Electric cooperatives provide their staff with competitive salaries and excellent benefits.With approximately 63,000 employees nationwide, Touchstone Energy cooperatives offer great career opportunities among a variety of professional, technical and business positions.

Careers with Touchstone Energy Cooperatives are everywhere—in a small town, large city or the sprawling suburbs in the Northwest, South or anywhere in between. Best of all, once you are part of our cooperative community, you can count on receiving the same great benefits and opportunities wherever you go.

Distribution cooperatives supply electricity directly to the consumer member. Whether your career choice finds you working in the co-op office, outdoors with a crew or a combination of both, you will find the work fulfilling and purposeful. You will also find the cooperative spirit is contagious. We strive to employ highly trained, professional and self-motivated individuals that work with our most valuable resource—our members. A full-range of training and educational opportunities is also provided to our employees throughout their career at the co-op, to make sure they are knowledgeable of the most recent trends and technologies being used in the electric industry.

Some of the career opportunities available are:

• Operations/Engineering
• Dispatchers
• Customer Service
• Marketing/Member Services/Communications
• Finance
• Systems/Information Technology
• Human Resources/Safety and Compliance

The statewide organization is an association of cooperatives formed to represent the interest of its members to legislators and to the governor's office. The statewide association also provides services such as communications and training which allows for more efficiency than if co-ops took on these jobs themselves. In 38 of the 47 states in which electric cooperatives operate, statewide associations provide a unified voice that speaks to the general public, regulatory bodies and state legislatures on behalf of their members. These associations are voluntarily supported, governed by representatives of the member cooperatives and offer commonly desired services, such as job safety training. Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association provides wholesale electricity to Empire Electric.

Career opportunities available at statewides include:

• Editorial and advertising staff
• Safety and loss control coordinator
• Education and training managers
• Government Relations staff

G&Ts are a unique type of wholesale power supplier owned by distribution cooperatives. The G&Ts have similar missions (to provide wholesale power to their members) but each is unique in how they are structured as it relates to power sources (fossil, nuclear and renewable energy), transmission facilities, share ownership of power plants and high voltage transmission lines. The career opportunities at G&Ts promote challenging responsibilities, encourage creativity, and offer professions in the areas of management, power plant production, transmission services, plant and field service operations, economic development and energy marketing.

Types of positions available:

• Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Environmental, and Industrial Engineering
• Information & Systems Technology
• Economic Development
• Plant Operators, Fuel Handlers
• Relay, Communication, Electronic Technicians
• Dispatchers
• Fuel Services and Management
• Business

NRECA International has been at the forefront of international rural economic development through electrification since its inception in 1962. NRECA International has developed some of the most successful rural electrification programs in the world, resulting in increased agricultural productivity, millions of new jobs in micro and small enterprises, higher incomes and quality of life for more than 70 million people in over 40 countries.

A subsidiary of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, NRECA International requires a diverse range of expertise, including GIS planning, distribution system design, cooperative development and operation, lineman training and more. It is currently developing rural or peri-urban electric projects in ten countries on four continents, including Haiti, Yemen and Afghanistan. Field offices include Bolivia, Guatemala and Philippines.

• Have an entrepreneurial spirit?
• Interested in growth opportunities?
• Mission-focused?

At Touchstone Energy Cooperatives, we have opportunities in many diverse roles, ranging from information technology, communications, marketing and member services, engineering and operations, and community and economic development to name a few. Plus, you can feel good about what you do. Electric co-op staff receive satisfaction knowing their work makes a difference in their community, directly improving people's lives.

Some of the best, brightest, most creative and dedicated people have chosen to serve their communities and develop their careers through electric cooperatives. Now is a great time to join the Touchstone Energy team. Together, America's electric co-ops are working to bring home innovated electrical solutions to the communities we serve.

Learn more about electric co-op careers and environmental priorities at: https://touchstoneenergy.cooperative.com/public/index.html.

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