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We think you'll find it a rewarding and nurturing place to grow your career.\nStarting Salary Range: $107,000.00 - $142,009.00Lead Grid Operations Engineer, OT in Lansing, MI to lead architecture, design, implementation, operation, & maintenance of Operational Technology (OT) systems, substation SCADA equipment, and substation communications networks for electric utility; ensure system interoperability, scalability & security; lead complex, multi-year engineering projects; guide cross-functional engineering project teams; drive grid modernization; provide executive-level engineering consultation; lead, mentor & evaluate junior engineers; represent utility at industry events. Requires Master’s in Electrical or Computer Engineering or closely-related field & 6 yrs experience in engineering position(s) in a utility OT/IT environment: developing substation automation, fiber optic communications, MPLS & secure IP networking systems for critical infrastructure; designing ADMS, EMS, OMS, GMS, SCADA, historian & outage management systems, including vendor ecosystems; applying utility communications protocols, including DNP3, ICCP, TASE.2, IEC 61850 & Modbus; developing real-time state estimator, contingency analysis, load flow, DERMS & outage analytics applications; coordinating and/or supporting multi-million dollar capital projects, vendor negotiations & cross-functional engineering teams; designing SQL & NoSQL databases, reporting & regulatory dashboards; providing engineering support to executives, operators, regulators & field crews; working with cybersecurity frameworks, including NERC CIP, NIST 800-82 & ISA/IEC 62443; and using Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories substation hardware. 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Lansing itself is only minutes and miles away from two of the nation’s premier universities, Michigan State University and the University of Michigan, and boasts miles of walking, running, biking trails, Potter Park Zoo, professional sports, the arts, and fine dining.\nTHE BOARD OF WATER & LIGHT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER","description_format":"text","description_chars":4052,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":6,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"master","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Life insurance","Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Education","Energy & Utilities","Professional Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-12T21:15:32Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-10-20T22:04:32Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":null,"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":142009,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/diversity-equity-inc-lead-grid-operations-engineer-ot","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/diversity-equity-inc-lead-grid-operations-engineer-ot.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-24T17:44:03Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":25834,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-25T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2547781},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2547781"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fdiversity-equity-inc-lead-grid-operations-engineer-ot"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fdiversity-equity-inc-lead-grid-operations-engineer-ot"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fdiversity-equity-inc-lead-grid-operations-engineer-ot"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/diversity-equity-inc-lead-grid-operations-engineer-ot\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fdiversity-equity-inc-lead-grid-operations-engineer-ot"}]}