JobFrame · FACILI.ENERGYPRD936.P6
Facilities & Infrastructure Operations · Energy Production & Distribution
P6 · P6 — Principal Professional · Individual contributor
Median pay · United States
$188,314
$147,937 – $239,712 · USD · annual · national base (function pricing in review)
Level position
P6 · 6 of 6 in track
Median pay
$188,314
$147,937–$239,712
Level
P6
P6 · 6 of 6 in track
Super-function
operations
Demand-heat
moderate
-11.2% growth
Summary
Engineers and operates the systems that generate and distribute electricity and steam — covering real-time SCADA/control-room operation and dispatch, switching and outage coordination, controls/PLC engineering, power-systems analysis (arc-flash, protective coordination), and portfolio-wide automation standardization. This Professional/IC track centers on the technical operation and engineering of the energy grid and generation control/protection systems; it is distinct from sibling focuses such as building mechanical/HVAC operations, water/wastewater treatment, or telecom infrastructure. Note: this ladder follows the operator-to-engineer-to-principal-IC technical path; people-management/plant-operations-manager roles (directing operating personnel, running a plant P&L) belong to the parallel Management (M) track, not the levels below.
This level — P6 P6 — Principal Professional
Top individual contributor; recognized authority with strategic impact, equivalent to a low executive level