Associate Engineer Electric Delivery & Planning

PSEG•Secaucus, NJ

3d•$67,200 - $106,400•Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Engineer supports work planning, scheduling, and project coordination across the Palisades Electric Division. The role strengthens work management practices, optimizes scheduling, improves resource alignment, and enhances coordination among Engineering, Construction, and field operations. The Associate Engineer helps ensure work is properly planned, scheduled, communicated, and aligned with available resources, while identifying and closing gaps in work management processes and promoting adherence to established standards. The position coordinates construction activities and resources, maintains short-term construction plans and forecasts, distributes engineering work packages, monitors progress and constraints, and provides status reporting to Division stakeholders. This is an onsite role. At this time, only current PSEG employees are being considered. PSEG is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Engineering or equivalent.
0–2 years of field operations support.
Valid U.S. driver’s license and satisfactory driving record.
Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
Leadership skills, professionalism, and customer/client focus.
Effective problem-solving and decision-making skills; strong planning and organizing skills; adaptability and results orientation.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Willingness to work overtime as required and provide on-call/emergency support as needed.
Strong computer skills in MS Office applications.
Foster an inclusive work environment and respect and encourage all aspects of diversity.
Demonstrate and value differences in others’ strengths, perspectives, approaches, and personal choices.
For positions requiring access to information covered by DOE regulation 10 CFR 810, meet one of the stated U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, generally authorized destination, or protected individual eligibility categories.
PSEG employees may be required during emergency restoration efforts to perform functions outside routine duties and work a schedule different from normal operations.
PSEG’s drug and alcohol testing program includes pre-employment, for-cause, and post-incident/accident testing; federally regulated roles are subject to random testing, including for marijuana.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary scheduling and coordination interface among Division departments to support timely construction execution.
Manage and support Division scheduling and gating processes, ensuring work is sequenced appropriately and aligned with resource availability and project priorities.
Coordinate Engineering and Construction resources, including personnel, materials, and engineering deliverables, for scheduled project and job activities.
Obtain project status updates from Engineering, Construction, and field teams; identify constraints and communicate changes affecting planned work.
Develop and maintain comprehensive weekly and two-week look-ahead work plans for Overhead (OH) and Underground (UG) construction activities in SharePoint.
Lead weekly work plan meetings and facilitate alignment among Engineering, Construction, and field operations on upcoming work, priorities, resource requirements, and constraints.
Update SPOT forecasts with projected resource hours based on project status, progress, and upcoming work requirements.
Review approved sketches, release work orders, distribute work packages through SharePoint to Construction, and confirm engineering readiness before field activities.
Obtain weekly progress updates from OH/UG Supervisors and incorporate status, schedule changes, and anticipated work into Division plans and forecasts.
Generate and maintain Division-level construction backlog reports for resource planning, workload visibility, and portfolio management.
Develop and maintain a weekly coordination calendar aligning labor resources, materials, engineering deliverables, and field activities.
Monitor planned versus actual work execution and identify scheduling, resource, or engineering constraints that could affect project milestones.
Identify opportunities to improve work planning and scheduling processes, communication, coordination, efficiency, and adherence to work management standards.
Provide timely status reports and escalate emerging issues or schedule risks to appropriate Division stakeholders.