JOB REQUIREMENTS: Duties and Responsibilties of Job: Bring YOUR energy to Alliant Energy! At Alliant Energy, our purpose is to serve customers and build stronger communities. We are passionate about powering beyond the market challenges of today, while powering what\'s next in energy. When our employees say \"I am energy\", it means they take pride in the work we do when disaster strikes, as well as all the days in between. We want you to be safe, happy and healthy. That\'s why we prioritize safety, offer volunteer opportunities and provide competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement and paid time off. Alliant Energy has an opening for a Lead Engineer - Grid Operations. This role will perform a variety of highly technical or complex engineering work using a variety of complex tools and resources to solve problems. This position plans or designs in support of construction, operations, and maintenance of structures, facilities, systems, equipment, and components used in generation, transmission, and distribution systems. This role participates on teams as assigned and provides training and guidance to applicable stakeholders, works with all levels of personnel in the company, and provides leadership, coaching, direction, guidance, and advice to affect a wide range of influence on many levels of decision making. What you will do * Follows safety rules and practices to identify and correct unsafe conditions for self and team. Strives to identify problems and solutions and makes safety suggestions to assist in maintaining a safe work environment, uses tools and standards to design safety in operating and maintaining equipment. * Anticipates customer needs and expectations and proposes solutions. Is proactively involved in the identification and solution of complex problems. * Interprets regulatory and organizational engineering standards; makes recommendations for changing processes and procedures. * Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of electric utility system operations and maintenance practices with a focus on reliability and resiliency including risk assessment. Makes higher risk decisions that involve direct application of technical knowledge and that may have an impact on multiple areas of the business. * Demonstrates strong communication and relationship skills with employees, business unit stakeholders, contractors, regulators, including conflict resolution. Viewed as technical resource in discussing technical issues with others from non-technical backgrounds. * Proactively identifies and develops operational guidelines, standards, training, and strategic plans that help the customer sustain identified improvements. * Explains technical problems to internal stakeholders and accurately prepares detailed documents such as technical studies and project documentation. * Consistently demonstrates critical thinking skills necessary to develop recommendations which provide technically sound and the most cost-effective solutions; uses and shares information to benefit the broader organization. * Actively participates in the departmental budgeting and planning processes. Develops complex solutions to a system problem including complex scopes of work with a cost estimate and sequence. Understands the property unit catalog and uses as a reference for determining if a solution is a capital investment or O&M expense. * Performs or supports complex engineering design and specification of protective microprocessor relay schemes, devices and settings to ensure protection of distribution and generation systems. Responsible for performing power system studies, system protection settings coordination, and SCADA programming on various projects (up to 345-kV voltage level). * Performs advanced root cause analysis of system disturbances To view the full job description please use the link below. https://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=YmJnZW5lcmljLjg MjcwLjg3NzBAYWxsaWFudGVuZXJneWNvbXAuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: https://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=YmJnZW5lcmljLjg1MjcwLjg3NzBAYWxsaWFudGVuZXJneWNvbXAuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t