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All positions at MGE require a high school degree or equivalent. If you've reviewed our job types, you know most jobs require experience or training beyond high school.

Administrative and Clerical

• Some positions require customer service experience.
• Other positions require a two-year degree.
• Still others require a four-year BA or BS degree in a related career field.

Successful MGE administrative and clerical employees share these characteristics:

• Handle details well
• Like working with processes, procedures and systems to manage information
• Find reward in helping others
• Good communicators

Business
Most positions require a BA or BS degree.

Successful MGE business employees share these characteristics:

• Technical, analytical and people-oriented
• Ability to understand the big picture as well as work with details
• Produce and maintain accurate facts and figures for business reporting
• Enjoy looking at information to help develop strategies for daily and future business decisions

Engineering
All positions require a four-year engineering degree

• Computer
• Electrical
• Mechanical
• Power

Successful MGE engineers share these characteristics:

• Collaborative in working with project stakeholders
• Innovative in the solution of engineering problems
• Analytical in interpreting data

Technical

• Some positions require hands-on experience
• Other positions require a certificate from a nine-month technical program
• Still others require a two-year associate degree from a technical college
• See Technical Education and Training for more information

Successful MGE technicians share these characteristics:

• Like using their hands and head
• Enjoy physical outdoor work
• Safety-oriented
• Good with numbers
• Thrive solving technical problems