Jobs at Associated Electric Cooperative Inc.

Supports daily wholesale energy market operations through power and natural gas scheduling, transaction management, electronic tagging, data validation, reporting, forecasting, settlements, and market analysis. Collaborates with marketers, traders, system operators, and internal teams while developing expertise in energy markets, transmission operations, commercial analytics, regulatory compliance, and trading practices.

Six-month paid mechanical engineering co-op supporting power plant operations, reliability, performance, and maintenance projects. The intern will apply classroom knowledge to real-world mechanical systems and equipment while working alongside experienced engineers and plant professionals. This role provides hands-on experience in power generation, utility operations, problem-solving, and engineering project work at New Madrid Power Plant.

Six-month paid electrical engineering co-op at a power plant. The intern will contribute to projects supporting plant operations, reliability, and performance; apply classroom knowledge to electrical systems and equipment; and develop technical and problem-solving skills under the guidance of experienced engineers.

Evaluates electric generation portfolios, resource needs, power markets, load, fuel, emerging technologies, and financial risks. Develops generation and energy models supporting integrated resource plans, forecasts, cost-of-service studies, investments, contracts, and portfolio decisions. Leads complex quantitative projects, improves analytical tools and planning processes, collaborates across utility departments, and presents technical recommendations to nontechnical audiences.

Manage and support SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365 services, including Teams, OneDrive, and Exchange. Gather business requirements, recommend technology improvements, administer governance and permissions, troubleshoot complex issues, coordinate migrations and workplace initiatives, monitor platform changes, and maintain documentation. The role requires independent judgment, strong prioritization, stakeholder communication, and collaboration across technical and support teams.

Paid engineering internship supporting electric-system reliability projects. Interns may analyze electrical system data; assist with relay protection, coordination, load flow, and system modeling; support testing, documentation, drawings, and report reviews; investigate system events and compliance concerns; contribute to plant and system improvements involving equipment, maintenance, controls, PLCs, and installations; and help maintain engineering tools, databases, scripts, procedures, specifications, and recommendations.

Supports reliability and predictive maintenance engineers at coal and gas power plants. Assists with reliability improvement initiatives, multidisciplinary troubleshooting, data analysis, and projects aimed at improving efficiency and reducing downtime across multiple plant sites. The internship includes mentorship, training, and practical engineering experience.

Electrical Engineering Intern supporting power plant electrical maintenance and improvement projects. Responsibilities include writing bid specifications, evaluating construction bids, assisting with relay upgrades and arc flash compliance, developing electronic databases, and supporting controls, PLC programming, documentation, and predictive maintenance. The role is full-time during summer 2027 and offers mentorship, training, and potential course credit.

Supports engineering projects at a power plant focused on fleet reliability, equipment failure analysis, preventative maintenance, testing, data collection, reporting, bid specifications, contractor evaluations, cost savings, and outage projects. The role is a full-time summer internship for a mechanical engineering student who has completed at least two years of a bachelor’s degree.

Support cybersecurity for power plant control systems by maintaining network diagrams and asset inventories, assisting assessments and compliance, troubleshooting critical systems, and supporting control system modernization and documentation in collaboration with engineering and plant teams.

Leads the enterprise-wide Technology Enablement function, overseeing architecture, developer tools, application and data platforms, AI, infrastructure, cloud, datacenters, and networks. Builds shared technology foundations, establishes enterprise architecture, modernizes development practices, scales data and AI capabilities, and enables resilient grid systems. The role also drives adoption, transformation, security, reliability, incident response, operational excellence, and leadership development across technology teams.

Lead risk-based financial, operational, compliance, and contractual audits from planning through reporting. Evaluate internal controls and processes, prepare findings, present recommendations to leadership and the Board, mentor junior auditors, and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to strengthen controls and governance.

The Senior Energy Contract Originator will lead negotiations and strategies for natural gas and power supply contracts, manage transportation agreements, and provide expert analysis for decision-making in energy portfolio management.

Summer Legal Intern will work with four in-house attorneys on regulatory and compliance matters, corporate governance, labor relations, document review and processing, and contract negotiation. The role involves legal research, drafting, and reviewing complex legal documents while providing support across various legal functions within the Executive Division in Springfield, Missouri.

Support development and maintenance of AECI's NERC reliability compliance program: interpret standards, coordinate audits, perform risk assessments and internal control testing, maintain compliance documentation and systems, investigate issues, and provide training and stakeholder engagement.

Lead creation and operation of a unified Technology Operations center: combine cyber and physical security with platform and support teams; run 24/7 monitoring and incident response; define operating model; build the underlying control platform, onboarding processes, observability, automation, and service expansion.

Work with the Cybersecurity team to design, develop, test, and maintain eLearning and digital training materials. Create graphics and promotional content, proofread and edit modules, upload and organize courses in the LMS, participate in planning meetings, and build a portfolio under mentorship.