Safety: Maintain safety awareness and comply with all safety policies, practices, and procedures to assure a safe working environment. Properly wear and care for applicable safety gear and equipment. Identify and communicate unsafe conditions to supervisor, coworkers, and the Safety functional area and correct or assist in resolving safety concerns and issues. Must understand and comply with the Clearance Procedure as applicable. Culture: Demonstrate a commitment to Tri-State’s culture embodied in the Cooperative principles and spirit and core values of technical competency, respect and dignity, accountability, integrity, trustworthiness, and servant leadership to empower or otherwise enable others to optimally perform their job responsibilities. Demonstrate and promote ethics and behaviors consistent with Tri-State’s culture, Board policies, and business practices. Understand and fulfill the role and responsibility for all compliance programs within the company. Because Tri-State is an electric utility with continuous service obligations to its customers, regular, reliable, and predictable performance of the essential functions and responsibilities is an essential function of the job. Provide technical engineering support to Craig Station functional areas as assigned. Provide technical direction to other Tri-State groups and individuals as assigned. Perform/coordinate engineering analyses for numerous and diverse plant electrical systems. Provide unit outage technical support to include scope of work, inspections, development of technical specifications and providing direction/oversight to contractors and/or station personnel in performing maintenance, new system and/or retrofitting work. Provide technical assistance including troubleshooting of Operations and Maintenance (electrical, instrumentation, controls) issues. Assist in development of Operations and Maintenance (O and M) budgets and capital projects. Assist with development, administration, reporting and implementation of capital projects including contract development, technical specifications and drawing bid packages. Participate in the evaluation and selection of consulting firms and contractors, to include coordination and monitoring of work. Assist in the performance testing of plant equipment and other specialized tests as requested. Assist with operational and maintenance procedures and creating and updating equipment maintenance and repair history. Complete special projects and reports as assigned. Ensure adherence to company policies, programs and procedures as well as Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP), Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), North American Electric Corporation (NERC), and Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO) standards and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws and regulations. OTHER DUTIES/ RESPONSIBILITES - Perform other related duties as assigned SUCCESS FACTORS/ JOB COMPETENCIES: A willingness to work above and beyond the standard 40-hour workweek when emergencies arise and it is deemed necessary. Planning: ability to think ahead and plan within timelines and resources; develop scopes; plan and schedule work; set priorities and goals; anticipate and adjust for problems; evaluate workloads; measure and evaluate performance against established goals. Ensure that all decisions and actions are predicated on ethics, honesty and integrity. Time management: ability to successfully plan and implement objectives within established timelines and work schedules. Ability to analyze problems and develop effective solutions at both strategic and functional levels. Commitment to company values. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Strong team player: accomplishes tasks by working with others and being a good team player. Recognizes how his/her decisions may impact others; seeks input from others. Computer proficiency in operating a personal computer and standard business office applications including CAD, Microsoft Office suite, databases, and other related applications. Ability to work independently, with minimal direction as a highly motivated self-starter. REQUIRED JOB QUALIFICATIONS Education and Training:Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related engineering discipline. Knowledge, Skills, and Ability:General knowledge of power generation equipment, facilities and operations. Working knowledge of computer software including but not limited to; CAD, Excel, MS - Word. Knowledge of the use and application of electric utility industry codes, standards and government regulations applicable to power generation operations, equipment and facilities including OSHA, EPA, NEC, IEEE, NFPA. Working knowledge of safety policies and procedures. Ability to effectively communicate, including technical information, both verbally and in writing. Ability to maintain effective working relationships. Ability to coordinate and direct the work of others. Familiarity with labor agreements. Ability to achieve goals and expectations. Experience:Five (5) years of engineering experience including maintenance, operations and/or start-up of power generation equipment, facilities, and systems preferred. Willingness to travel as required. (Must possess a valid driver’s license). Must be able to demonstrate that he/she can perform all of the essential functions of the position. Other: DESIRED JOB EXPERIENCE Perform /coordinate engineering analyses for various electrical systems. Large and small AC motors(fractional to 4000 HP)DC motors. Breakers. Motor Control Centers/ Load Centers 6900 VAC bus & Controls 480 VAC bus & Controls 270 VAC lighting bus 110 VAC bus 125 VDC bus. Battery systems. Protective relays (SEL experience preferred)Power metering. VFD systems. HVAC systems. Uninterruptable Power Systems. Backup generators. Transformers- large and small. Crane and electric hoist systems. Motor operators for large and small valves. Generator Excitation (GE EX-2100 experience preferred)Arc flash evaluation Unit outage support. Work scope identification. Inspections. Technical specification development. Directing the work of contractors and/or others for maintenance, new systems and/or retrofits. PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Physical demands: While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is required to sit for long periods of time and occasionally stand, walk, stoop, bend, reach above and below shoulder level and be able to lift up to 10 lbs. Incumbent is frequently required to use hands and fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, talk and hear. Incumbent must have finger dexterity, good vision, good color vision, good hearing, and ability to speak clearly, and handle intricate work. Mental demands: While performing the duties of this job, the incumbent is required to read, write, perform math at a level required to prepare, review and analyze related complex and/or engineering calculations associated with power plant equipment and systems operations and maintenance, analyze data and reports, exercise judgment, develop plans, procedures and goals, and present information to others and work under pressure. Work Environment: While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is exposed to dust, varying noise levels and electrical risks, works around large power plant/industrial operating equipment. The incumbent will perform some work at heights and in confined spaces. The incumbent will perform some work exposed to weather and/or temperature extremes, both cold and heat.