CareerPlan

Wind Reliability Engineer (Entry, Staff, Senior, or Principal)

Minneapolis, MN, 55418, USFull-time$70k2026-10-06 → 2026-11-09

Core

Applies technical expertise in renewable substation engineering and electrical balance-of-plant equipment to improve asset health, equipment performance, and reliability for renewable plants.

Role type

Staff/Senior/Principal renewable substation reliability engineer

Builds

Renewable energy substations, collection systems, and protective relaying infrastructure

Domain

Renewable energy / Electrical power systems

Required skills

Renewable substation engineering, electrical balance-of-plant equipment, protective relaying, high and medium voltage systems, root cause analysis, technical standards application, project coordination, technical documentation, equipment selection, commissioning oversight

Preferred skills

EIT/FE registration, PE registration, budgeting and estimating, mentoring engineering staff

Technologies

Protective relaying systems, high voltage equipment, medium voltage equipment, renewable plant substations

Responsibilities

Perform complex assignments to develop new techniques for asset health and reliability improvement; act as prime technical contact for substation reliability projects and equipment failures; coordinate and lead moderate to large engineering projects; support bid evaluation processes with technical analysis; provide field engineering oversight for commissioning and testing; mentor less experienced engineers and technicians

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic oversight