Distribution Planning Manager

Southern Company • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

The Distribution and Hosting Capacity Planning departments are responsible for conducting power flow and statewide feeder capacity analyses to help meet customer needs, support solar generation development, and provide circuit capacity insights that advance innovation, efficiency, and renewable energy interconnections across Georgia Power’s distribution system. Together, these teams play a key role in planning for growth and renewable integration by delivering accurate, timely insights aligned with industry and regulatory needs.

The Distribution Planning Manager will lead the Distribution and Hosting Capacity Planning teams in achieving departmental goals. Responsibilities include providing leadership and performance management for both leaders and technical subject matter experts, shaping and guiding the continued evolution of planning processes, strategically evaluating and advancing planning tools and technologies, supporting succession planning for critical roles and functions, and fostering collaboration with other operating company distribution planning teams and industry partners. The role will also help guide decisions on the technical merits of key projects and support prioritization for effective capital investment. In addition, this position will work closely with Region Distribution, Distribution Engineering and Reliability, Distribution Standards, Area Planning, Electric Transportation, Distributed Generation, Geographic Solution and Services, and Business Development internal teams to develop high-quality distribution and hosting capacity planning solutions. These solutions must be forward-looking as Georgia Power continues shaping a more flexible, visible, and optimized distribution grid that supports distributed energy resources and other emerging technologies.

Requirements

• Conducting power flow and statewide feeder capacity analyses.
• Meeting customer needs.
• Supporting solar generation development.
• Providing circuit capacity insights.
• Advancing innovation, efficiency, and renewable energy interconnections.
• Planning for growth and renewable integration.
• Delivering accurate, timely insights aligned with industry and regulatory needs.
• Developing high-quality distribution and hosting capacity planning solutions.
• Shaping a more flexible, visible, and optimized distribution grid.
• Supporting distributed energy resources and other emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Providing leadership and performance management for both leaders and technical subject matter experts.
• Shaping and guiding the continued evolution of planning processes.
• Strategically evaluating and advancing planning tools and technologies.
• Supporting succession planning for critical roles and functions.
• Fostering collaboration with other operating company distribution planning teams and industry partners.
• Guiding decisions on the technical merits of key projects.
• Supporting prioritization for effective capital investment.
• Working closely with Region Distribution, Distribution Engineering and Reliability, Distribution Standards, Area Planning, Electric Transportation, Distributed Generation, Geographic Solution and Services, and Business Development internal teams to develop high-quality distribution and hosting capacity planning solutions.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Annual incentive awards for eligible employees
• Health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being
• Additional compensation, such as an incentive program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed