Senior Manager Power Delivery
Alliant Energy

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

Lead at Alliant Energy where your impact is felt across entire communities. As Senior Manager Power Delivery, you'll set the direction for critical engineering initiatives that keep systems resilient, efficient, and ready for what's next, spanning system planning, distribution engineering, and high impact special projects. This is a role where strategy meets execution, and where your leadership directly shapes how energy is delivered safely and sustainably.

You'll guide a team tackling complex technical challenges while championing a culture grounded in safety, environmental responsibility, and operational excellence. With influence across both electric and potentially natural gas operations, this is a unique opportunity to drive meaningful impact at scale, advancing infrastructure, enabling innovation, and ensuring reliable service for the communities Alliant Energy serves.

What you will do

• Performs all leadership duties including, but not limited to, hiring and rewarding talent, fostering an inclusive and safe workplace, partnering with employees to set clear goals and expectations, providing timely and specific feedback on performance, developing improvement plans to address performance gaps, addressing conflict with care and respect, identifying opportunities for growth and development, embracing and modeling a mindset of lifelong learning, ensuring employees report to work fit for duty, adhering to our Code of Conduct and modeling Alliant Energy's Core Values at all times.
  
• Directs or supports engineering and projects related to transmission, distribution, generation, substation, system protection, and related technical services to operational business units.
  
• Develops leadership, strategies, and plans for providing engineering and technical support on complex transmission, distribution, generation, substation, and system protection projects.
  
• Interfaces with multiple departments across the company such as operations, real estate, safety, environmental, legal, and financial and business performance to ensure that performance activities align with business unit financial and operating objectives.
  
• Directs teams to develop plans and projects aligned with the company investment strategy to the satisfaction of internal business unit leadership.
  
• Strives for continuous improvement in processes, standards, and templates.
  
• Maintains thorough knowledge of the theory and application of business planning processes, including identifying industry trends and directions, developing and implementing engineering programs, participating in research and development (R&D) efforts and professional, industry organizations, e.g., Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Edison Electric Institute (EEI), and looks for strategies to satisfy customer's present and future needs.
  
• Provides direction and oversight for leadership between field operating personnel, customer representatives, and general office departments to ensure alignment with strategic plan.
  
• Provides leadership and input into the development and update of the engineering and operations strategic plan.
  
• Identifies a vision that informs on new projects and establishes priorities consistent with the strategic plan.
  
• Engages in other duties as needed that support Alliant Energy's Values and helps deliver on our Purpose to serve customers and build stronger communities.
  

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering emphasis preferred preferred.
  

Required Experience

• 5 years of related experience.
  
• 5 years supervisory experience or equivalent.
  
• Demonstrated experience managing a team responsible for electric utility system engineering, operations, maintenance, and construction practices.
  
• Demonstrated knowledge of planning and /or distribution engineering.
  
• Knowledge of electric, natural gas or steam operating practices, construction standards, work methods, equipment, maintenance practices, regulatory compliance and materials preferred.
  

Preferred Experience

• Demonstrated experience working with labor union management preferred.
  
• Knowledge of safety rules and applicable electric codes and DOT regulations preferred.
  
• Demonstrated ability to read and understand utility maps, plan and profiles, and drawings preferred.
  

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Demonstrated effective leadership skills.
  
• Demonstrated financial skills such as budgeting and basic accounting.
  
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
  
• Demonstrated ability to use computer software programs (e.g., e-mail, word processing, spreadsheet, and project management).
  
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative and inclusive work environment.
  

Key Skills

• Cost Optimization • Data Analysis • Feasibility Studies • Grid Interconnection Studies • Power Engineering • Power Flow Analysis & Modeling • Power Systems Performance Monitoring • Power Systems Planning • Regulatory Compliance • Stakeholder Management • Standards Compliance • Leadership
  

Our people are passionate about what they do, the product they sell, and the customers they serve. If you're looking for an opportunity to be a part of a work family that values collaboration, innovation and dedication, we're the right company for you.

Alliant Energy offers a comprehensive total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

Pay Range:

This position is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.

It's not just what we do; it's how we do it.

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Alliant Energy and its subsidiaries are committed to creating a culture of belonging and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis prohibited by law.

All candidates selected for employment with Alliant Energy will be required to successfully complete a background check, and a drug screen where applicable.

Visa sponsorship not supported.

Disclaimer:
The above information on this description has been crafted to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not crafted to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Applicants in need of a reasonable accommodation for any part of the hiring process, please email talent@alliantenergy.com.

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