting plans, schematics and diagrams in coordination with preparing switching orders.
Necessary Special Requirement:
- A valid Washington State driver's license is required and an acceptable driving record. If you possess an out-of-state driver’s license, you must obtain a WA state license within 30 days of hire.
Other Qualifications
To Apply:
If you are interested in pursuing this position, please follow the application instructions carefully. If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process or if you have questions, please contact Daniel Russell, Talent Advisor at [email protected].
Required Application Materials:
- Submit an online application through our careers site. Update your application with all relevant work history going back at least 10 years (or more if necessary), including detailed job duties, dates of employment, and clear explanations for reasons for leaving.
- Attach a Cover Letter.
- Thoroughly respond to all required Supplemental Questions within the application.
Selection Process:
Applications will be screened to determine whether candidates meet minimum qualifications, and for clarity, completeness, and responsiveness to the application instructions above. Highly competitive applicants may be asked to interview. Formal offers will be finalized after candidates have successfully completed any necessary pre-employment processes, such as reference checks or internal record reviews.
Work Schedule:
This position is typically scheduled full time (40 hours per week). Employees must be available and willing to work any shift (day, swing, or overnight), weekends, nights, holidays, and call-outs. Please note that this position is anticipated to be assigned an overnight shift to begin. This position is not exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and is therefore overtime eligible, with prior supervisory approval. This position is not eligible for telework/remote work.
Work Location:
This position will report to the Power Distribution Headquarters 2255 4th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98134.
UNION STATUS: This position is represented by PROTEC17
Class Code: 8730550, Transit Power Distribution Coordinator
Forbes recently named King County as one of Washington State's best employers. Together, with leadership and our employees, we're changing the way government delivers service and winning national recognition as a model of excellence. Are you ready to make a difference? Come join the team dedicated to serving one of the nation's best places to live, work and play.
Guided by our "True North", we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce. To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity. Equitable recruiting, support, and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles--we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards. We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply, including Native American and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities, and veterans.
KING COUNTY IS AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO) EMPLOYER:
No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other protected class. Our EEO policy applies to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, selection for training, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation.
For more information regarding this recruitment, please contact: Daniel Russell, Talent Advisor [email protected].
