Security Officer
Austin, TX 78744
LCRA is looking for a team player that is very customer service oriented. Our ideal candidate will strive for excellence in all areas of their work and exemplify LCRA’s values of focusing on service, taking initiative, showing respect, operating with integrity and focusing on safety. If you are looking to work in a great company, for amazing benefits and training and to be part of our mission to enhance the lives of Central Texans, this is the job for you!
Operations & Business Analyst Intern
Austin, TX 78744
Join a dynamic and collaborative team in the LCRA Transmission group, committed to innovation and financial excellence. As an intern, you will contribute to the organizations' financial planning, budgeting, and reporting initiatives. This internship is designed for students who have completed their third year of a bachelor's degree and are eager to apply their financial and problem-solving skills in a professional setting. In this role, you will gain valuable experience by working alongside a team of analysts to support several departments, improve analytical processes, and deliver actionable insights. We pride ourselves on maintaining a culture that values hard work, collaboration, integrity, innovation, and fun.
Category Manager Sr
Austin, TX 78744
2/07/2025
LCRA has an opportunity for a Sr. Category Manager to join our Supply Chain Team! On this team, you will set sourcing strategies, conduct sourcing events for complex categories, and negotiate contracts that meet business needs to limit risk and optimize value for LCRA.
Occupational Safety & Industrial Hygienist Intern
Austin, TX 78703
Do you want to experience what it is like to be part of a utility safety team? The Lower Colorado River Authority is seeking college students with strong safety and industrial hygiene background for the LCRA Safety & IH Intern Program. This is a 10-to-12-week program designed to expose safety and industrial hygiene students to safety and health programs within the utility industry. Interns will become integral members of the LCRA Safety Services team throughout their entire placement. This is an opportunity to apply safety, health and industrial hygiene knowledge in a business environment.
Network Field Technician Sr (San Angelo)
San Angelo, TX
LCRA is hiring a Network Field Technician to join our team. As part of our Network Field team, you will be working with Routed Networks that traverse DWDM, Fiber Optic, LTE, and Microwave Radio transport systems. This role provides an opportunity to travel across Central Texas to various work sites with travel accommodations provided when necessary. You will be able to collaborate with a skilled team and provided valuable training through on-the-job experiences as well as formal training curriculum. If you are looking for a technically sophisticated and fulfilling work environment, then this is the career for you.
Note: Depending on experience, the ability to obtain an associate-level certification within the first 12 months of employment may be a consideration.
Operations Project Manager Sr
Austin, TX 78732
At LCRA, we are seeking to find a driven Senior Project Manager! This position would operate within PMO leading Water, Generation, Parks, and Facilities projects. We strive to enhance and build LCRA facilities leading to improving the lives of Texans! This position will be in the Operations PMO location based at LCRA's General Office Complex with physical projects located throughout LCRA's service area. This is a chance to lead a portfolio of projects that include high risk pivotal initiatives where your project management experience makes a quantifiable impact on LCRA's operations. Our ideal candidate would demonstrate effective teamwork which fosters collaboration, improves problem-solving, ultimately contributing to the overall success and growth of LCRA!
Substation Electric Journeyman
Boerne, TX
LCRA is looking for a Substation Journeyman to join our team! Your workplace will be in the scenic Texas outdoors and you will help maintain the critical infrastructure for Central Texas. As a member of our maintenance team, you will travel across Central Texas to various work sites (with travel accommodations provided), using your knowledge and experience in the electrical field, but still building higher-level knowledge and skills. If you are looking to join a great company with amazing benefits and training, that provides for the local community, then we want you to apply. Join us in our mission to enhance the lives of Central Texans!
Director of IT Project Management
Austin, TX 78703
Ready to be a part of something truly impactful? This is where your passion for Texas merges with a calling to serve. Texas is one of the fastest growing economies in the United States and the Texas population growth is echoing this. This is an incredible time and opportunity to be with a team of professionals that are building the critical infrastructure of tomorrow that will make this Texas growth possible! At LCRA, we looking for a leader to join the Digital Services Project Management Office! In this role you will have an outstanding opportunity to craft the future of IT project management in a leading organization. Our team is dedicated to delivering top-notch solutions that achieve the success of our various services. As the Director of IT Project Management, you will have a crucial part in guaranteeing our IT projects are completed flawlessly, closely aligned with our strategic goals, and delivered on time and within budget.
Headquarter in Austin, Texas, LCRA is a billion-dollar public enterprise that exists to improve the quality of life of the people of Texas through water stewardship, energy and community service, and we have been doing it since 1934. If you are looking to continue building your leadership career at a phenomenal company while also enhancing the lives of Texans, this is the job for you!
Learning Specialist, Sr - Transmission Services
Austin, TX 78744
Transmission Learning & Development is looking for an established learning specialist to coordinate and carry out the daily activities of our field operations training programs. We currently have five apprenticeships and are looking for the right candidate to help us improve existing programs and build new ones! In this role, you will support our dedicated Transmission field employees and help meet their training needs through various means. You will be trusted to partner with leadership and subject matter experts to identify gaps in business performance and deliver meaningful training solutions. Daily activities include designing and keeping our annual training calendar, working with our training vendors to schedule upcoming trainings, partnering with management and SMEs to design new training opportunities, as well as handling all field training activities in our learning management systems. If L&D is your passion and you're looking to join a group of likeminded professionals, apply today!
Engineering Intern
Austin, TX 78744
LCRA Transmission Operations Engineering is looking for a summer or in-semester engineering intern. This position shall work with a high performing and experienced engineering team, and they will have an opportunity to perform complex power system analyses, such as load flows and contingency analysis. They will also have an opportunity to develop and maintain software tools that automate power flow studies. Students studying electrical engineering and/or computer science are typically good candidates!
