Alliant Energy
Engineer III - Grid System Protection
Cedar Rapids, IA, USA · Mid
Sponsorship not specified$85k-$116kDetected 56 days ago
Data AnalysisProject ManagementBudgetingOperations ManagementElectrical EngineeringCommunicationCollaborationCritical ThinkingSCADA
About the role
- Are you ready to take ownership of complex power system challenges?
- At Alliant Energy, you will join a company that is growing and investing in the future of energy, creating new opportunities for engineers to make an impact.
- If you want hands-on work that directly affects grid performance, apply now
Responsibilities
- Strives to identify problems and solutions and makes safety suggestions to assist in maintaining a safe work environment, uses tools and standards to design safety in operating and maintaining equipment.
- Maintains an awareness of customer needs and expectations and proposes solutions. Is proactively involved in the identification and solution of problems falling within assigned area of responsibility.
- Maintains communication and relationships with employees, business unit stakeholders, and contractors. Comfortable discussing technical issues with others from non-technical backgrounds.
- Explains technical problems to internal stakeholders and accurately prepares detailed documents such as technical studies and project documentation.
- Frequently uses critical thinking skills necessary to develop recommendations which provide technically sound, and the most cost-effective solutions applied to a specific problem.
- Develops, with limited guidance, solutions to a system problem including moderately complex scopes of work with a cost estimate and sequence.
- Performs or supports detailed engineering design and specification of protective microprocessor relay schemes, devices and settings to ensure protection of distribution and generation systems.
- Performs root cause analysis of system disturbances or outages and recommends corrective actions to enhance system reliability.
- At Alliant Energy, our purpose is to serve customers and build stronger communities.
- As an Engineer III - Grid System Protection, you will design, program, and troubleshoot relay protection systems that keep the grid reliable and compliant.
Requirements
- 5 years of related experience
- Project management experience, along with ability to deal with subcontractors and cross-functional teams
- may have expertise in a particular area of the discipline.
- Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Demonstrated ability to use computer software programs (e.g., e-mail, word processing, spreadsheet, and project management).
- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative and inclusive work environment.
- It is not crafted to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
- Bachelor's Degree Engineering program that is accredited through the Engineering Accreditation Commission Required
- All candidates selected for employment with Alliant Energy will be required to successfully complete a background check, and a drug screen where applicable.
Nice to have
- Preferred Experience
Skills
- Asset Life Cycle Management
- Continual Improvement Process
- Data Analysis
- Data Quality Management
- Electrical Engineering
- Grid Operations Management
- Outage Management
- Power Engineering
- Root Cause Analysis
- Standards Compliance
- Systems Performance Monitoring
Compensation
- $85,000-$116,000
- This position is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program.
- The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.
Benefits
- That's why we prioritize safety, offer volunteer opportunities and provide competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement and paid time off.
Company info
- Engages in other duties as needed that support Alliant Energy's Values and helps deliver on our Purpose to serve customers and build stronger communities
- We are passionate about powering beyond the market challenges of today, while powering what's next in energy.
Equal opportunity
- Applicants in need of a reasonable accommodation for any part of the hiring process, please email talent@alliantenergy.com.
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