Sr Program Engineer

Consumers Energy is Michigan’s largest energy provider, providing natural gas and/or electricity to 6.8 million of the state’s 10 million residents in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties. Consumers Energy knows job number one is to keep the lights on for customers. We are committed to delivering reliable, clean, and affordable energy to our customers 24/7.  

Location

This is a hybrid (virtual/onsite) position with required onsite days on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday assigned to the Parnall Office located in Jackson, MI preferred but also open to Saginaw Service Center located in Saginaw, MI, Karn Plant located in Essexville, MI, Bay City Service Center located in Bay City, MI, Grand Rapids Service Center located in Grand Rapids, MI or JH Campbell Training Center located in West Olive, MI.  The selected candidate must be within a commutable distance or willing to relocate (relocation package is available for those that qualify).  

General Summary of Job Responsibilities

The Senior Program Engineer is responsible for overseeing the engineering and technical aspects required to successfully complete projects. This role involves planning project activities, establishing project criteria, coordinating project reviews, and ensuring the proper implementation of all project elements. The incumbent will schedule, plan, forecast, allocate resources, and manage all technical tasks to ensure project accuracy and quality from inception to completion.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain strong partnerships with business stakeholders, ensuring a thorough understanding of their objectives and goals.
• Oversee compliance with relevant codes, practices, quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) policies, performance standards, and specifications.
• Prepare, schedule, coordinate, and monitor assigned engineering projects; delegate responsibilities and provide mentorship to project team members.
• Offer technical assistance and support to project managers and other team participants.
• Review engineering deliverables and tasks, initiating appropriate corrective actions as needed to ensure project quality and accuracy.
• Support Agile project delivery by helping balance team performance with strict deadlines.
• Develop specifications for required project equipment.
• Perform other duties as assigned or as necessary.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Analytical and problem-solving skills.  
• Excellent knowledge of design and visualizations software such as AutoCAD.  
• Proficient in MS Office, with aptitude for learning new software.  
• Written and verbal communication skills.  
• Organizational skills and attention to detail.  
• Strong understanding of GD&T principles.  
• Familiarity with rules, regulations, best practices and performance standards. 

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an ABET accredited program with four (4) or more years of experience in a program engineer capacity.

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• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from a non-ABET accredited program plus a Professional Engineering (PE) license with four (4) or more years of experience in a program engineer capacity.

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Why should you join our team?

At Consumers Energy, we offer more than just a place to work. We foster a culture that supports career development, growth, and stability, and we take pride in offering our co-workers excellent benefits and compensation packages. We are deliberately creating an inclusive culture that makes our diverse team of co-workers feel valued, supported, and empowered every day. We're a company made up of thousands of people, all with different stories to share and work to do, but we stand united in our company purpose: world class performance delivering hometown service.

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation packages
• Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k with company match
• Paid parental leave
• Up to 13 paid Holidays
• Paid time off
• Educational Assistance Program

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: 

We, at CMS Energy, value Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. It is part of our DNA. We treat our employees with respect, we treat each other fairly and we value the opinions of others. We are passionate about building and nurturing an environment where everyone feels included. We don’t discriminate. We seek to learn about each other and better understand our unique differences. Our uniqueness makes us authentic. We create safe spaces where everyone can be who they truly are. We invite difficult conversations and uncomfortable topics. We value diverse perspectives; this is what makes us great together. We harbor an inclusive environment where employees feel empowered to share their backgrounds, experiences, and ideas. Our Employee Resource Groups, Women in Energy (WE), Minority Advisory Panel (MAP), Pride Alliance of Consumers Energy (PACE), GENERGY, capABLE, Interfaith and Veterans Advisory Panel (VAP) are key enablers to living the values of our company culture: Caring, Empowered, Deliberate, Agility, and Ownership.

All qualified applicants will not be discriminated against and will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.