Working at Nebraska Public Power District: 25 Reviews

The people here are top notch. The absence of a union allows management to actually talk to their employees to resolve issues. Always opportunities to learn more.

Pros

Pay and benefits

Cons

very conservative and slow moving on a lot of policies

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Productive and fun workplace

SOC Specialist (Former Employee) - Nebraska - November 8, 2023

Working at Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) was very enjoyable. NPPD greatly values safety, and it is cool to have everyone working towards a common goal. I made many great friends while working there, and I would highly recommend it.

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Fair pay for job
Ability to meet personal goals

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Inclusive work environment
Trust in colleagues

Outstanding employer and employees, benefits and pay

Manager (Current Employee) - Columbus, NE - August 8, 2021

NPPD employees are smart, hardworking, talented individuals dedicated to serving the state of Nebraska and our fellow Nebraskans. Nebraska Public Power District has excellent benefits including: a a generous paid parental leave program, separate vacation and medical leave quotas rather than one combined PTO program, an outstanding 401k match, an annual HSA employer contribution, wellness & safety programs and incentives, medical, dental, vision, life, long-term care insurance and a new retiree health stipend. Pay is excellent.

Pros

$2 for $1 match up to 5% annual salary on 401k, paid parental leave for birth or adoption of a child, excellent pay, retiree healthcare benefit/stipend, along with everything already mentioned above.

Cons

Can be stressful depending on projects and workload

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Old Timers Replaced by Gen Z

Retail Billing Clerk (Former Employee) - Columbus, NE - July 23, 2021

The entire building was 30 year employees who were overpaid and underworked. Many started there out of high school with no college and were never encouraged to receive an eduction or ongoing training on management. Narrow minded, good ol boy system. These are now being replaced with Generation Y & Z. They have no respect for previous employees and former employees are not welcome back . If you’re working just for money and retirement this is your place. If you don’t want the life and soul sucked out of you, I suggest move on .

Pros

Benefits, 401K

Cons

Poor management that is tenured in, HR shoves bad management under the rug, Inappropriate relationships with the VP to get promoted in HR dept.

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Excellent place to work

Economic Development Consultant (Former Employee) - Lincoln, NE - April 19, 2020

Excellent people to work with and sustain a successful environment. The executive leadership with NPPD has always been outstanding and they care about the sustainability of their employees.

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Dedicated local staff

Fire Marshal - volunteer and paid nonunion staff (Former Employee) - Brownville, NE - March 5, 2020

Employer open to all individuals interested in working at Cooper Nuclear Station and very open to allow local personnel to work their way up through the ranks. Providing a method for advancement.

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Great people

Site Procurement Manager (Former Employee) - Brownville, NE - April 21, 2019

I worked at NPPD for 36 years. It was time for some thing different Great benefits and great people. A good company/place to work. They take care of the employees.

Pros

Benefits

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Wonderful place to work

Customer Service Specialist (Current Employee) - Norfolk, NE - March 4, 2019

The positives of this work place far out weigh the negatives. I would say that this is one of the better places to work that I have ever heard of. I would recommend a position here to anyone.

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Good company to work for.

SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER (Former Employee) - Columbus, NE - October 3, 2018

Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) is a solid company to work for. For the first six years, I worked in the Fossil Engineering department, which dealt with the coal fired and hydro generating plants. Then I transferred to the Nuclear Engineering Department.

Pros

Solid company.

Cons

The Nuclear Department was all-consuming.

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intern ship

Intern Wind Energy Technician (Former Employee) - Ainsworth, NE - September 21, 2018

Exciting internship to have getting to know the turbines you went to school for. helpful company to work for as far as information. many people to network with in the organization.

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Job Contract - Six Months

Dam Safety Engineer/Water Resource Advisor (Former Employee) - Notrh Platte, Nebraska - September 12, 2018

Work was good - people I worked with in North Platte, NE were great. Compensation and working condition for the six-month contract were good. North Platte is a comfortable small town/city in the middle of Nebraska.

Pros

Engineers and staff in North Platte, Ne

Cons

Would prefer not to say!

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Great Work Place

Condition Based Maintenance Technology Owner (Current Employee) - Sutherland, NE - July 3, 2018

NPPD is an outstanding company to work for. Great benefits, careers, people and management. It has been wonderful to work in the Public Power sector knowing that my efforts directly effect the customers wants and needs.

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mainenance outage

Outage Planner/Scheduler (Former Employee) - Brownville, NE - June 6, 2018

It was a good place to work, people were very friendly and accepting. They had good equipment to work with. I didn't work their very long, just long enough to do the outage.

Pros

Good Pay

Cons

location

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Good place to work with good benefits

Project Manager (Current Employee) - Columbus, NE - May 16, 2018

Good place to work. Good benefits. It's a nice place to work. Traditional Utility with a hierarchical structure that at times is onerous. Location is pretty rural. Closest city of any size is 1.5 hours away.

Pros

Autonomy

Cons

Traditional Heirarchy

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Typical days - long hours 100 percent travel away from home.

Construction Manager (Former Employee) - Sutherland, NE - April 15, 2018

Not really any issues with NPPD - I worked as an on-site contractor and my issues were mostly with my company's management. Contractors treated about the same as anywhere else.

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Nice People, Public Company

Electrical Engineer I (Former Employee) - Columbus, NE - June 28, 2017

Your coworkers will be very nice and passionate, but the company as a whole doesn't feel the same way. Since it is a public company there were no bonuses at the end of the year and time sheets had to be completed and reviewed every pay period for all employees.

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Material Handler, Gerald Gentleman Station (Current Employee) - Nebraska - April 29, 2017

A typical work day involves a turnover with off going crew at locations that operate 24/7. The hardest part of a location that operates 24/7 is working a rotating shift.

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Great Benefits, compensation not so much

SENIOR ENGINEER (Former Employee) - Brownville, NE - November 30, 2016

There were no evaluation criteria for personnel performance. When review time came around, employees found out the hard way that they were evaluated to a different set of criteria than what was discussed at the previous review. Usually, the evaluation criteria were kept secret so no adjustments could be accomplished prior to the review.

Pros

the people I worked with

Cons

management of personnel was lacking

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What I learned at NPPD

Station Accountant/Financial Analyst (Former Employee) - Brownville, NE 68321 - August 29, 2016

The job had it's ups and downs, but I enjoyed my years there very much. Good people to work for. I learned many new things on a daily basis.

Pros

compensation and benefits

Cons

Some very long hours for weeks at a time.

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Nebraska Nice

Fire Marshal (Current Employee) - Brownville NE - August 17, 2016

Great area to raise you children. Safety area with low crime and good schools. Cooper Nuclear Station was a work in progress when I arrived in 1997. The station has achieved INPO 1, become a trusted site with the NRC and has set many generation and run records.

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