Engineer I, II, III, or Senior - Grid Pl

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. Job Summary As a member of our Grid Planning team, you'll play a key role in determining where and how new generation resources, including wind, solar, battery storage, and natural gas, connect to the grid. From early-stage planning through MISO interconnection, you'll influence critical decisions that support reliability, system growth, and the energy transition. In this role, you'll take on a mix of moderately complex to in-depth engineering work, supporting the planning, design, and development of systems across generation, transmission, and distribution. You'll collaborate closely with internal teams and industry partners while contributing to high-impact projects. This role offers strong opportunities for continuous learning through hands-on involvement in grid planning studies, exposure to emerging technologies, and collaboration with experienced engineers and industry stakeholders. 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. * Maintains an awareness of customer needs and expectations and proposes solutions. Is proactively involved in the identification and solution of problems falling within assigned area of responsibility * Maintains communication and relationships with employees, business unit stakeholders, and contractors. Comfortable discussing technical issues with others from non-technical backgrounds. * Applies regulatory and organizational engineering standards; makes recommendations for changing processes and procedures. * Facilitates meetings and lead discussions with stakeholders in support of system studies with limited guidance provided. * Uses critical thinking skills necessary in the interpretation of governmental regulations, regional or company business practices and the development of recommendations to address system issues or Planning Criteria violations. * Understands risk assessment methodologies or philosophies applying technical knowledge. Makes lot-to-medium risk decisions with limited guidance provided. * Learns the difference between departmental team and cross functional team. Participates as a key team member making positive, supportive contributions addressing moderately complex technical or operational problems. * Actively participates in departmental budgeting and planning processes. Oversees multi-year plan and develops moderately complex scopes of work with cost estimate, sequencing, and prioritization with limited guidance provided. * Understands the property unit catalog and determining the classification between capital investment projects and O&M spend work. * Understands system modeling methodologies and software with limited support. Able to build moderately complex models and perform power flow studies or analysis. * Develops understanding of interconnection agreements or other relevant agreement language, To view the full job description please use the link below. https://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=YmJnZW5lcmljLjMxMzkyLjg3NzBAYWxsaWFudGVuZXJneWNvbXAuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: https://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=YmJnZW5lcmljLjMxMzkyLjg3NzBAYWxsaWFudGVuZXJneWNvbXAuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t