Designer II

Minnesota Power, an ALLETE company, is an electric utility headquartered in Duluth, Minnesota.

We provide electricity in a 26,000-square-mile service area in northeastern Minnesota to 150,000 customers, including 14 municipal systems and some of the nation's largest industrial customers.

Minnesota Power is committed to a sustainable future for the climate, our customers and our communities while delivering safe and reliable energy.

We play a unique and significant role in ALLETE's sustainability-in-action strategy.

Our culture drives excellence through our shared values of integrity, safety, people, and the planet.

Minnesota Power is seeking a Designer II in substation maintenance to join our Power Delivery Engineering team to assist with asset management and maintenance of medium voltage, high voltage, and extra-high voltage stations.

As a designer at Minnesota Power, your work will have an impact on climate, customers, and communities.

When you join our Power Delivery Engineering team, you will help develop asset management processes, preventative maintenance procedures, and capital asset replacement projects.

Additionally, you will support field personnel, design solutions for emergent issues, and research new technologies for monitoring substation equipment.

RESPONSIBILITIES:


* Collaborate with engineers to create substation control and physical designs for asset replacement projects.


* Perform site visits for field verifications at medium, high, and extra-high voltage substations through all phases of construction.


* Research equipment options and create maintenance plans for electrical substation equipment.


* Deliver detailed technical solutions for external customers and internal engineering groups by developing original project concepts or analyzing as-built designs.


* Contribute to researching, developing, and analyzing alternative engineering designs using best practices.


* Coordinate and support project assignments with technical assistance, ensuring safety is integrated into the initial design.


* Ensure customer satisfaction by offering design options that are technically sound, operationally viable, well-documented, cost-effective, and in line with project goals.


* Procure materials and equipment identified for replacement by maintenance personnel.


* Explore and recommend appropriate alternative materials and equipment to replace outdated ones.


* Offer initial triage for urgent issues identified by field personnel that need departmental support.


* Perform work both independently and collaboratively with a cross-functional team to address the needs of various groups including intracompany departments, municipalities, and large industrial customers.


* May guide external consultants to ensure adherence to company standards and proper application of safety requirements.


* May oversee construction management tasks such as defining project scope, assessing proposals, coo...