Engineer III - Generation

Engineer III - Generation

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Location:

Madison, WI

As an Engineer III in Power Generation, you’ll take on exciting challenges that keep energy flowing to homes, businesses, and communities. You’ll be part of a team that designs and improves systems to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient power delivery. This position combines problem‑solving, creativity, and collaboration to make a real impact on how energy is produced and managed.

In this role, you’ll lead projects that modernize and optimize our operations by upgrading systems, improving automation, and ensuring everything runs smoothly. You’ll help set standards, manage timelines, and work with cutting‑edge tools to keep critical infrastructure strong and future‑ready. If you’re looking for a career where innovation meets purpose and your ideas help shape the future of energy, this is the opportunity for you!

• Makes safety suggestions to assist in maintaining a safe work environment using tools and standards.
• Applies past experiences and develops creative ideas to analyze problems and recommend possible solutions for moderately complex problems.
• For moderately complex projects or issues, receives guidance from peers, mentors and provides guidance to less experienced personnel in making decisions on less complex problems.
• Frequently uses critical thinking skills and sound technical understanding of standards to provide cost‑effective solutions to a specific problem.
• Demonstrates an understanding of customer and business needs and regularly develops and implements the appropriate workable solution to problems based on given budgetary and schedule constraints while appropriately applying policy and code requirements.
• Makes medium risk decisions that involve direct application of technical knowledge with proper sign off from customer and minimal guidance from supervisor.
• Has established effective working relationships with employees, contractors, customers, functional groups, and internal and external peers.
• Explains technical problems to internal stakeholders and accurately prepares detailed documents such as technical studies and project documentation for future reference.
• Understands procedure FIN 102 Purchasing of Materials and Services and ensures correct use of procurement and payment tools to conduct business.
• Knows the property unit catalog and can differentiate and provide classification between capital and maintenance projects in accordance with the property unit catalog, applying the chart of accounts.
• Manages project budgets, including processes accruals and communicates anticipated changes in the budget; has completed financial reporting training and Utility Rate Making Concepts training.
• 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.

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering program that is accredited through the Engineering Accreditation Commission required.

• 5 years of related experience.

• Project management experience, along with ability to deal with subcontractors and cross‑functional teams; may have expertise in a particular area of the discipline.

• Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• 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.

• Condition Monitoring
• Continual Improvement Process
• Cost Optimization
• Design Specifications
• Inspection Management
• Power Engineering
• Predictive Maintenance
• Project and Program Management
• Records Management
• Root Cause Analysis

$84,000 - $146,000

This position is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill…