Engineer II/III/Senior
Minnesota Power is an electric utility company headquartered in Duluth, MN. We provide electricity in a 26,000 square mile service area in northeastern Minnesota containing about 145,000 residential and commercial customers, municipalities and some of the nation’s largest industrial customers. We are currently seeking a skilled Electrical Engineer II/III/Senior to join its Relay and Maintenance Engineering team.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
This person will be responsible for the development of protective relay configuration files and performance of short circuit and arc flash studies. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in protective relay theory and application.
- Develop protective relay configuration files and provide relay testing guidance for generation, transmission, and distribution capital and maintenance projects.
- Review and develop protective relay logic drawings.
- Provide relay engineering support for capital and maintenance projects to field personal.
- Work with System Operations on real-time protective relaying concerns.
- Post disturbance relay event analysis and report protective relay operation/misoperation data per NERC PRC requirements
- Ensure Minnesota Power complies with NERC PRC and CIP standards by being a NERC PRC standard owner.
- Promotes positive change in Minnesota Power business strategy through achievements of customer specific objectives and technological innovation.
REQUIRED EDUCATION:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited program.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:
- Engineer Senior: Minimum eight years of protective relay engineering experience.
- Professional Engineer license.
- Engineer III: Minimum four years of protective relay engineering experience.
- Professional Engineer license.
- Engineer II: Minimum two years protective relay engineering experience.
- Engineer in Training certificate.
- A master’s degree in engineering may be equivalent for up to one year of related experience.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Valid Driver's license required.
- Provide personal vehicle for work related transportation on a mileage reimbursement plan.
- Must participate in a continuing environment of teamwork, which is highly supportive of peers.
- Requires a high level of interpersonal skills to establish and maintain positive and productive working relationships.
- Must demonstrate excellent written and verbal presentation skills.
- Functional, demonstrable computer query and analysis capability is a necessity.
- After hours and out of town travel is occasionally required.
- This position may be subject to assessment of skills, job match and/or aptitude. Internal and external candidates will be considered.
Employer will not sponsor Visas for position.
External applicants must apply online via www.allete.com/careers.
ALLETE is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, marital status, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance or any other protected class.
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