line technician

substation technician

electrician

supply chain specialist

senior network engineer

Great River Energy

Typical day at work included reading. answering and sending e-mails and talking on the phone to internal and external contacts about current projects. I learned how to prioritize effectively at GRE and a whole lot about electric utilities. Management is the best that I have ever worked for, regularly communicating with all employees by one of the many forms of communication. 
One aspect that I was very impressed with, was top management's accessibility to employees, including staying after the meeting  to answer any missed employees' questions. 
 I have only praise to offer to the management and the GRE employees and I THOROUGHLY enjoyed my employment at GRE.

-.With compliance across a broad number of areas, at numerous facilities, in different divisions most days were different.
-A great dealt about compliance for an electric utility.
- In general really good, but for such a large company there were some issues.
- For the most part really great (really sharp,, hard working and good team members)
- Prioritization of tasks and staying on top of all different requirements of the job.
- Working with operators in the field.

I worked for the company’s waste processing plant which turned waste into fuel for the power plant. The company had to shut the operation down which was really sad. Great River Energy is a great company to work for. They value their employees, the benefits were the best I had ever seen, the pay was amazing, and safety was taken very seriously. I would definitely work for this company again.

•Ability to provide effective leadership and direction to workforce to motivate employees to optimum level of performance in a team-based organization
Member and customer relations, communication, and technical skills; is innovative, skilled in decision making, demonstrates teamwork and flexibility, focused on continuous learning, is business focused and demonstrates values for effective individual performance.otivate employees to optimum level of performance.

A typical day was pretty much routine.
Learned many new procedures, training on and off site.
Management was off site, located in Minnesota. Employees knew their responsibilities and got them done
Great workplace culture.
Hardest part of the job was when they eliminated my position without advanced warning.
I loved the technicians i worked with, we were like family. We all worked as team players.

A 1200 Megawatt power plant with engineers who are willing to help teach and explain any questions or concerns that are presented to them. They provide projects and jobs that test knowledge and skill limitations, but nothing that is unachievable for a beginning engineer to complete.

I absolutely loved working for Great River Energy.  It was by far the best job I've ever had.  Challenging and actually fun to go to work everyday.  They treated me great which made me want to work even harder.  I felt blessed to have worked there and would have retired there had the plant not closed down.  I learned a lot working there and always felt energized and part of something bigger than just a job.

The company itself was very big which therefore turned workers from quality into quantitee which is not very forthcoming for someone wanting to seek advancement but they had fairly decent pay and benefits. I would definitely recommend this company for someone seeking long term blue collar employment if the applicant had necessary experience in this company's industrial field.

There were a lot of reasons why great river energy is a good company but the division that I worked in didn’t know/care how money was being spent. Not a good thing when you hear the plant manager say the he didn’t know things were so bad financially! Frivolous spending on outside contractors that didn’t need to be. Short staffed on the maintenance side so things couldn’t get fixed correctly

Work hard and learn new things.  Management was really hard to figure out.   They had some Managers that should not be in Management at all. They had toxic relationships with co-workers that left you guessing where you stood.  If one department is hard to work for you should move to another department,  just bid into them.  Watch your back!!

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Line technician 7 salaries reported	$57.65 per hour
Substation technician 1 salary reported	$57.62 per hour
Electrician 2 salaries reported	$57.63 per hour
Supply chain specialist 1 salary reported	$134,000 per year
Senior network engineer 2 salaries reported	$125,250 per year

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