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

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 Accountant

Electric Utility serving consumers in Northwestern NJ is currently seeking a Staff Accountant, who will be responsible for maintaining the accounting records and procedures for the Cooperative and subsidiaries. The position will work closely with the Manager of Accounting.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Prepare General Ledger entries for monthly and year-end closings including Fixed Asset accounting/maintenance, Bank Reconciliation, General Ledger Reconciliations
  • Compile financial records, financial statements, tax returns, audit work papers
  • Assist in the effective management and communication of cash flow related issues
  • Process Weekly Payroll
  • Support corporate initiatives to enhance financial reporting
  • Assist in representation of the Company in financial audits and reviews
  • Support process improvement initiatives for specific areas of responsibility
  • Support the Finance and Accounting team as needed in addition to special projects

EOE

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
  • 3-5 years general accounting experience
  • Knowledge in areas of expense analysis, accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, payroll, asset management
  • Familiarity of utility accounting preferred
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Benefits

Offers a competetive salary along with a wide range of comprehensive benefits including but not limited to:

  • Medical, prescription, dental, vision, life insurance for you and your family
  • Competetive salary
  • 401k plan with an employer match program
  • Pension plan
  • Vacation, sick, and personal time

If you are interested in applying for the Staff Accountant position, please send your resume to hr@sussexrec.com.

Staff Engineer

Electric distribution engineering position focused on automation and control systems. Position requires a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Computer Science Engineering and includes responsibility for Automated Meter Reading System, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA).

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

If you are interested in applying for the Staff Engineer position, please send an email with your resume attached to hr@sussexrec.com.

Senior Staff Engineer

Description

The Senior Staff Engineer is responsible for the design, coordination, overcurrent protection, voltage regulation, load balancing, planning, and troubleshooting of the Cooperative's electric power distribution system. This position requires a basic understanding of AMI, SCADA, GIS, EA, and OMS systems in order to use, configure, and maintain said systems. The position also requires an understanding of how to program, operate, and maintain utility system devices such as reclosers, capacitor bank, regulators, sectionalizing switches, and various substation equipment.

Requirements

  • Conducts system planning studies including load projections and modeling of the distribution system with Engineering Analysis software.
  • Assists in the development of Construction Work Plan, Long Range Plan, Sectionalizing Study, Contingencies Study, etc.
  • Provide engineering knowledge for work plan projects to ensure reliable distribution system design for new construction modifications to existing facilities.
  • Monitor, operate, and maintain the SCADA system during regular and emergency events.
  • Develop and carry out switching orders for line crews.
  • Maintaining and updating the engineering model after construction completion by line crews.
  • Maintain Outage Management System and assists Operation Department as needed in restoration of outages and day-to-day support.
  • Recommend and review specifications of transformers, meters, regulators, and line protection devices.
  • Involved in all aspects of system monitoring, inspection, troubleshooting, planning, and capital upgrade development.
  • Reviews applications for the installation of distributed generation.
  • Helps assure that designed electrical facilities meet NEC, NESC, and Cooperative standards.
  • Programming and troubleshooting protective and sectionalizing devices in the field.
  • Able to work in both the office and the field.
  • Able to be available for on-call work as well as response in emergency situations.

Qualifications

  • A Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from an accredited college or university.
  • Minimum 5 years' experience in electrical distribution system design, construction, operation, and maintenance is required.
  • Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license.

Benefits

Sussex Rural Electric Cooperative offers a competitive salary along with 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 an employer match
  • Pension plan
  • 12 paid holidays
  • Vacation, sick, and personal time

If you are interested in applying for the Senior Staff Engineer position, please send an email with your resume attached to hr@sussexrec.com.