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Engineering Tech 1/2/Sr - Electric

Berkshire Hathaway Energy
Waterloo, IA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/27/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/26/2026

Job Details

Job Description

This is a multi-level posting and will be filled at the appropriate level based on experience.

The engineering technician - electric provides cost estimating, design, work instructions, and coordination of extensions or modifications of electric distribution facilities. The engineering technician - electric applies established engineering standards and practices for projects in the following areas: determining pipe, cable, and equipment sizes due to customer and system loads; project design alternatives and their associated costs; project timing and coordination; procurement of materials and field inspection; and all other assigned duties.

Responsibilities

Provide engineering services for cost estimating, design, work instructions, and coordination of construction and maintenance projects on MidAmerican Energy Company's electric delivery system. (20%) Prepares routine construction work requests, including work instruction preparation, construction site drawings, preparation of material lists, and engineering calculations. (20%) Performs a variety of routine field work including, but not limited to locating and sizing services, load determination, utility easement acquisition, staking, and minor survey work. (15%) Actively engages with customer requests and responds to service needs as appropriate. Works collaboratively with residential and commercial construction developers. (15%) Provide routine project management for all phases of a project including scheduling, design, estimates, drawings, cost tracking, and project cost projections. (10%) Verifies and documents construction site readiness, ensuring MEC requirements are met for backfill, grading, and conduit installation requirements. (5%) Provides customers with scheduling notifications as appropriate (may include but not limited to email, text alerts, and/or phone calls). Also provides customers with scheduling change notifications via the same mediums. (5%) Provide support for work requests, resolves issues, and ensures crews understand work scope, detail, and structure. (5%) Ensures that customer inquiries and engineering detail adhere to standard operating procedures involving tariff application, extension rules and agreements, service rules, code requirements, service entrance, and metering requirements. (0-5%) Responsible for emergency response activities, outage response supervisory activities, outage dispatch, downed wire investigation and field damage assessment. (0-5%) May require travel and overnight stay as workload dictates. (0-5%) Performs additional responsibilities as requested or assigned. (0-5%) Demonstration of knowledge and understanding of human performance improvement techniques. Evaluate present practices and implement processes, concepts, training and tools to prevent, detect and correct human errors that may adversely impact the safe, reliable operation of the electric distribution system.

Qualifications

Engineering Tech 1:

Associate's degree in a technical field such as civil, electrical, mechanical, construction, computer aided drafting, electrical trade, project management, or equivalent work experience. (Typically three years of related, progressive work experience would be needed for candidates applying for this position who do not possess an associate's degree in a technical field.) Two years of related work experience in field of construction management, civil engineering, computer aided drafting or electrical infrastructure construction and/or design is required for the engineering technician level. In lieu of an associate's degree and work experience a bachelor's degree will be considered. Effective verbal and written communications skills. Effective analytical and problem-solving skills. Project management skills; ability to prioritize and handle multiple task and projects concurrently.

Engineering Tech 2:

An associate's degree in a technical field such as civil, electrical, mechanical, construction, computer aided drafting, electrical trade, project management or equivalent related work experience. (Typically three years of related, progressive work experience would be needed for candidates applying for this position who do not possess an associate's degree.) Three years of related work experience in field of construction management, civil engineering, computer aided drafting or electrical infrastructure construction and/or design. Exceptional verbal and written communications skills. Effective analytical and problem-solving skills. Project management skills; ability to prioritize and handle multiple task and projects concurrently.

Sr Engineering Tech:

An associate's degree in a technical field such as civil, electrical, mechanical, construction, computer aided drafting, electrical trade, project management or equivalent related work experience. (Typically three years of related, progressive work experience would be needed for candidates applying for this position who do not possess an associate's degree.) Five years of related work experience in field of construction management, civil engineering, computer aided drafting or electrical infrastructure construction and/or design is required for the senior engineering technician level. Exceptional verbal and written communications skills. Effective analytical and problem-solving skills. Project management skills; ability to prioritize and handle multiple task and projects concurrently.

This position is subject to random drug testing.

About Us

MidAmerican Energy Company, a Midwest utility, provides regulated electric and natural gas service to more than 1.6 million customers in Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. The company owns and operates a portfolio of power-generating assets, approximately 61% of which is wind generation.

About the Team

MidAmerican Energy Company is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law. Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without an accommodation.
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