Delivery Planning Supervisor
About The Position
At Otter Tail Power, our employees help us to serve the communities we support by producing reliable, affordable, and environmentally responsible electricity. Our employees’ impact can take many forms. In this role, the Supervisor, Electrical Engineer will lead a team of electrical engineers in creating solutions to challenging opportunities to ensure our customers and communities have reliable, affordable, and environmentally responsible power that they need for modern life. Examples of some of the job’s activities will include: Lead a team of electrical engineers in performing studies related to the transmission of electricity across Otter Tail Power’s service territory and its connection to the greater regional transmission system in the Midwest. Determine the best strategy for expanding the transmission and distribution system, presenting plans to senior management and company executives. Build relationships within Otter Tail Power as well as neighboring utilities to accomplish company objectives and goals. Represent Otter Tail Power on various stakeholder groups, collaborating with others to enhance and create processes.
Requirements
- Excellent leadership qualities and a passion for creative problem solving while aligning with our values: Integrity, Safety, Community, Resourcefulness, Customer Service and People.
- Positive, can-do people who are resilient through challenges and stress that sometimes come with change.
- Superior communication and technical writing skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office products will be necessary to successfully partner with internal and external stakeholders.
- Success in this position requires a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with an emphasis in power, or comparable work experience in transmission planning.
- Strong leadership skills are necessary to supervise an effective team of electrical engineers to achieve company objective and goals.
- Anticipation of problems, creativity in problem solving, and ability to evaluate courses of action are necessary to navigate challenges encountered in the position.
- Knowledge of system planning principles, studies, standards, and engineering economics are required.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of electrical engineers in performing studies related to the transmission of electricity across Otter Tail Power’s service territory and its connection to the greater regional transmission system in the Midwest.
- Determine the best strategy for expanding the transmission and distribution system, presenting plans to senior management and company executives.
- Build relationships within Otter Tail Power as well as neighboring utilities to accomplish company objectives and goals.
- Represent Otter Tail Power on various stakeholder groups, collaborating with others to enhance and create processes.
Benefits
- Incentive plans
- Employee Stock Ownership options
- Retirement Savings Fund with employer match
- Health, disability and life insurance plan options
- Training – our employees are provided training and development opportunities each year, including education reimbursement!
- Career development is critical to our long-term success. Otter Tail Power employees have opportunities to participate in various leadership development programs, gain access to an a la carte online leadership course catalog, receive mentorship from current leaders and more!
- Mental health support from the experts at SupportLinc as well as competitive vacation and sick leave to ensure employees are at their best when they’re working.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
