Electronic Field Engineer

Wabash Valley Power Alliance•Lafayette, IN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, Wabash Valley Power is a not-for-profit electric cooperative and wholesale provider of reliable, affordable electricity to our 21 electric distribution member cooperatives. These cooperatives in turn serve more than 280,000 homes, businesses, and farms in Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. As a not-for-profit co-op, we do things a bit differently—and that’s the point. Because we aren’t influenced by shareholders, we make our decisions with our members in mind. That means we value things like teamwork, and putting families first. It also means a business model that’s designed for stability and growth. It’s a Deliberately Different approach to the energy industry, and that’s great news for the people who count on us.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering, Engineering Technology or Computer Technology related field.
One to three years of prior experience in an electronic technology capacity or Military technical training required.
Operational understanding of computer technology and networking required.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience with meter repair and previous electric utility experience highly desirable.
Previous experience with Remote Terminal Units (RTU’s), Intelligent Electronic Devices (IED’s), and/or radio communications equipment as well as EMS/SCADA System maintenance preferred.
Previous Utility experience a plus.

Responsibilities

Installs, modifies, and maintains the SCADA systems for the Member Systems and cooperatives. This includes engineering and managing projects, configuring and testing communications equipment, Remote Terminal Units (RTU’s), fiber optics, Intelligent Electronic Devices (IED’s), Front End Processors, and SCADA Workstations as well as performing System Administration and Database Administration duties on server/workstation environment and Network Administration duties on network equipment.
Creates and manages software programs and functions to address programming needs on systems.
Install, configure, and support an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and Internet systems or a segment of a network system.
Trains and instructs Member Systems personnel on the operation and proper use of all installed equipment such as the SCADA system.
Troubleshoots and maintains communications of the end user devices that connect to the Members’ SCADA systems.
Monitor network to ensure network availability to all system users and may perform necessary maintenance to support network availability.
Must be able to drive/operate a company service van and may be required to operate a fork lift in the course of performing their job responsibilities.
Must be available for system outages, as required.
Travel and occasional overtime may be required.