Job details
Job type full-time number of hires for this role 1
Qualifications
Bachelor`s (required)
Full job description
Company
Join the diverse and dynamic team that powers michigan`s largest energy provider and one of the nation`s largest gas and electric combination utilitiesConsumers energy services 6.7 million of michigan`s 10 million residents - caring for our friends and neighbors in all 68 lower peninsula countiesWe embrace a cleaner and leaner utility vision focused on eliminating energy waste and adding renewable energy from sources such as wind and solar, while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions on our natural gas system.
At consumers energy, we offer more than just a place to workWe foster a culture that supports career development, growth, and stability, and we take pride in offering our co-workers excellent benefits and compensation packagesWe are deliberately creating an inclusive culture that makes our diverse team of co-workers feel valued, supported, and empowered every dayWe`re a company made up of thousands of people, all with different stories to share and work to do, but we stand united in our company purpose: world class performance delivering hometown service.
Position/location
The gas transmission system planning engineer (sr engineer i) position is eligible for hybrid work or can be based in our parnall office in jackson, miThe successful candidate will need to be able to attend in person meetings at the parnall office in jackson, one or two days per week as neededAdditional in person visits may be required based on training needs.
Job description
The gas transmission system planning engineer has primary responsibility for supporting the development of financial evaluations and alternative anlyses for major natural gas strategic and conceptual projectsThis position will act as a subject matter expert on business and customer value for major transmission pipeline, compression, and storage capital projects and will be a primary contributor to economic evaluations for alternative evaluations during project development.
This role will also lead the gas transmission system planning team’s modeling & analysis for the transmission pipeline portion of the company’s total system resilience metric, ultimately becoming a subject matter expert in the company’s overall process and metrics.
They will also provide support and assistance with other gas transmission system planning functions as needed to support the teamClear communication and the ability to prioritize work are also importantCommunication outside of the team and department is expected while communication outside the company, including interactions with our regulators, will likely be required as the successful candidate develops.
Responsibilities
· perform financial analysis, modeling, and data retrieval/analysis to support key strategic projects or asset evaluationsWork includes conceptual scope development, alternative analysis, pro forma or other economic model development and support, and contributing to project business cases and regulatory filings for key projects.
· act as a subject matter expert updating, validating, and utilizing pipeline simulation models to analyze the resilience of the company’s transmission system, determining and assessing the impacts of asset failures and disruptions for a key company metric, with the intent that this role becomes the company sme on total system resilience for natural gas.
· develop, update, and refine asset valuation and economic evaluation methods, tools, models, and documentation.
· communication and presentation of complex ideas and recommendations to leadership and senior level stakeholders.
· performing research, retrieval, validation, and review of gas transmission, storage, and compression operating data and information to support financial evaluations, planning analyses, ce way improvements, and modeling inputs.
· support other gas transmission system planning activities related to consumers energy’s future capital gas investments, gas purchase strategy, system outages, and regulatory case filings.
Required qualifications
· bachelor’s degree in engineering from an abet accredited university
· a minimum of five (5) years of applied engineering working experience
Preferred qualifications:
· project development, business case development, and/or financial evaluation for large infrastructure/assets (preferably natural gas assets)
· complex studies, problem solving, research, & data retrieval
· communication and collaboration
· managing and dealing with uncertainty & ambiguity
· informal leadership & priority management
· project management
· natural gas utility experience & knowledge, preferably transmission assets
· michigan pe license preferred
Hours & travel
This position requires the individual work a minimum of 40 hours per week (45-50 typical) with 95% of time spent in the office or specific field locationsTravel is required to job sites and project meetings as needed.
Job type: full-time
Benefits:
401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Disability insurance
Employee assistance program
Employee discount
Flexible schedule
Flexible spending account
Health insurance
Health savings account
Life insurance
Paid time off
Parental leave
Relocation assistance
Retirement plan
Tuition reimbursement
Vision insurance
Schedule:
8 hour shift
Day shift
Monday to friday
Education:
Bachelor`s (required)
Work location:
Multiple locations
Work remotely:
Yes
Work location: multiple locations
