Staff Engineer

Midstate Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Oregon; Sur place; USD 117 000 - 143 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health and wellness benefits

401(k) with company contribution

Generous leave policy

Résumé du poste

Midstate Electric Cooperative, Inc. seeks a Staff Engineer to provide professional engineering support for planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of electric transmission, distribution, and substation systems.

You will apply established engineering principles to ensure reliability, safety, regulatory compliance, and cost-effective service to Members. Responsibilities include planning analysis, long-range plans, system studies, load-flow and voltage analysis, protection

Qualifications

• PE preferred
• Experience in electric utility engineering (distribution, transmission, or substations)
• Familiarity with system modeling and engineering software tools
• Knowledge of SCADA systems and protective device coordination
• Strong analytical, communication, and project management skills

Responsabilités

• Support planning, analysis, design for overhead, underground, transmission, distribution, and substation facilities.
• Assist in long-range plans, construction work plans, and system studies.
• Perform system modeling (load flow, voltage analysis, protection coordination).
• Provide technical support to Operations during routine work, outages, and restoration.
• Maintain and document distribution system model and engineering records.

Connaissances

Professional Engineer (PE) preferred

Electric utility engineering

System modeling

SCADA systems

Protective device coordination

Analytical

Communication

Project management

Outils

Engineering software tools

Description du poste

The Staff Engineer provides professional engineering support for the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of electric transmission, distribution, and substation systems. This role applies established engineering principles and cooperative standards to ensure system reliability, safety, regulatory compliance, and cost-effective service delivery to Members.

Key Responsibilities

• Support engineering planning, analysis, and design for overhead, underground, transmission, distribution, and substation facilities.
• Assist in developing long-range plans, construction work plans, and system studies.
• Perform system modeling, including load flow, voltage analysis, and protection coordination using approved engineering tools.
• Support protective device coordination (fusing, relaying, sectionalizing, and SCADA integration).
• Review engineering designs and construction activities for compliance with internal standards, RUS requirements, NESC, and applicable regulations.
• Provide technical support to Operations during routine work, outages, and emergency restoration efforts.
• Conduct field inspections to ensure adherence to approved designs and safety standards.
• Assist with engineering budgets, capital project documentation, and cost tracking.
• Maintain and validate the distribution system model, including annual updates and documentation.
• Maintain accurate engineering records, maps, drawings, and system documentation.
• Support a culture of safety, compliance, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Provide on-call supervisory support for SCADA systems.
• Salary starts at $130k/DOE.

Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) preferred
• Experience in electric utility engineering (distribution, transmission, or substations)
• Familiarity with system modeling and engineering software tools
• Knowledge of SCADA systems and protective device coordination
• Strong analytical, communication, and project management skills

General Company Benefits

• Health and wellness benefits
• 401(k) with company contribution
• Generous leave policy

Midstate Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Notice of Equal Opportunity Employment

We expect employees to be honest, trustworthy, and operate with integrity. Discrimination and all unlawful harassment (including sexual harassment) in employment is not tolerated. We encourage success based on our individual merits and abilities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or employment status. We support and obey laws that prohibit discrimination everywhere we do business. We fully consider all qualified applicants including those with a criminal history.

Notice of Equal Opportunity Employment

We expect employees to be honest, trustworthy, and operate with integrity. Discrimination and all unlawful harassment (including sexual harassment) in employment is not tolerated. We encourage success based on our individual merits and abilities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or employment status. We support and obey laws that prohibit discrimination everywhere we do business. We fully consider all qualified applicants including those with a criminal history.