Manager - Engineering - Renewable

DTE is one of the nation’s largest diversified energy companies. Our electric and gas companies have fueled our customer’s homes and Michigan’s progress for more than a century. And as Michigan’s largest source of renewable energy, we’re creating a cleaner, healthier environment to power our future. We’re also serving communities beyond Michigan, where our affiliated businesses offer renewable energy, emission control technologies, and energy services to industries in 19 states.

But we’re more than a leading energy company, and working at DTE is more than just a job. At DTE, we take great care of each other and our customers, and we use our energy to be a force for growth and prosperity in our communities. When you join us, you’ll be part of a team that welcomes, recognizes, and celebrates differences and values everyone’s health, safety, and wellbeing.

Are you ready to make that kind of difference? Bring your energy to DTE. Together, we can achieve great things.

Responsible for engineering work in fossil generation power plants or electrical transmission, construction and/or maintenance environments. Plans, designs, and estimates time and cost, and oversees construction, maintenance and/or operations of structures, facilities, systems and components in a power plant, power generation or transmission environment. Analyzes and develops solutions to technical problems relating to power generation and distribution systems and components, or the causes of component failures by applying engineering and scientific principles.

Develops and applies engineering standards and procedures, and provides advice in issues within the engineering field. Applies continuous improvement (CI) principles to affect substantive and ongoing improvements in business unit activities and articulates a vision sufficient to elicit broad employee engagement. Span of control: can range to >20 jobs & >100 FTEs (direct, second-level, etc.).

• May manage one or more of the following areas/functions:
  Equipment Performance & Predictive Maintenance (EPPM); relay engineering; rotating performance /DR;
  Power Equipment & Electrical Test (PERT);
  Performance Services & engineering electrical laboratories (high power, rotating, power equipment, relay;
  Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA);
  Cable / DGA / Di-electric Oil & Paper.
• Performs or guides & ensures the accomplishment of the following core management functions for a given BU: planning, organizing, directing, staffing / employee selection & performance management, coordinating, reporting & budgeting.
• Manages a BU consistent with established equipment reliability standards, cost effective and performance standards & criteria.
• Establishes and manages goals and measures consistent with Corporate and broader organizational objectives and expectations. Implements corrective strategies and tactics as necessary.
• Collects information on and recommends BU-relevant best practices; incorporates such practices & procedures into the BU’s operations. Monitors outcomes on an ongoing basis, analyzing & correcting performance gaps, ensuring the application of BU-appropriate continuous improvement (CI) practices intended to affect constant improvement in BU outcomes.
• Responds to BU (fossil generation or electrical system) outages, power interruptions, or other non-standard incidents as required.
• Maintains acceptable engineering standards for power, plant, protection and equipment to ensure a safe and reliable electrical system and/or fossil generation operations. Provides subject matter expertise (SME) with regard to power and protection in the electrical system and/or fossil generation operations.
• Manages external contracts for services with other utilities, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and other external parties/customers.

• Bachelor’s degree in a BU-relevant engineering discipline, & the knowledge / capabilities typically acquired through 10-plus years of job-relevant experience, inclusive of power generation, gas, nuclear or other applicable background.

• Master’s degree in engineering, business…