Electrical Engineer
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Job Description
MINNKOTA POWER COOPERATIVE
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
Position Summary
Minnkota Power Cooperative is seeking applicants for an Electrical Engineer at our headquarters in Grand Forks North Dakota. The Electrical Engineer is responsible for the upkeep of NERC compliance records maintenance of short circuit and arc flash databases and design of protection and control systems.
The pay range for this position begins at $72676 per year. Appropriate compensation will be determined based on a candidates skills education and any previous relevant experience.
Essential Responsibilities
- Project engineering
- Prepare engineering designs
- Evaluation of alternative designs
- Selection of final design based on total cost of ownership
- Develop budgets schedules and justifications for projects
- Manage engineering design consultants
- Prepare project specifications for bidding purposes
- Project management
- Project budgeting
- Acquisition of labor and material resources through the procurement process
- Contractor management
- Construction planning coordination inspection and quality control
- Startup and testing
- Prepare and conduct project training for operations and maintenance
- Complete the project records
- Complete project closeout
- Ensure coordination of efforts between different departments organizations and vendors
- Engineering analysis
- Perform comprehensive studies within assigned areas of responsibility
- Identify areas for improvement that reduce total cost of ownership
- Evaluate and test equipment
- Review systems to improve efficiency reliability availability and load factor
- Review and evaluate designs/proposals of consulting firms
- Operations and Maintenance Support
- Provide daytoday guidance to operations and maintenance personnel
- Provide technical expertise in areas causing problems to operations
- Provide assistance under emergency conditions for repair of vital equipment
Organizational Competencies
- Safety
- Integrity
- Teamwork
- Innovation
- Reliability
Job Competencies
- Flexibility and Adaptability
- Learning on the Fly
- Perseverance
- Problem Solving
- SelfKnowledge
Goals and Objectives
An employee filling this role is expected to meet changing and unique goals and objectives as established by their supervisor related to the broader area in which the employee is assigned.
Job Qualification Standards
Education and Training
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering (or related field) required
- EIT (EngineerInTraining) certification required PE (Professional Engineer) licensepreferred
- Must maintain a valid drivers license.
Experience
- Previous experience in an engineering role preferred
Physical and Mental Demands
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical demands: While performing the duties of this position the incumbent is primarily required to sit stand walk stoop bend and frequently utilize a keyboard/computer. Specific vision abilities include close vision peripheral vision depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Mental demands: While performing the duties of this position the incumbent will be required to problem solve read write and analyze data work under schedules and deadline pressure present information to others work independently and use discretion and judgment for confidential or sensitive projects/issues.
Work Environment: While performing the duties of this position the employee is exposed to an office environment indoors and will travel outdoors to multiple locations dependent on work.
Benefits
Minnkota Power Cooperative supports employees through a strong total compensation package that includes a competitive pay and benefits package along with career growth opportunities. The cooperative offers:
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Pension plan
- Life insurance and AD&D
- Disability insurance
- Paid leave: Holidays and floating holidays Vacation Sick leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible Spending Accounts for dependent care
- Educational assistance
- Membership in select professional organizations
Employment Type
Full-Time
