Data management and accounting specialist

Application due date: September 27, 2023

Location: Maple Grove, MN (Eligible for hybrid schedule)

With our members, for our members. Be a part of the cooperative spirit while enjoying an attractive salary, robust benefits and professional development in a growing industry. As a consumer-owned electric utility, we are Minnesota's second largest based on generating capacity.

Summary:
Lead the efforts to develop efficient cross-functional business processes that result in accurate asset and work management data for Great River Energy Power Supply division. This position will provide back-up coverage to the fuel and energy market specialist and assist in the support of the maintenance management system and lead outage cost planning for the generation fleet.

Total Rewards:

A typical starting range for this position is $87,000 - $102,000 annually. We offer market competitive base pay and adjust our offer accordingly based upon the value of the candidate’s knowledge, skills and experience. In addition, our Total Rewards strategy focuses on recognizing individual performance and rewarding business results. Our robust Total Rewards package includes exceptional benefits and retirement, a focus on continuous engagement, recognition, personal and professional development, and an emphasis on work-life effectiveness.

Responsibilities: Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to

• Lead the efforts to effectively and efficiently document generation maintenance activities.
• Maintain the generation maintenance work documentation processes.
• Standardize plans, locations, and assets to ensure consistency between GRE facilities.
• Maintain work orders, PMs, and assets within the Maximo application.
• Assist in the development of metrics that lead to increased generation fleet maintenance effectiveness.
• Digitization of test reports to facilitate more streamlined data collection and verification.
• Integration of capital and O&M work orders that are tied to critical assets and locations.
• Oversee the entry of new or revised information due to capital or O&M work order activities.
• Maintain continuity with accurate daily fuel procurement, marketing of the generation fleet and reporting requirements in the absence of the Fuel and Market specialist.
• Understand and maintain gas storage inventories on the pipeline systems.
• Maintain proficiency in fuel purchasing, scheduling, and balancing for natural gas and fuel oil.
• Develop reports and interfaces to assist in regulatory and compliance needs.
• Develop annual labor, operations & maintenance, capital equipment budgets.

Qualifications: A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, engineering or equivalent along with relational database knowledge and 3 + years’ experience in the electric utility or natural gas business is required. A strong working knowledge of natural gas, oil and energy markets is preferred. Must have strong analytical, interpretive, and decision-making skills.

Apply: Qualified candidates please apply at www.greatriverenergy.com (under the Careers tab) by September 27, 2023. GRE values diversity, equity and inclusion and we are an equal employment opportunity employer. 

About Great River Energy

Powering what’s possible Great River Energy is a not-for-profit electricity provider owned by our 28 distribution cooperatives in Minnesota and Wisconsin for which we generate and transmit electricity. We provide wholesale electric service to our member owners who distribute electricity to approximately 660,000 member consumers - or about 1.7 million people. A diverse mix of generation resources - Our power plants generate more than 2,800 megawatts of electricity and several solar arrays capable of producing 650 kilowatts. In addition, we purchase wind and hydroelectric energy.Your electricity is delivered through power lines to you. Every time you plug in your toaster, television or other electrical device, a system of power lines goes to work to bring you the power you need. Our job at Great River Energy is to keep the lights on by providing a safe & reliable supply of electricity.

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