Sarah L. Plyler
Utility Engineer, Feeder design
Boise, ID · (606) 555 0134 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/sarahlplyler
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Seven years in electric distribution engineering.
UTILITIES
Investor owned electric utility serving 210,000 customers across urban and rural circuits.
SPECIALTIES
Feeder design, load and voltage studies, distributed generation interconnection, reliability work.
SYSTEMS
Milsoft WindMil, Esri ArcGIS, AutoCAD, SAP, Microsoft Power BI.
CREDENTIALS
Professional Engineer, Idaho Board of Licensure of Professional Engineers.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering, University of Idaho.
Results at a Glance
38%
Recloser placement
6
Megawatts of capacity
12
Million dollar rebuild
Executive Summary
Distribution engineer with seven years at an investor owned electric utility, covering 34 feeders across a growing service area. Handles line design, load studies and the distributed generation interconnections that now arrive faster than the circuits were built for.
Signature Achievements
- Cut the average outage duration on the four worst feeders by 38 percent through recloser placement and tree clearance targeting.
- Designed a feeder tie and load transfer scheme that released 6 megawatts of capacity without building new substation feed.
- Reduced distributed generation interconnection study time from five weeks to twelve days by standardizing the screening steps.
- Delivered a 12 million dollar rebuild of an aging overhead line on schedule and 400,000 dollars under budget.
- Corrected a conductor loading error in the planning model that would have overloaded a circuit in the following summer peak.
Professional Experience
Utility Engineer
Snake River Electric Company, Boise, ID 2021 to present
Distribution engineer for 34 feeders serving about 60,000 customers in a fast growing area.
- Design overhead and underground line extensions, reconductoring and new circuit work through to construction packages.
- Run load flow and voltage studies each planning cycle and identify where capacity runs out first.
- Review distributed generation applications and set the interconnection conditions.
- Support outage restoration as the engineer on call and follow up on repeat fault locations.
Associate Distribution Engineer
Payette Valley Power, Nampa, ID 2019 to 2021
Associate engineer supporting design and staking for a rural distribution system.
- Prepared line designs, pole loading calculations and material lists for construction crews.
- Updated the geographic information system records after each construction job.
- Ran fault current calculations and set fuse coordination on lateral taps.
Licensure and Certification
Professional Engineer, Idaho Board of Licensure of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.
Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Education
Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering, University of Idaho, 2019.
Core Skills
Distribution design · Load flow studies · Voltage regulation · Distributed generation interconnection · Fuse coordination · Reliability improvement · Milsoft WindMil · Esri ArcGIS · AutoCAD · Microsoft Power BI