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Alliant Energy · 3 hours ago

Lead Engineer - Generation

Cedar Rapids, IA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$115K/yr - $200K/yr

9+ years exp

Alliant Energy is dedicated to serving customers and building stronger communities. They are seeking a Lead Engineer – Generation to support their growth, leading complex engineering efforts across energy generation systems while managing contractors and mentoring team members.

EnergyEnergy EfficiencyOil and Gas

Responsibilities

Identifies problems and solutions and makes safety suggestions to maintain a safe work environment, using tools and standards to design safety into operating and maintaining equipment

Proactively identifies and solves highly technical or complex problems using technical experience, extensive knowledge of principles, theories, and concepts and knowledge of business trends to generate innovative and/or original solutions

Develops recommendations which provide technically sound and the most cost-effective solutions demonstrating critical thinking skills

Anticipates customer needs and demonstrates the ability and confidence to present alternatives and constructively influence the customer's decision making

Makes higher risk decisions that involve direct application of technical knowledge and may have an impact on multiple areas of the business with proper sign off from customer

Coordinates and leads cross-functional teams to address complex technical or operational problems

Provides leadership, coaching, direction, guidance, and advice to others with a wide range of influence on many levels of decision making

Has established effective working relationships and credibility with employees, contractors, customers, functional groups, and internal and external peers

Proactively identify and develop operational guidelines, standards, training, and strategic plans that help the customer sustain identified improvements

Manages project budgets, including processes accruals and communicates anticipated changes in the budget

Understands various corporate financial statements and can differentiate how project implementation will impact the rate payer versus the shareholder

Understands income statement and balance sheet pro forma analyses and the implications of technical inputs to the pro forma, understanding of shareholder and customer impacts

Supports generation facility outages

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

Qualification

Power EngineeringProjectProgram ManagementCondition MonitoringPredictive MaintenanceRoot Cause AnalysisCost OptimizationDesign SpecificationsInspection ManagementRecords ManagementContinual Improvement Process

Required

Bachelor's Degree engineering program that is accredited through the Engineering Accreditation Commission required

9 years of related experience

Project management leadership experience preferred, along with ability to deal with subcontractors and cross-functional teams; recognized as having expertise in a particular area of the discipline

Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills

Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and concisely with all levels within the organization and external stakeholders

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

Preferred

Project management leadership experience preferred, along with ability to deal with subcontractors and cross-functional teams; recognized as having expertise in a particular area of the discipline