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Bring YOUR energy to Alliant Energy!
At Alliant Energy, our purpose is to serve customers and build strong communities. We are passionate about powering beyond the market challenges of today, while powering what's next in energy. If you'd like to work at a place where you matter and where you can use your talents and passions to advance your career, join the Alliant Energy team.
What sets us apart?
- Competitive pay and an excellent benefits package
- A dedication to career growth and development
- A culture that elevates our core values of live safety, do the right thing, care for others, make things better, act for tomorrow, and think beyond - be bold.
- A chance to create a positive impact on our local communities.
Alliant Energy is currently recruiting for a Substation Electrician - Apprentice or Journey level - in Spirit Lake, IA. In this important role you will be responsible for the general installation and maintenance of substations throughout our service territory. This crew supports substations, wind farms, metering sites and several communications towers in Iowa and Minnesota. They also maintain all of the line reclosers and regulators in the Spirit Lake zone.
This position has a residency requirement defined as 35 minutes response time to headquarters from the time the call is placed.
Job Responsibilities
- Installs, commissions, maintains and troubleshoots substation power transformers, circuit breakers, metal-clad switchgear, oil circuit reclosers, load tap changers, voltage regulators and controls, capacitor banks and controls, circuit switchers, lightning arresters, battery and battery chargers, motors, underground high voltage and control cables, in transmission and distribution and power plant substations.
- Commissions, maintains and troubleshoots oil switches.
- Installs and maintains fiber optic cable from terminal equipment and control panels to high voltage substation equipment.
- Installs substation protective relays, substation metering, substation interchange metering, substation current transformers, coupling capacitors, digital and analog telemetering, power line carrier transmitters/receivers, wave-traps and carrier tuning equipment, transfer trip carrier and tone equipment, fiber optic and metallic inner-panel cable, transducers, digital fault recorders, sequence of events recorders, telephones, substation local area networks (LANs), distribution automation communications circuits from the Demarc to internal equipment, and packet radio.
- Installs terminations on high-voltage underground substation cables.
- Performs line switching for substation maintenance and construction activities.
- Prepares and maintains records of equipment tests and maintenance, keeps operating records, prepares purchase authorizations and performs other administrative work as required.
- Makes special tests as directed in connection with operation, maintenance and design of all types of electrical equipment and systems.
- Install, commissions, maintains and troubleshoots like types of customer owned equipment on non-commodity projects.
- Trains fellow employees in related activities.
Job Qualifications
Required Experience
- Must obtain and maintain a valid driver's license of appropriate grade.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Basic knowledge of the National Electric Safety Code (NESC), National Electric Code (NEC), and Alliant Service Standards.
- Knowledge of electric utility systems operation, maintenance and construction practices.
- Demonstrated mechanical ability.
- Ability to read, interpret and demonstrate practical and theoretical knowledge of blueprints, maintenance manuals, technical manuals, electrical and electronic circuits and electrical equipment operating at power system frequency, and ability to analyze test results for the purpose of locating and remedying trouble in such circuits and equipment.
- Ability to read and comprehend Right-To-Know information.
- Ability to work effectively in a culturally diverse work group.
- Must be willing to work long overtime hours to maintain continuity of service as emergencies may require.
*Note: This job is covered by the Department of Transportation regulations on drug and alcohol testing (CFR 49, Parts 40 and 199), and is subject to drug testing according to said regulations.
Applications will be accepted until a qualified pool of candidates is received.
Alliant Energy Corporation
4902 N Biltmore Ln
Madison
Wisconsin United States
www.alliantenergy.com
