Generation Engineer-Entry Level

Company Description

About Us
Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, Wabash Valley Power is a not-for-profit electric cooperative and wholesale provider of reliable, affordable electricity to our 23 electric distribution member cooperatives. These cooperatives in turn serve more than 300,000 homes, businesses, and farms in Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri.

As a not-for-profit co-op, we do things a bit differently—and that’s the point. Because we aren’t influenced by shareholders, we make our decisions with our members in mind. That means we value things like teamwork, and putting families first. It also means a business model that’s designed for stability and growth. It’s a Deliberately Different approach to the energy industry, and that’s great news for the people who count on us.

What You'll Get
We believe what benefits our employees benefits our company. That’s why we put employees first—your health, your family, and your development. These aren’t just slogans: We offer continuing education, flex time, health benefits, a 401(k) match and pension plan, and much more. Here are just a few of the things that make our company culture unique:

•  No Sweat  - We offer a wellness program that includes a payroll credit for medical insurance, an on-site fitness center for your convenience and extra vacation days for participating. We’ll even throw in a fitness device reimbursement to keep you on track!
•  Flex Time  - Our flexible schedule means you can work in your appointments or family events and maintain a comfortable work-life balance.
•  Stay in School  - We value employees who have a desire to learn, so we provide funds for continuing education. We also offer in-house training and ongoing development through our internal GROW program.
•  Keep it Casual  - When you work for us, you work in comfort.  Blue jeans are the norm in our office and we make them look good!
•  Work Hard, Play Hard  - We reward our employees with generous vacation time, to the tune of up to five weeks off a year. Even our new employees receive credit for prior work experience.

Job Description

We are adding to our generation team and you could be our next team member! Are you someone with a background in Engineering? If so, this could be the perfect role for you! 

The purpose of this position is to monitor the construction, operation, maintenance, and related business activities of all Wabash Valley Power generating resources and to assist in the development of an overall power supply plan for Wabash Valley Power.

In this role you will: 

• Involved in monitoring and coordinating all aspects of electric generating resources including construction, operation, and maintenance activities for Wabash Valley Power Alliance facilities.
• Participates in the engineering design, budgeting, procurement, and construction management for WVPA wholly owned generation resource projects.
• Participates in generating plant acquisition activities through contract development, direct negotiations, regulatory processes, permitting and procurement of fuel supply and other services.
• Communicates with plant operations, fuel suppliers, and market-interface entities to ensure all generation resource costs, operating availability, fuel supply and equipment or environmental limitations are considered in hourly, day ahead and longer-term scheduling strategies.
• Prepares data and reports to support Executive Management, the WVPA Board, budget activities, and various regulatory agencies.
• Assists with invoicing activities, contract administration, budgeting and forecasting efforts related to power generation.
• Monitors marketplace trends, pricing, and regulations related to power production. Serves as liaison with other divisions as needed.
• May be required to perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, required.
• Experience with either power production, utility management, and/or plant operations desired; Prior electric industry experience, highly preferred.
• PE or PMP license, or the ability to obtain such designation, preferred.

Preferred Experience: 

• Strong project management ability:  Able to develop plans that are effective in attaining established goals; garners resources and defines processes to complete project; manages progress and implements mid-stream changes, as needed.
• Problem solving ability:  Able to apply systems thinking to generate solutions; focuses on process rather than isolated events; obtains multiple assessments of a situation and identifies trouble spots; evaluates alternative solutions.
• Effective communication skills:  Able to clearly present information through the spoken or written word; reads and interprets moderately complex information; conveys information effectively; listens well.
• Influence and persuasion ability: Able to convince others in both positive and negative circumstances; uses tact when expressing ideas or opinions; presents new ideas to authority figures; responds to objections successfully.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.