Electrical Maintenance Technician

Electrical maintenance technician

Application due date:
February 11, 2026

Location:
Cambridge, MN (The candidate must be able to reside within a 60-mile living radius of the reporting facility).

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without restriction. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Great River Energy is seeking an electrical maintenance technician to install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair electrical and instrumentation systems at our combustion turbine plant located in Cambridge, MN.

A typical starting range for this position is $52.97 - $62.32 hourly. We offer market competitive base pay and adjust our offer accordingly based upon the value of the candidate’s knowledge, skills and experience. In addition, our Total Rewards strategy focuses on recognizing individual performance and rewarding business results. Our robust Total Rewards package includes exceptional benefits and retirement, a focus on continuous engagement, recognition, personal and professional development, and an emphasis on work-life effectiveness.

• Monitor and operate the turbine/generators, balance of the plant and all related power plant systems to assure safe and efficient plant operations.
• Perform electrical and mechanical maintenance on the peaking generation and associated equipment, including maintenance and installation of mechanical, electrical and electronic equipment.
• Install, calibrate, program, troubleshoot, clean, inspect, and maintain instrument & control equipment throughout the facility.
• Perform instrument and control duties related to plant preventative predictive and corrective maintenance activities.
• Perform mechanical duties related to plant preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance activities including troubleshooting, repairs, and maintaining pumps, valves, piping, etc.
• Maintain and operate continuous emissions monitoring systems to meet required uptime and accuracy limits per federal, state and local rules.
• Respond to atypical system conditions, at times under emergency situations, and report findings to others.
• Perform regular equipment rounds, taking critical readings from instruments, reporting abnormal conditions and taking corrective actions as necessary.
• Maintain shift operating logs and records.
• Maintain, develop and follow operations and maintenance procedures.
• Apply correct lock-out/tag-out procedures for isolating, switching, releasing, or restoring equipment to service to facilitate repairs, reduce risk of personal injury, and prevent damage to equipment.
• Maintain proper work order documentation including the planning and scheduling of work activities through the maintenance management system (Maximo).
• Qualified candidates will be required to take and pass the EEI Plant Operator/Plant Maintenance assessment (POSS B/MASS) as part of the selection process or be able to provide test scores if taken previously.
• Ability and willingness to participate in the apprentice training program.
• Training will take place on both the day and afternoon/evening shift. Day shift is 7:00 – 3:00 p.m. Afternoon shift is 2:00 – 10:00 p.m.
• There will be some overnight travel, overtime and/or working weekends.
• Operator/technicians rotate weekend on-call responsibilities (approximately every 6-7 weeks) among the entire crew upon completion of the apprentice program.

• A two-year electrical / electronic degree or diploma, or equivalent military experience, or full-time experience of 4+ years in a combustion turbine power plant required.
• Strong electrical, instrumentation & control (I &C) and mechanical troubleshooting skills as well as experience working with rotating equipment and proven ability to perform a variety of electrical I &C and mechanical maintenance duties preferred.
• Knowledge of high voltage electrical equipment.
• Ability to use test instruments, diagnose and repair plant equipment.
• Ability to read prints.
• Should be proficient with the use of computers, electronic equipment and software for reporting, logging, maintenance and parts.
• Requires flexibility, self-motivation, innovation, teamwork, fostering of collaborative working relationships and solid electrical and mechanical technical skills.
• The qualified candidate will also possess effective and concise verbal and written communications, strong troubleshooting abilities and decision-making skills.

Qualified candidates please apply at  (under the Careers tab) by February 11. GRE values diversity, equity and inclusion and we are an equal employment opportunity employer.