The employees of Sussex Rural Electric Cooperative are the key to our success. We offer a meaningful work environment, career development, and competitive pay and benefits.
Sussex Rural Electric Cooperative offers an opportunity to work for a small member-owned electric utility whose priorities are safety, quality of service, and affordable prices. The Cooperative blends high technology with proven techniques to deliver power to approximately 12,000 members.
Sussex Rural Electric Cooperative offers a wide range of comprehensive benefits including but not limited to:
- Medical, prescription, dental, vision, life insurance for you and your family
- 401k plan with a match of 65% of the employee contribution up to 5%
- RS Pension plan
- 12 paid holidays
- Vacation, sick, and personal time
Sussex Rural Electric Cooperative is an equal opportunity employer. A copy of our EEO policy can be found here.
If you're interested in joining our co-op family, this page is the place where we host up-to-date information on our available job openings at any given moment. Below, you can find job descriptions or applications for all currently open job opportunities with Sussex Rural Electric Cooperative.
If there is no current job opportunity listed, then we are not currently accepting applications for any positions at this time. Sussex Rural Electric Cooperative can only accept resumes from the public when a position opening has been advertised externally in local newspapers or internet job boards, and when open positions are announced on our social media pages. In between periods of hiring, we do not accept resumes and will not keep resumes on file. We encourage you to follow us on Facebook and Twitter so you can see any announcements of job opportunities when they become available. Be sure to stay on top of this and apply quickly, as we receive a lot of applications in very short periods of time.
Current Job Opportunities
Staff / Senior Staff Engineer
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Full Job Description
Electric utility distribution engineering position focused on automation and control systems. Position requires a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or prior utility experience with other engineering degrees, it also includes responsibility for Automated Meter Reading System, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), field layout/staking supervision, and operations support.
Systems Integration:
Web based applications
ESRI/ GIS Mapping
Outage Management System
Automated Meter Reading
SCADA
Renewable Energy:
Changing environment
Solar Energy
Battery Storage
System Improvement through Engineering:
Load Balancing
Voltage Drops
Volt/ Var – Capacitor controls
Work Outdoors:
Line Construction Projects
Field equipment requiring engineering support
Field support during outage restorations
Stable Company:
Electric utility since 1937
Strong reputation for quality of service (reliability and costs)
Small organization, broad range of areas within engineering department to work on
Sussex Rural Electric Cooperative offers an opportunity to work for a small member-owned electric utility whose priorities are safety, quality of service, and affordable prices. The Cooperative blends high technology with proven techniques to deliver power to approximately 12,000 members.
EOE
- Must live within 45 minute drive to Sussex office
- Salary range based on prior utility experience and education.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: $85,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- On call
Education: Bachelor's (Required)
Work Location: In person