Dairyland Power Cooperative

Engineer

The Substation Engineer is responsible for the engineering and design of the physical aspects of transmission and distribution substations. As a member of a team, resolve problems that may impact Dairyland and its member cooperatives and municipals. Provide continuing technical support to other departments internally to Dairyland and externally, as necessary, to support Dairyland and its member cooperatives and municipals. The Impact You'll Make In This Role:
1. Responsible, with minimal supervision, for the engineering and design of high voltage and medium voltage substation.
2. Working knowledge of applicable industry and safety standards and codes including RUS, OSHA, ANSI, NEC, NESC, local and other applicable standards and codes.
3. Responsible for the preparation and revisions of material and equipment specifications. Work with purchasing and project management staff to procure material necessary for substation maintenance and construction activities.
4. Coordinate with other Dairyland technical and field personnel to assist in problems solving, construction changes and schedule changes.
5. Responsible for creating or assisting project managers with creating project scopes, cost estimates and schedules for capital and maintenance projects.
6. Responsible for performing engineering calculations relating the physical design of the substations such as, equipment ratings, bus calculations and others.
7. Perform other duties as assigned.

Substation Engineer I or II ($10,000 Sign-on Bonus) (Hybrid - La Crosse, WI)

Mechanical Engineer

The Transmission Design Engineer II is responsible for performing engineering analysis and project management functions for all aspects of DPC transmission line design, under minimal supervision. As a member of a team, resolve problems that may impact Dairyland and its member cooperatives and municipals. Ensure regulatory compliance requirements for systems are met. Provide continuing technical support to other departments and Dairyland’s cooperative and municipal customers.

The Impact You'll Make In This Role: ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
1. Design transmission lines, interconnections, conversions and switch installations in conformance with appropriate safety codes and design standards.
2. Establish engineering design parameters and standards, for use by Transmission Design Engineering staff and/or consultants.
3. Manage PLS-CADD model through project duration.
4. Ensure that DPC is in compliance with appropriate NESC, RUS, PSC, IUB and industry design and construction standards.
5. Prepare material lists and cost estimates for transmission line construction and relocation projects.
6. Coordinate transmission engineering activities with Planning, Survey, Right-of-Way, Substation Design, Materials Management, Field Operations, Transmission Maintenance, Transmission Construction, Operations, Purchasing, Accounting, material suppliers, consultants, contractors, cooperative and municipal customers, interconnected utilities, and regulatory agencies. Represent Dairyland’s interests.
7. Assume total responsibility for special transmission line projects, including engineering, material specification and procurement, and construction guidance/inspection. Work on project teams; may take the lead on teams.
8. Evaluate alternate designs and materials.
9. Analyze and recommend solutions for transmission line maintenance problems.
10. Coordinate line design engineering software application and development.
11. Perform other duties as assigned.
Your Experience and Expertise: MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS : Education & Experience : Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering. Three years of progressive experience in area(s) of transmission line design engineering, structural design, foundation design, and survey. Preferred qualifications include knowledge of project estimating, knowledge of Engineering Economics, and experience as a project manager. Skills : Proficient in PLS Cadd and AutoCAD Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite Ability to read and understand manufacturer drawings, technical bulletins and plan and profile sheets Adaptability to computer methods for daily work duties is desirable. Ability to communicate effective both verbally and in writing.
Licenses and Certifications : Must possess a valid driver’s license and either hold a Professional Engineering Certification or have the ability to acquire one within one year of employment.

Transmission Design Engineer II

Electrical Engineer

• The Electrical Engineer II is responsible to design, specify, evaluate, and coordinate the installation of protective relaying, metering, control schemes, circuit breakers, motor-operated switches, transformers, voltage regulators, grounding, etc. to ensure a properly designed and engineered transmission and substation network.\n• As a team member, resolve problems that may impact Dairyland and its member cooperatives and municipals.\n• Ensure regulatory compliance requirements are being met.\n• Provide continuing technical support to other departments and Dairyland’s member cooperatives and municipal customers.\n• The Impact You''ll Make In This Role: ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:\n• 1. Responsible, with minimal supervision, for engineering and design of relay protection and control schemes for transmission lines, transformers, circuit breakers, motor-operated switches and other like devices. Includes one-line diagram development, design of schematics and preparing wiring diagrams.\n• 2. Responsible for setting protective relays protecting transmission lines, transformers, capacitor banks and other electrical devices. Includes fault analysis and coordination of protective functions.\n• 3. Provide engineering and design for metering of DPC’s transmission and distribution substations, ties with foreign power suppliers, and ties with municipal power systems.\n• 4. Responsible for maintaining DPC’s fault model. Includes entering data, performing studies, providing data to other utilities, consultants or member cooperatives.\n• 5. Review and monitor system equipment condition according to established program requirements and initiate response to conditions as needed. Responsible for analysis of equipment loading, equipment ratings, protection coordination, system power factor, voltage regulation, power factor, etc. to ensure proper application of the equipment to avoid overloads and to optimize facility operation.\n• 6. Working knowledge of applicable policies, procedures, standards and codes including but not limited to ANSI, IEEE, NESC, NEC and NERC.\n• 7. Provide technical assistance and guidance to the Electrical Maintenance Department, System Operations Department, Planning Department, Generation Division and other departments in the areas of protective relaying, metering, transformers, regulators, circuit breakers, substation design, maintenance procedures, etc. This may include on-site support during testing, commissioning, start up and troubleshooting.\n• 8. Responsible for the preparation of equipment specifications and purchase requisitions for equipment such as transformers, circuit breakers, circuit switchers, regulators, capacitor banks, etc. Perform life cycle cost analysis of equipment as required. Evaluate proposals for this equipment and prepare recommendation for acquisition.\n• 9. Responsible for substation grounding activities according to the departmental program. These include review of existing ground grids, recommend modifications to ground grids because of substation changes, design new ground grids and review of newly designed ground grids. Familiar with equipment surge protection and application of surge protection. Must be familiar with ANSI/IEEE Standard 80 and 81.\n• 10. Assist member cooperatives with technical problems such as stray voltage issues, regulator settings, grounding, transformer loading, phase balancing, equipment ratings, etc.\n• 11. Develop operating procedures for substations, capacitor stations and other electrical equipment as needed.\n• 12. Assist leader with scheduling, budget, cost analysis, and manpower forecasting.\n• 13. Prepare engineering studies related to stray voltage, power quality, safety, etc. as directed.\n• 14. Perform project management duties as required.\n• 15. Represent DPC on technical committees or task forces as required.\n• 16. May provide guidance to other engineers, coop students and summer students.\n• 17. Other duties as assigned.

Substation Engineer I or II ($10,000 Sign-on Bonus) (Hybrid - La Crosse, WI)

Transmission Design Engineer II

Electrical Engineer II (Hybrid - La Crosse, WI)