Sr Mechanical Engineer (Transmission Pipeline)

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 and may be assigned to any Consumers Energy Service Center located throughout Michigan's lower Peninsula. 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 Sr Mechanical Engineer in Transmission Pipeline & Storage Engineering (TPSE) is responsible for pipeline lowerings and relocations associated with the natural gas transmission pipeline system. Existing pipelines may be identified shallow in depth, needing replaced and lowered, or require relocation of physical alignment to facilitate municipal developments or other third-party requests. The individual is also responsible for executing gas storage mainline, lateral or well line installations, replacements, or retirement projects located on storage pipelines in partnership with Gas Storage Engineering stakeholders.

In addition to project work, the Sr Mechanical Engineer is responsible for collaborative efforts, including formal problem solving, process improvement, standard development or maintenance and other department initiatives with varying stakeholders.

The Sr Mechanical Engineer is ultimately responsible for the development, design, installation and closeout of capital pipeline projects within the Transmission Pipeline Engineering organization. They collaborate with a team of other engineers, project managers, field personnel and design technicians on moderately complex projects to ensure that their projects meet all relevant safety standards and specifications.

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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:

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.

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