Power & Gas Trader Sr
Austin, TX 78703
At LCRA, we are seeking a driven Senior Power & Gas Trader to join our asset management team! In this role you will identify and implement trading strategies that optimize a portfolio of pipelines, natural gas storage, and/or power generation in central Texas. This position would be responsible for managing and optimizing LCRA’s energy trading activities with a focus on natural gas and the ERCOT power market. Our ideal candidate would have a deep understanding of energy markets and have strong analytical skills. We are seeking someone who will strive for excellence in all areas of your work while exemplifying LCRA’s values of focusing on service, taking initiative, showing respect, operating with integrity, and operating with safety!
Transmission System Operator
Austin, TX 78744
Coordinates, monitors, and evaluates the real-time operation and control of LCRA transmission grid at the System Operations Control Center (SOCC). Coordinates and performs switching of LCRA TSC, customer, and leased transmission lines, working with maintenance personnel in restoration efforts to safely and efficiently restore power to the end-use customer. Performs routine engineering analysis and calculations necessary for real-time line loading functions and load flow functions in order to adapt to changing system conditions.
Substation Construction Crew Lead
Austin, TX 78744
1/24/2025
LCRA Internal Construction is looking for an experienced Crew Lead to guide substation construction structural activities, in a high-voltage environment, throughout the LCRA service territory!
Do you have experience directing concrete construction projects? Are you looking for the opportunity to demonstrate your leadership skills? Join our team and work your way up in an incredible company, with amazing benefits and training, that supports the local community, and whose mission is to enhance the lives of Central Texans. Apply today!
Engineer Sr - Power System Protection
Austin, TX 78744
At LCRA, we are looking for a System Protection Engineer to join our team! As a part of LCRA's Transmission Protection team, your primary task will be to develop protective relay settings and perform system coordination studies for LCRA TSC capital projects. You will also be asked to be a mentor and leader to teammates. A top candidate with 1-16 years of system protection experience is preferred. Our ideal candidate will strive for excellence in all areas of your work while exemplifying LCRA’s values of focusing on service, taking initiative, showing respect, operating with integrity, and focusing on safety!
Regulatory Case Manager Lead
Austin, TX 78744
Texas is growing and we need you on our LCRA team as a Senior Regulatory Case Manager! As a part of LCRA’s Regulatory team, your expertise will contribute to developing and certificating new high voltage transmission line projects integral to Texas’ growing need for electricity to enhance the quality of life of the Texans we serve. You are someone with authoritative knowledge of transmission line routing, public involvement and certification processes and can provide hands on leadership for large-scale projects involving multi-functional project teams. Our ideal candidate will have proven experience managing the entire CCN process for new transmission lines including representing utilities and their projects as an expert witness in contested case hearings and before the PUC. Strong candidates will strive for excellence in all areas of their work and exemplify LCRA’s values of focusing on service, taking initiative, showing respect, operating with integrity, and focusing on safety.
Relay Technician II
Austin, TX 78744
Join LCRA as a Relay Technician and help keep the lights on for Central Texas!
In this position, you will be responsible for the installation, maintenance, and repair of protective relays and related equipment. You will work with a team of experienced technicians to ensure the reliability of our electric grid. If you enjoy serving local communities and making positive impacts to the real world using your technical knowledge and skills, then we want you to apply!
Engineering Associate II
Austin, TX 78703
Water Quality Protection team is looking for an Engineering Associate with technical capabilities to support LCRA’s Water Quality Engineering & Planning program! The program implements water quality protection ordinances to protect the Highland Lakes through comprehensive plan reviews and inspections for new and improving developments and dredging projects. This position plays an important role in protecting the water supply for more than a million people. Our mission is to improve the lives of Central Texas, and our team is dedicated to service with safety as a top priority!
Operations Shift Supervisor, Gas & Combined Cycle Power Plant
Bastrop, TX
At LCRA, we are seeking to find a leader to supervise, coordinate and direct overall activities of staff responsible for plant operations at a gas & combined cycle power plant! This includes the fossil control room operators, plant operators and other shift personnel essential to power plant operations. This position will coordinate work activities with other power plant departments and serves as the primary contact with the LCRA Generation Desk (GenDesk) regarding all unit generation capabilities and outages, and also with TS System Operations and Control Center (SOCC) regarding transmission switching needs. Our mission is to improve the lives of Central Texas and our teams are dedicated to service with safety as a top priority!
Power Plant Planner
Buchanan Dam, TX
LCRA is seeking a motivated and responsible individual to join its Dam & Hydro Team! This role will be headquartered at Lake Buchanan, TX. As a Power Plant Planner, your skills and experience will be applied to process work orders daily, create job plans, create and maintain detailed preventative and maintenance strategies, work plans and work packages, and maintain an overall maintenance backlog. The ability to multitask and solve complex problems is a must. This will entail prioritizing your daily workload with other demanding work. Most of the time, you will work independently with minimal guidance and will be a resource for colleagues with less experience. At times, you may direct the work of other staff members. We want you to join us in our mission to enhance the lives of Texans!
Safety Specialist I
Austin, TX 78703
LCRA is looking for a Safety Specialist to join our team. As a part of the Safety Services Group, you will work with the Water Operations/Water Resources & Community Resources teams to provide continuous improvements in safety through acting as a liaison between leadership, frontline workers, contractors, and our customers. You are an ideal candidate for this role if you can act as a safety leader while possessing the ability to collaborate and build relationships within the utility operating units. We are a team that thrives on identifying practical safety solutions for our organization and are committed to improving safety processes within the LCRA organization.
