Principal Engineer - Overhead

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DTE is one of the nation’s largest diversified energy companies. Our electric and gas companies have fueled our customer’s homes and Michigan’s progress for more than a century.

And as Michigan’s largest source of renewable energy, we’re creating a cleaner, healthier environment to power our future. We’re also serving communities beyond Michigan, where our affiliated businesses offer renewable energy, emission control technologies, and energy services to industries in 19 states.

But we’re more than a leading energy company... and working at DTE is more than just a job.

At DTE, we take great care of each other and our customers, and we use our energy to be a force for growth and prosperity in our communities. When you join us, you’ll be part of a team that welcomes, recognizes, and celebrates differences and values everyone’s health, safety, and wellbeing. Are you ready to make that kind of difference? Bring your energy to DTE.Together,

we can achieve great things.

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Employment Sponsorship:This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship currently.

Hybrid Role: This role is hybrid, with an established schedule of in-person work required at an assigned work location. Any remote work is expected to be performed from an employee’s primary residence, unless allowed (or prohibited) through the Company’s remote work guidelines.

Emergency Response: Yes – Must be available to perform a primary assignment in support of DTE’s emergency response to storms or other events that impact service to our customers.

Senior level engineer responsible for planning and conducting intermediate to more complex engineering related activities requiring the use of creative techniques, as well as application of thorough knowledge of engineering or scientific principles and practice in multiple areas. Incumbents have the authority to make decisions on engineering problems and methods applicable to the resolution of important issues, which may be complex ticipates on and leads teams, as well as develops effective relationships with key decision makers, as needed.

• Applies strong knowledge and background of engineering and scientific principles and practices in a variety of assignments.
• Develops, coordinates, and directs critical projects or field engineering assignments that are large or complex.
• Leads or plays key role on process improvement teams.
• Initiates or performs engineering studies, proposing solutions or recommending alternatives.
• Develops presentations of engineering-related projects to stakeholders.
• Develops models and analyzes data to support improvement programs, techniques and solutions.
• Conducts studies and analyses to assist in the resolution of engineering-related issues; may assist with developing engineering standards and practices.
• Mentors and provides guidance/direction for less experienced engineers.

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology and a minimum of 6 years of job relevant experience

Preferred

• Master’s Degree in Engineering or job-relevant discipline.
• Experience with OH equipment design, installation, and testing procedures for distribution and sub-transmission voltages.
• Experience performing root cause analysis with OH equipment failures and analyzing system conditions and events at the time of failure.
• Knowledge of OH electrical system equipment functions and operations
• Experience in reading OH circuit maps and electrical system onelines, as well as providing recommendations for and validating OH equipment designs.
• Experience with providing onsite support for OH crews with removal / installation of OH related equipment (reclosers, manual/automatic pole top switches, etc).
• Lead cross-functional teams on OH equipment failure investigations
• Lead approvals of new equipment and creation of necessary standards, testing, and maintenance procedures
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Programs, primarily Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in using Maximo and SAP.

Other Requirements

• Proficiency in computer applications…