Careers
At KPUB, we are responsive to our customers and committed to serving them. We don’t answer to shareholders—we answer to our customers, and every decision we make is in their best interest.
Are you interested in joining the KPUB team? Click the button below to check out our openings!
Our benefits
Full-time employees enjoy an excellent benefits package, which includes the following:
- Health, Vision and Dental insurance
- Life & AD&D Insurance
- Retirement
- Deferred Compensation
- Tuition Assistance
- Vacation, Sick and Holiday
- Cancer Insurance
- Critical Sickness Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
Taylor Riley
Lineman
“At KPUB, I work with a great team of other line workers who all take pride in the work we do and are always ready to roll up our sleeves and help each other out. I love that my job as a KPUB lineman challenges me every day in different ways and the brotherhood it involves in training one another. KPUB is a great company that has offered me an opportunity to develop my career here, and I’m able to use my skills and knowledge to keep progressing in this line of work and continuously grow.”
Community Involvement
KPUB is committed to being a good corporate citizen in the community we serve and making the Kerrville area a better place to work, live and raise our families. We promote employee involvement in our community by allowing employees time away from work to volunteer to help at various nonprofit organizations in the area that support our citizens.
In addition, we also support employees as they volunteer to participate on various nonprofit boards throughout the community. As you join KPUB, please discuss your volunteer aspirations with your supervisor.
Available Positions
TITLE: Director of Engineering
POSITION STATUS: Full Time, Exempt
GRADE: Management
DEPARTMENT: Engineering
REPORTS TO: General Manager & CEO
JOB SUMMARY:
Oversee all Engineering functions and staff, including distribution and substation engineering. Other responsibilities include coordinating demand response programs, load and sales forecasts, budgets, rates and regulatory compliance.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Oversee all Distribution System Engineering functions, including customer extensions, overhead and underground maintenance and construction programs, system planning and improvements, and engineering standards.
- Oversee all Substation engineering functions and staff, including maintenance, construction, and system improvements.
- Assist the General Manager/CEO with wholesale power supply procurement as required, including: assessing long, mid, and short-term requirements, energy supply risk management activities, monthly power cost adjustment calculations, power bill estimates, and other ERCOT market activities.
- Prepare the system load and sales forecasts, KPUB capital improvement plan and department O&M budgets.
- Act as project manager for KPUB capital improvement projects as assigned by General Manager/CEO.
- Coordinate regulatory compliance of KPUB operations at state and federal levels.
- Manage KPUB’s foreign attachment agreements and application process.
- Oversee the review and development of rates to ensure adequate revenue based on the cost of service.
- Represent KPUB in the public, including presentations to the Board, City Council, community organizations, and media.
- Deliver periodic updates to the Board regarding reliability, operations and purchases and seek approval from Board as required by Purchasing Policy.
- All other assignments as directed by the General Manager/CEO.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- BS Degree in Electrical Engineering and registration as a Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.
- Ten years of progressive responsibility in distribution design and system planning.
- Five years of progressive engineering management experience preferred.
- Familiarity with the Texas Public Purchasing standards.
- Familiarity with the ERCOT market and protocols.
- Familiarity with NERC/Texas RE reliability standards and requirements.
- Must possess a valid Texas Driver’s license and good driving record.
- Must be physically and mentally able to perform the job’s essential functions described with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Bondable
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Accommodation Request
If you have a disability and need accommodation(s) to apply for one of KPUB’s posted positions, please contact us:
Call: 1-830-792-8283
Email: [email protected]
Equal Employment Opportunity
KPUB actively promotes equal-opportunity employment and equal pay on the basis of merit and ability to perform work. Equal opportunity will be extended to all qualified employees and applicants for employment regardless of race, color religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, age, or disability.
E-Verify
U.S. law requires companies to employ only individuals who may legally work in the United States, either as U.S. citizens or foreign citizens who have the necessary authorization. KPUB participates in E-Verify, a U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services internet system that helps businesses determine the eligibility of their employees to work in the U.S.
Apprenticeship Program
The apprenticeship in Texas a paid program designed to focus on training and education. Apprentices work with and learn from established Journeymen in a hands-on setting. KPUB linemen serve as coaches, mentors, and teachers to the apprentices during their training. Apprentices will also work in several different areas of the industry, such as the substations and power lines. Much of our linemen’s success is attributed to the Journey Linemen that train the apprentices.
Since 2006, KPUB has had 27 apprentices complete the training and receive their certification recognized by the Department of Labor. We are so incredibly grateful for all our linemen and their dedication to our community. Thank you, KPUB linemen!