Attorney 3 Non Supervisory PUC
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, United States
Salary min: $43.00
Salary max: $65.00
$90,132.00 - $137,096.00 Annually
Dauphin County, PA
Non-Civil Service Permanent Full-time
N-2026-46905
Public Utility Commission
PU Gen Anlys and Rvw Div A
04/14/2026
4/28/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
G0713
50365035
Non-Union
A3
UT10
00174003
Office of Special Assistant
400 North Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
17120
Shannon Marciano
717.787.8714
ra-puchr@pa.gov
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission is seeking a highly motivated Pennsylvania attorney with exceptional writing skills for our Office of Special Assistants. If you are looking for a position of the highest degree of professional responsibility for written legal advisory work, please apply for this challenging and rewarding position.
The Attorney 3 will review the entire record provided for each case; identify, research, and analyze the issues involved; address the positions of the parties; and propose a resolution of the issues through a draft Commission order. The Attorney 3 is expected to draft orders consistent with applicable court decisions, prior Commission decisions, and sound regulatory practice and policy. The Attorney 3 also provides thorough legal review of orders drafted by the office's Rate Case Review Specialists. Additionally, the Attorney 3 provides legal support within the Office of Special Assistants and, upon direction, to the Commissioners and such others within or outside of the Commission, as may be deemed necessary.
Work Schedule and Additional Information:
- Full-time employment
- Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 60-minute lunch.
- Telework: This position is headquartered in Harrisburg. Part-time telework is a potential feature of this position. Successful candidates are required to report to the headquarters worksite daily, unless the employee meets eligibility requirements and telework has been approved by the Director.
- To be eligible to participate in telework, the employee's Alternate (telework) Worksite must meet the following requirements. The telework worksite must be located:
- Within a reasonable travel distance of Harrisburg, and
- Within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
- Direct all questions regarding reasonable distance and the type of available telework to the PUC Human Resource Office at ra-puchr@pa.gov or (717) 787-8714.
- Management may discontinue any telework arrangement at any time, for any reason.
- Candidates who do not wish to telework or are not eligible to telework, will work from the headquarters office in Harrisburg.
- To be eligible to participate in telework, the employee's Alternate (telework) Worksite must meet the following requirements. The telework worksite must be located:
- Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
- You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Three years of progressively responsible professional legal experience, with some experience in highly responsible and complex professional legal work which provided exposure to governmental regulatory law (regarding public utilities)/administrative law and graduation from an approved school of law; or
- Any equivalent combination of experience and training.
Special Requirement:
- You must have certification of admission to the Bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, or eligibility for such certification.
Additional Requirements:
- You must possess professional legal experience with public utility or administrative law that involves highly responsible and complex legal work.
- You must possess appellate legal experience that involves public utility or administrative law.
- You must have been legal counsel for, or represented, public utilities in your career.
- You must have served in a judicial clerkship.
- You must possess professional legal experience in which you were responsible for drafting adjudications and/or judicial or quasi-judicial decisions/orders.
- You must be able to perform essential job functions.
Preferred Qualifications (not required):
- Full-time professional legal experience
How to Apply:
- Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
- If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.