Manager Generation Engineering

Manager Generation Engineering

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.

Job Summary

Take charge of complex engineering initiatives that drive performance, sustainability, and innovation across our generating units. As Manager Generation Engineering, you'll provide strategic direction, develop top talent, and lead cross-functional efforts that strengthen our competitive edge and long-term successall while upholding the highest standards of safety and environmental responsibility.

What You Will Do

• Performs all leadership duties including, but not limited to, hiring and rewarding talent, fostering an inclusive and safe workplace, partnering with employees to set clear goals and expectations, providing timely and specific feedback on performance, developing improvement plans to address performance gaps, addressing conflict with care and respect, identifying opportunities for growth and development, embracing and modeling a mindset of lifelong learning, ensuring employees report to work fit for duty, adhering to our Code of Conduct and modeling Alliant Energy's Core Values at all times.
• Develops strategies, plans, and leadership for implementing advanced, major, and complex engineering, environmental and construction projects, and provides technical support for the reliable and efficient operation of fossil fuel, wind, solar and hydro generating units.
• Directs the project, controls, reliability, and performance engineering teams.
• Interfaces with generating facility management, sourcing, safety, environmental, legal, and financial and business performance to ensure that performance activities align with generating unit financial and operating objectives.
• Provides technical support for the reliable and efficient operation of fossil fuel, wind, solar and hydro generating units.
• Demonstrates leadership in the area of safety, including observing and enforcing Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and company safety rules and practices, encouraging safe work behaviors, and promptly correcting conditions, and unsafe behaviors which may lead to accidents.
• Identifies and develops innovative methods for improving project management (PM) processes and techniques while ensuring proper adherence to PM processes. Promotes continuous improvement in all processes.
• Leads engineering activities related to project portfolio management and annual operating plan development.
• Directs equipment, system efficiency and process performance testing, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting for efficient and reliable generation unit operation.
• Directs the verification of the benefits and cost savings resulting from completed engineering projects.
• Directs and supervises contractors involved in performing advanced, major, and complex construction project work. Monitors performance and conformance to all contractual and specification requirements.
• Prepares necessary documentation for obtaining authorization and permits from regulatory agencies for generating station projects and testifies at public hearings.
• Keeps fully informed of related generating station state-of-the-art technology processes, systems, and equipment. Participates in research and development (R&D) activities and partnerships.
• Chairs, facilitates, coordinates, and implements generating unit programmatic initiatives and user group activities for the fleet wide standardization of technology and operating practices and procedures.
• Engages in other duties as needed that support Alliant Energy's Values and helps deliver on our Purpose to serve customers and build stronger communities.

Education Requirements

Required Experience

Other Requirements

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Key Skills

Our people are passionate about what they do, the product they sell, and the customers they serve. If you're looking for an opportunity to be a part of a work family that values collaboration, innovation and dedication, we're the right company for you.

Alliant Energy offers a comprehensive total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

Pay Range : $115,000 - $158,000. This position is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.

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Alliant Energy and its subsidiaries are committed to creating a culture of belonging and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis prohibited by law.

All candidates selected for employment with Alliant Energy will be required to successfully complete a background check, and a drug screen where applicable.

Applicants in need of a reasonable accommodation for any part of the hiring process, please email talent@alliantenergy.com.