TAP is hiring!

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The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) Technical Assistance Program (TAP) is hiring! If you’d like to be part of a team that helps companies and communities throughout Illinois (and sometimes beyond!) to make their operations more sustainable, there are currently two employment opportunities for you to consider. Both are remote work options.

Technical Sustainability Professional [Official Title: Visiting Scientific Specialist, Technical (entry-level) 1021853 or Senior Scientific Specialist, Technical (higher level)]. The successful candidate will “collaborate with businesses, manufacturing, and industrial entities as well as municipal agencies, colleges, and universities throughout Illinois to improve sustainability, provide technical assistance in identifying opportunities and implementing sustainable solutions associated with materials, processes, water and wastewater, energy utilization, waste minimization and recycling…For full consideration, please apply by 6:00 p.m. Central on February 5th, 2024; however, this search will remain open until the position is filled.” For more information or to apply, visit https://illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/8866?c=illinois&z4krb695=&m=-5&u=-100.

Sustainability Technician–Academic Hourly. This position is estimated to work 20-30 hours per week, dependent on project and funding availability. The successful candidate will “work on pollution prevention and energy efficiency (P2E2) assistance with ISTC clients, including industrial and manufacturing businesses. Activities include assisting during site visits as well as conducting primary data analysis. This position will work with ISTC clients to promote their successful sustainable efforts by developing case studies, fact sheets, reports, and other material to communicate and highlight sustainability efforts and practices. Some travel required…Application review will commence immediately and continue until positions are filled.” For more information and application instructions, visit https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/7426/416100677.

Electric Coops Seek Veterans for Skill Positions

Serve our co-op serve our country logoThe National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) has job openings and wants America’s veterans to apply.

The organization’s “Serve Our Coops/Serve Our Country” initiative has established a website to tap into the skills of armed forces veterans to join the energy sector.

Across the nation, 750 electric distribution cooperatives anticipate the need for 15,000 workers. They seek various skills for electrical and mechanical engineers; network administrators and specialists, cyber security IT specialists; marketing; accounting and finance; human resources; GIS supervisors and technicians; generation/transmission dispatchers; electric linemen and many others.

The program is focused on supporting member coops with work force education and training and to care for the veteran communities that live in suburban and rural areas.