Generation Operational Technology Program Specialist

Generation Operational Technology Program Specialist Location Cohasset, MN Application Close Date 11/10/2026 Business Unit Minnesota Power

Generation Operational Technology Program Specialist
$94,000 - $117,000 | Report In Person to Cohasset or Duluth, MN

Advance operational performance and system reliability to enable safe, affordable, and reliable energy delivery through expert coordination of CEMS and PLC operations—driving standards, efficiency, compliance, and seamless cross-system support.

• Support Generation Operational Technology (OT) programs for PLC, CEMS, and related control systems across company generation facilities.
• Support the DCS Administrator through knowledge transfer, backup support, and continuity planning for DCS program administration and technical operations.
• Support system reliability, asset lifecycle planning, capital budgeting, and execution of OT system upgrades and replacement projects.
• Maintain fleet standards, procedures, documentation, version-control practices, and DAHS system integrity to support consistent and reliable operations.
• Manage spare-parts strategies, vendor relationships, and service contracts to support system reliability and long-term supportability.
• Support environmental compliance and cybersecurity initiatives through risk identification, stakeholder coordination, and continuous improvement of OT systems.

• Associate degree or higher in engineering technology, instrumentation and controls, industrial technology, information technology, or a related technical field
  OR
• Completion of an applicable technical certificate/program combined with progressively responsible related experience
  AND
• Six or more years of progressively responsible experience supporting industrial control systems, automation, OT programs, CEMS, PLC, DAHS, DCS, asset management or related technical program
  OR
• High school diploma (or equivalent)
  AND
• Eight or more years of progressively responsible experience supporting generation operations, industrial controls, maintenance, automation, or related technical systems.
• Valid driver's license and ability to travel to multiple locations in the service area.
• Ability to work occasional after-hours support during system issues, outages, projects, or other critical activities.

• Experience with CEMS, PLC, DAHS, DCS, SCADA, or other industrial control systems in a power generation or utility environment.
• Experience with asset lifecycle planning, obsolescence management, replacement planning, and capital or O&M budgeting.
• Experience developing technical standards, procedures, system documentation, and version-control practices.
• Experience coordinating vendors, contractors, technical projects, system upgrades, and cross-functional stakeholders, including I&C technicians, Environmental & Land Management, CTS, Engineering Services, and Operations.
• Experience supporting NERC CIP, environmental compliance, industrial cybersecurity, access controls, and backup and recovery activities.

Minnesota Power, an ALLETE company, is an electric utility headquartered in Duluth, Minnesota. We provide electricity in a 26,000-square-mile service area in northeastern Minnesota to 150,000 customers, including 14 municipal systems and some of the nation’s largest industrial customers. Minnesota Power is committed to a sustainable future for the climate, our customers and our communities while delivering safe and reliable energy.

We play a unique and significant role in ALLETE’s sustainability-in-action strategy. Our culture drives excellence through our shared values of integrity, safety, people, and the planet.

The expected annual compensation range for this position is $94,000 - $117,000. Compensation offered to the selected…