Engineer I - Grid Planning

Bring YOUR energy to Alliant Energy! At Alliant Energy, our purpose is to serve customers and build stronger communities. We are passionate about powering beyond the market challenges of today, while powering what's next in energy. When our employees say "I am energy", it means they take pride in the work we do when disaster strikes, as well as all the days in between.

We want you to be safe, happy and healthy. That's why we prioritize safety, offer volunteer opportunities and provide competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement and paid time off.

Bring YOUR energy to Alliant Energy! At Alliant Energy, our purpose is to serve customers and build stronger communities. We are passionate about powering beyond the market challenges of today, while powering what's next in energy. When our employees say "I am energy", it means they take pride in the work we do when disaster strikes, as well as all the days in between.

We want you to be safe, happy and healthy. That's why we prioritize safety, offer volunteer opportunities and provide competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement and paid time off.

Launch your engineering career with a role that offers real-world impact. As an Engineer I - Grid Planning, you'll work alongside experienced professionals to support the planning, design, and reliability of the electric system that serves thousands of customers across our communities.

• Follows safety rules and practices to identify and correct unsafe conditions for self and team. Strives to identify problems and solutions and makes safety suggestions to assist in maintaining a safe work environment, uses tools and standards to design safety in operating and maintaining equipment.
• Learns basic customer needs and expectations and strives to identify system problems and solutions within assigned work with guidance.
• Learns to communicate and build relationships with employees, business unit stakeholders, and contractors. Learns to discuss technical issues with others from non-technical backgrounds.
• Applies regulatory and organizational engineering standards, processes, and procedures to solve problems limited in scope.
• Learns to facilitate meetings and lead discussions with stakeholders in support of system studies with guidance provided.
• Develops critical thinking skills necessary in the interpretation of governmental regulations, regional or company business practices
• Learns risk assessment methodologies or philosophies applying technical knowledge. Makes low-risk decisions with guidance provided.
• Learns basic understanding of the departmental budgeting and planning processes. Learns oversight of multi-year plan and development of simple scopes of work with cost estimate, sequencing, and prioritization with guidance provided.
• Learns the basics of the property unit catalog and the difference between capital investments and O&M spend.
• Learns basic understanding of system modeling methodologies and software with support. Builds simple models and performs power flow studies or analysis.
• Learns basic understanding of interconnection agreement or other relevant agreement language, terminology, technical requirements and how studies support development of contract terms with guidance provided.
• Learns basic understanding of the tools, data, and process for supporting simple technical reviews and studies related to distribution energy resource interconnection applications with guidance provided. Learns basic understanding of power quality concepts.
• 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 Engineering program that is accredited through the Engineering Accreditation Commission Required

• Previous technical and/or professional experience
• An internship or co-op in engineering

• Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to use computer software programs (e.g., e-mail, word…