Opportunities for College Career Fair Applicants

Job Openings: Multiple

Date: October 29, 2009

Department: Engineering and Information Technology

Location: Various Southeastern Wisconsin locations

Duties and Responsibilities: We are collecting applications for the following Co-op opportunities:

Computer Engineering - Customer Operations

Computer engineering co-op positions provide students with an opportunity to be involved in various IT projects, provide application support and development, and complete various regulatory compliance activities. Students will perform research and verification tasks, participate in operational support roles and assist with the development of scripts or applications to automate compliance activities and other functions.

Mechanical/Civil Engineering - Gas Operations

Natural gas co-op positions provide students with an opportunity to develop skills in engineering fundamentals related to the gas industry and overall project management. Students will provide support and construction oversight of natural gas regulation facilities, including piping design, natural gas piping construction and the construction of associated structures to house the natural gas facilities. Students also will identify and implement process improvements associated with the company's regulated survey activities.

Electrical Engineering - Electric Operations

Electrical student co-op positions support various tasks associated with the overall planning, design, construction, maintenance and operation of the electric distribution system. Students will be assigned a variety of work in Area Field Engineering including distribution-system planning, design, construction, equipment application, equipment maintenance, voltage regulation and power quality issues. Assignment to Substation Engineering will include substation design, equipment specification, equipment maintenance, project licensing and project management.

Commonly filled IT student opportunities:

Wholesale Energy and Fuels

Duties: Assisting with developing tools and procedures, performing data analysis to assess operational performance, and providing additional support as needed.

IT Application Support

Duties: Programming to automate tasks, testing software enhancements/upgrades prior to production releases, assisting in client communications, application portfolio administrative work and documentation. Opportunity to work on a team supporting the business of IT applications, interact with our IT clients and team members doing project management, business analysis, technical support and/or application development work.

IT Security

Duties: Assisting with lifecycle of remote access authentication tokens and security project support duties including planning, designing and installation of various security initiatives, such as antivirus upgrade, intrusion detection system, identity and access management, and network access control, as well as assisting with security audit compliance activities.

Application Maintenance and Support

Duties: Updating data, preparing reports and scorecards, programming to automate repetitive work group tasks, testing software enhancements/upgrades prior to production releases, and assisting with client communications.

Desktop Lifecycle Replacement

Duties: Assisting with project planning, scheduling, deployment, client support, and asset inventory reconciliation. Some travel to various company sites in southeast Wisconsin will be required.

Server and Storage Operational Support

Duties: Assisting with design, implementation and support for We Energies application and database server environments. Opportunity to work in an enterprise datacenter supporting Windows, UNIX and Linux operating systems and hardware, SAN and NAS storage and server virtualization technologies.

Telecom Operations

Duties: Assisting technicians with planning, designing, installing, troubleshooting, and monitoring of We Energies data, voice, and private radio networks. Opportunity to learn MPLS; DWDM; IP Telephony; microwave; mobile voice; mobile data; multi-address radio systems; and backup power systems.

Education and Experience Requirements: Our Co-Op Program considers students who are willing to complete at least two, non-consecutive work assignments. In addition, you must be a full-time student enrolled in a four year college or university, with a minimum 2.8 overall GPA; or for master's students, a minimum 3.2 overall GPA.

IT student positions are available to full-time students enrolled in a four year college or university.

Company Information: We Energies serves more than 1.1 million electric customers in Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and more than 1 million natural gas customers in Wisconsin. Its electricity prices are approximately seven percent below the national average.

To be considered for this position, candidates must apply online. Be sure to follow all instructions:

Go to: http://we-energies.jobs