Responsible for managing and directing the planning, designing, implementing, and documenting of new, existing, and/or modifications of telecommunication systems and facilities. Develops and maintains standards and procedures for telecommunications engineering design and installation requirements for generation and transmission facilities and subsystems. Develops standards and procedures for system level engineering required for design and system additions. Note: There is one position available, and this position will be filled at one of four job grade levels: Engineer I (Telecommunications Engineering); job grade 7; Engineer II (Telecommunications Engineering), job grade 8; Engineer III (Telecommunications Engineering); job grade 9 or Senior Engineer (Telecommunications Engineering), job grade 10. This decision will be based on the qualifications and experience of the selected candidate and Tri-State business needs at the time of hire. Tri-State recognizes the value of a highly engaged and committed workforce and provides an excellent benefits program that includes: Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Flexible Work Schedules including compressed work week and telecommuting opportunities to work remotely up to 40%, Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Tuition Reimbursement, Life Insurance, Retirement Option, Long Term Disability (LTD), Short Term Disability (STD), Employee Assistant Program (EAP) and Paid Leave Benefits. Senior Engineer (Telecommunications Engineering) Hiring Salary Range: $109,000-$152,000 Engineer III (Telecommunications Engineering) Hiring Salary Range: $98,000-$136,000 Engineer II (Telecommunications Engineering) Hiring Salary Range: $88,000-$122,000 Engineer I (Telecommunications Engineering) Hiring Salary Range: $80,000-$108,000 Actual compensation offer to candidate may vary outside of the posted hiring salary range based upon work experience, education and/or skill level. Tri-State is a wholesale power supply cooperative, operating on a not-for-profit basis, with 43 members, including 40 utility electric distribution cooperative and public power district members in four states: Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming. Together with its members, Tri-State delivers reliable, affordable and responsible power and energy services to more than a million electricity consumers across nearly 200,000 square miles of the West. Tri-State was founded in 1952 by its member systems to provide a reliable, cost-based supply of electricity. Headquartered in Westminster, Colo., approximately 1,200 people are employed by Tri-State across five states. Tri-State's electricity is generated from coal, natural gas and hydropower, with a rapidly increasing supply generated from wind and solar. Tri-State delivers power to its members through a transmission system that includes substation facilities, telecommunications sites and over 5,700 miles of high voltage transmission lines. Tri-State's transformative Responsible Energy Plan is reducing emissions, increasing renewable resources, developing new energy services and delivering more flexibility for its members.