Director of New Generation, Engineering and Technical Services

American Electric Power•Tulsa, OK

3d•$188,524 - $245,080

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 oversees emergency and planned maintenance support across the PSO fossil fleet while identifying growth opportunities, optimizing operational efficiency, and advancing innovation in generation technologies. The director manages the generation capital plan and integration of new generation into the portfolio, coordinating with Major Projects on timely, budget-conscious delivery and overseeing workforce planning, training, development, technology integration, and community engagement strategies. The role also develops new-generation opportunities and investment strategies, supports integrated resource planning and long-range forecasts, and contributes to operating-company strategies and legislative proposals. For regional engineering and technical services, the director maintains technical expertise and standard work practices, leads maintenance and engineering support, and works with plant management and central engineering leadership. The position also develops employees, promotes safe work behaviors and conditions, supports the System Safety Process, and oversees incident investigation and corrective actions. A bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field and a Professional Engineering (PE) license are required, along with at least seven years of fossil plant and/or engineering leadership experience. The position is classified as sedentary work. AEP states that it offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field.
Professional Engineering (PE) license.
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.
Integrate technology 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 project sites, develop queue strategies, and determine resource types.
Support 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 on generation transformation strategy, under the direction of the VP of Generating Assets.
Manage and oversee integrated resource planning processes and supplemental analysis supporting new generation investments, under the direction of the VP of Generating Assets.
Work with the President and COO and VP of Generating Assets to develop operating company strategies that support AEP business objectives.
Provide legislative support and input for generation and other legislative proposals as needed.
Coordinate generation planning processes to support economic development activities.
Work with the Regulatory and Financial team on load and generation forecasts for long-range planning.
Maintain technical expertise to support 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 that provide consistent services for the fossil fleet.
Lead engineering, technical services, and maintenance support to meet established goals and provide quality work and high customer satisfaction.
Develop high-potential employees for future leadership roles.
Establish and enforce safe work behaviors and participate in setting safety 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.
Maintain and enforce safe working conditions by providing proper and adequate tools, equipment, protective clothing, and devices.