Director of New Generation, Engineering and Technical Services

American Electric Power•Tulsa, OK

About The Position

The Director of New Generation, Engineering and Technical Services leads a multidisciplinary regional engineering team providing direct technical support to PSO fleet generation assets. The role leads technical services for emergency and planned maintenance across the PSO fossil fleet, while identifying growth opportunities, optimizing operational efficiency, and driving innovation in generation technologies. The director manages the generation capital plan and integration of new generation into the portfolio, working with Major Projects to support on-time, on-budget delivery and overseeing workforce planning, training, development, technology integration, and community-engagement partnerships. Under the direction of the VP Generation Transformation Strategy, the director executes strategies for developing new generation opportunities, including siting, queue strategies, resource types, customer engagement, contractual relationships, regulatory strategies, and stakeholder engagement. The role also supports new generation investment strategies, integrated resource planning, operating-company strategies, legislative proposals, economic development, and long-range load and generation forecasts. For PSO Regional Engineering and Technical Services, the director maintains technical expertise for the engineering, technical services, and operational needs of fossil generating assets. The role leads support for critical-component repair or replacement and manages a high-impact maintenance services team, with focus on plant performance, availability, environmental compliance, consistent service, customer satisfaction, employee development, and safety.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field.
Professional Engineering (PE) license required.
Minimum of 7 years of fossil plant and/or engineering leadership experience.

Responsibilities

Manage the generation capital plan and integrate new generation into the generation portfolio.
Collaborate with Major Projects to ensure new generation is delivered on time and within budget.
Plan, train, and develop the workforce for new generating facilities.
Lead technology integration and partner with external affairs on community engagement strategies.
Execute strategies for developing new generation opportunities under the direction of the VP Generation Transformation Strategy.
Identify siting opportunities, develop queue strategies, and determine resource types.
Manage customer engagement, contractual relationships, regulatory strategies, and state-level stakeholder engagement; collaborate with the AEP team on project execution plans.
Develop strategies supporting new generation investments and provide written and verbal testimony regarding generation transformation strategy.
Manage and oversee integrated resource planning processes and supplemental analyses supporting new generation investments.
Develop operating-company strategies supporting AEP business objectives with the President and COO and VP of Generating Assets.
Provide legislative support and input for generation and other legislative proposals as needed.
Coordinate generation planning processes to facilitate and support economic development activities.
Collaborate with Regulatory and Financial teams on load and generation forecasts for long-range planning.
Maintain technical expertise to support the day-to-day engineering, technical services, and operational needs of fossil generating assets.
Provide technical support for repair or replacement of critical components to reduce plant EFORD, optimize heat rate, improve availability, and maintain environmental compliance.
Establish and maintain working relationships with plant management, including operating-company presidents, and central engineering leadership.
Develop and maintain standard work practices for consistent fossil-fleet services.
Lead engineering and technical services support and a maintenance services team to achieve established goals, quality work, and high customer satisfaction.
Develop high-potential employees for future leadership roles.
Establish and enforce safe work behaviors and participate in setting goals for an accident-free work environment.
Investigate, report, and track incidents and accidents, including root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
Support the System Safety Process.
Develop, maintain, and enforce safe working conditions by providing proper tools, equipment, protective clothing, and devices.