Electrical Engineer III

Responsibilities include maintaining safety awareness and complying with all safety policies, practices, and procedures to assure a safe working environment. Properly wear and care for applicable safety gear and equipment. Identify and communicate unsafe conditions to supervisor, coworkers, and the Safety functional area and correct or assist in resolving safety concerns and issues. Must understand and comply with the Clearance Procedure as applicable.

Demonstrate a commitment to Tri‑State’s culture embodied in the Cooperative principles and spirit and core values of technical competency, respect and dignity, accountability, integrity, trustworthiness, and servant leadership to empower or otherwise enable others to optimally perform their job responsibilities. Promote ethics and behaviours consistent with Tri‑State’s culture, Board policies, and business practices. Understand and fulfil the role and responsibility for all compliance programs within the company.

Provide technical engineering support to Craig Station functional areas as assigned. Provide technical direction to other Tri‑State groups and individuals as assigned. Perform/coordinate engineering analyses for numerous and diverse plant electrical systems. Provide unit outage technical support to include scope of work, inspections, development of technical specifications and providing direction/oversight to contractors and/or station personnel in performing maintenance, new system and/or retrofitting work. Provide technical assistance including troubleshooting of Operations and Maintenance (electrical, instrumentation, controls) issues.

Assist in the development of Operations and Maintenance scopes; plan and schedule work; set priorities and goals; anticipate and adjust for problems; evaluate workloads; measure and evaluate performance against established goals. Ensure that all decisions and actions are predicated on ethics, honesty and integrity. Time management: ability to successfully plan and implement objectives within established timelines and work schedules. Ability to analyse problems and develop effective solutions at both strategic and functional levels. Commitment to company values.

Qualifications include a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related engineering discipline. General knowledge of power generation equipment, facilities and operations. Working knowledge of computer software including CAD, Excel, and MS Word. Knowledge of the use and application of electric utility industry codes, standards and government regulations applicable to power generation operations, equipment and facilities including OSHA, EPA, NEC, IEEE, NFPA. Working knowledge of safety policies and procedures. Ability to effectively communicate technical information, both verbally and in writing. Ability to maintain effective working relationships. Ability to coordinate and direct the work of others. Familiarity with labour agreements. Ability to achieve goals and expectations.

Experience: Five (5) years of engineering experience including maintenance, operations and/or start‑up of power generation equipment, facilities, and systems preferred. Willingness to travel as required (must possess a valid driver’s license). Must be able to demonstrate that he/she can perform all of the essential functions of the position.

Desired Job Experience includes performing/coordination of engineering analyses for various electrical systems, large and small AC motors (fractional to 4,000 HP), DC motors, breakers, motor control centres/load centres, and 6900 VAC bus exposure to weather and temperature extremes both cold and heat.