Supervising Engineer-Distribution Planning

About Us

Ameren is a leader in the energy industry, and our transformation toward more clean, renewable energy is also  transforming other industries and infrastructure in our communities.  As a regional company serving local customers, we not only serve our communities, we're a part of them. This isn't just a job. At Ameren, we invest in you, so you can power the quality of life you want.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is one of the core values that guides us in everything we do. We are committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that brings diverse perspectives to every area of our business.

Our benefits include:

• Medical coverage on date of hire

• 100% employer paid cash balance pension plan

• 401(k) with company match fully vested on date of hire

• Minimum of 15 days paid vacation and 12 paid holidays

• Paid parental leave and family caregiver leave

Visit our Benefits and Perks Page for more information on benefits provided to regular full-time employees. ​

About Ameren Illinois

Ameren Illinois provides electric transmission and distribution service and natural gas distribution service. Every day, we deliver electricity to 1.2 million electric and 816,000 natural gas customers in central and southern Illinois. We deliver safe, reliable energy to more than 1,200 communities. 

About The Position

The Supervising Engineer supervises, trains, and evaluates distribution planning personnel, and coordinates their work with regions, operations, designers, customers, and other Ameren Illinois departments focusing on voltages under 34kV.  Ensures that work group products and services are compliant with Ameren standards, design guidelines, policies, and state and federal tariffs and regulations.

Key responsibilities include:
 

• Direct, review, and perform studies to develop long-range electric distribution (<34kV) system plans.
• Oversee initiation of capital projects in collaboration with Transmission & Distribution Design, Distribution Control and Region Engineering with solid project rationalization/justification.
• Direct and review generation interconnection studies, DER analysis, customer load addition evaluations, and distribution system analyses.
• Collaborate with planning groups in Ameren MO, Transmission and Ameren IL on common practices and modeling tools.
• Work with Planning groups, GIS and Digital to ensure GIS information supports modeling tools.
• Provide operating personnel with technical support and recommendations on system issues including the impact of planned and unplanned facility outages, voltage problems, and other items as requested.
• Support initiatives to achieve target levels of electric service reliability and meet reporting requirements.
• Provide technical support to Regulatory and Legal groups, including delivery tariff support, wholesale rate cases, and future Multi-Year Integrated Grid Plans.
• Review updates of planning criteria.
• Pursue planning tool and process improvements and training and development of the planning team members.
• Contribute to the development and achievement of Integrated System Planning Department goals.
• Participate in the restoration of electric service during major storm response efforts by serving in a support role.
• Participate in research activities as needed.
• Support implementation of SB2408 for planning related activities.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering, preferably Electrical with an emphasis in power, from an accredited college or university required.  Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering preferred, Professional Engineer License (PE) preferred.  Five or more years of relevant engineering experience required.  Supervisory or team leadership experience preferred.

In addition to the above qualifications, the successful candidate will demonstrate:

Ability to manage multiple projects with varying deadlines required.  Must possess good organizational, communication, and analytical skills. Must have demonstrated leadership behaviors with the ability to work collaboratively and flexibly across multiple organizations, solve problems decisively, and be proactive and self-motivated to identify improvement opportunities, establish priorities and meet deadlines.  

Additional Information

Ameren’s selection process includes a series of interviews and may include a leadership assessment process.  Specific details will be provided to qualified candidates.

Compensation Range:

At Ameren, base salary is one component of a competitive compensation package for employees. Our pay ranges are broad to allow for movement within our organization and to accommodate different skill sets and levels of expertise. We take into consideration a variety of factors including, but not limited to, skills, abilities, experience, education, credentials, and internal equity when determining the base salary offered. Roles are eligible for additional rewards including annual incentive payments based on individual and company performance.

If end date is listed, the posting will come down at 12:00 am on that date:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, military service or status, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other class, trait, or status protected by law.

Salary : $128,700 - $199,500