As an equal opportunity provider and employer, Stearns Electric Association seeks employees who are creative, high-energy professionals with excellent people skills to provide our members with a positive experience. Employees benefit from a work environment that encourages work-life balance and professional growth along with competitive pay and an outstanding benefits package.  Stearns Electric Association will accept applications and resumes for those positions that are open and available to external candidates. When a position is available, a posting will be listed below.

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ACCOUNTANT

Full-time; non-exempt; benefit eligible

• Join a Cooperative that is member driven and community focused
• Melrose reporting office, Minnesota based with a Monday – Friday work week; flexible hour work schedule available

Stearns Electric Association, a member-owned electric distribution cooperative serving over 28,000 member-consumers in the Central Minnesota area, is seeking a full time Accounts Payable Accountant to assist the finance team.

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, accounting for accounts payable, sales tax, 1099 reporting and requested financial projects.

Applicants are required to have a AAS degree in Accounting or related field. Business experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

Send cover letter and resume no later than Friday, April 21, 2023 to:

Human Resources, Stearns Electric Association, 900 Kraft Drive SE, Melrose, MN 56352 or email to hrdept@stearnselectric.org

Stearns Electric Association is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

SUMMER HELP

Stearns Electric Association, a member-owned electric distribution cooperative serving over 28,000 members in the Central Minnesota area, is seeking to hire two (2) part-time individuals to fill two temporary positions for the Cooperative within our Melrose office.

The candidates will be involved in file scanning for the Engineering and Operations department and other co-op activities.  The positions will work a flexible 15 hours per week and are part-time, non-benefits eligible.  The positions will work from June – August 2023.

Candidates must possess the following qualifications:

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to focus on repetitive work, that is doing work that involves performing the same simple operation over and over scanning paper files to electronic files.
• Ability to work independently while taking direction from others.
• Must pass a pre-employment background check and drug/alcohol screen.

Please send cover letter and resume by Monday, April 3, 2023, to Human Resource Department, Stearns Electric Association, PO Box 40, Melrose, MN 56352 or via e-mail to hrdept@stearnselectric.org.

Stearns Electric Association is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Stearns Electric has subsidiary ownership in Heartland Security and Carr’s Tree Service. To find employment at either of these subsidiaries, click below:

Heartland Security Services (link to HSS website/careers area)

Carr’s Tree Service (link to Carr’s website/careers area)

STATEMENT OF NON-DISCRIMINATION

Stearns Electric Association is an equal opportunity provider and employer. In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at https://www.usda.gov/oascr/how-to-file-a-program-discrimination-complaint and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: (1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.