Engineer Associate-Senior

American Electric Power•Corpus Christi, TX

9d•$74,551 - $128,688•Onsite

About The Position

The Engineer is primarily responsible for engineering support of the Reliability applications, processes, and the associated data and solution integrity. This includes supporting State Estimator functionality in the SPP and ERCOT regions as well as other reliability tools used in Transmission Operations. On the support aspect, the engineer will focus on monitoring and addressing data/model quality issues and on maintaining acceptable solution quality in support of Real-time system reliability. The engineer will also be in charge of continuous capital and overhead work modeling in the State Estimator. The engineer will be part of a 24x7 On-Call support staff rotation in order to provide non-stop support to the System Control Center; this means that during the time they are on-call they are expected to be available and respond.

Requirements

Engineer Associate SG6: Bachelor's degree in engineering in a program accredited by ABET.
Engineer SG7: Bachelor's degree in engineering in a program accredited by ABET along with two or more years of related engineering experience.
Engineer SG7: Master's degree in engineering from an engineering program accredited by ABET.
Engineer SG7: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Technology with a certified Professional Engineering (PE) license.
Engineer SG7: Bachelor’s degree in engineering (non-ABET) plus a Master's degree or PhD in engineering from a university with an ABET accredited Bachelor's program.
Engineer Senior SG8: 4 or more years of related engineering experience along with a Bachelor's degree in engineering in a program accredited by ABET.
Engineer Senior SG8: 2 years of related engineering experience along with a Master's degree or PhD in engineering from a program accredited by ABET.
Engineer Senior SG8: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Technology with a certified Professional Engineering (PE) license.
Engineer Senior SG8: Bachelor's degree in engineering (non-ABET) plus a Master's degree or PhD in engineering from a university with an ABET accredited Bachelor's program.
Confirmation is required to ensure the PE obtained in Puerto Rico aligns with NCEES standards.
Electrical Engineering background strongly preferred.

Nice To Haves

Passing the Fundamentals of Engineering examination in preparation for future licensing as a Professional Engineer (PE) is encouraged and preferred.
Individuals with a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Technology can satisfy this degree requirement, if they obtain a certified Professional Engineering (PE) license.
Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) in any U.S. state or Puerto Rico is encouraged and preferred.
VP or above may waive the requirement for a degree from a university with an Non ABET accredited program.

Responsibilities

Troubleshooting and analyzing EMS powerflow solution iteration results and working with various other applications used in the daily reliability and operations of the electric grid.
Assuming modeling responsibilities for an assigned area in accordance to AEP’s capital and O&M work plan.
Coordinating work activities of others within the work group, department, or other corporate entity as necessary to complete routine activities.
Performing routine engineering activity with minimum direction from higher-level employees.
Following policies, practices, standards and rules of the company and those regulations and procedures required by external agencies.
Providing training and guidance to lower-level employees.
Coordinating the development of input necessary to forecast costs for routine projects, improvements requisitions, etc.
Using scheduling techniques (CPM, PERT, flow charts, etc.) for budget and planning activities.
Initiating corrective action when project objectives are not being met.
Resolving and initiating solutions to routine problems which usually require additional definition/clarification before analysis can begin.
Identifying problems that are beyond the normal routine.
Seeking out opportunities and embracing new ideas and approaches.
Developing, reviewing, or presenting technical reports such as improvement requisitions, studies, and analyses in a clear, concise and effective fashion.
Being an active team member.
Networking with peers inside and outside the AEP system.
Identifying key stakeholders.
Using informal networks to get things done.
Resolving conflict and building consensus.
Making decisions subject to review within established policies and procedures.
Making decisions that affect the work of the team.
Being aware of risks.
Extrapolating beyond known facts to reach logical conclusions.
Understanding AEP's organizational structure and the specific role and responsibility of their individual organizational unit.
Demonstrating an understanding of the budgeting and approval process.
Applying and using economic analysis techniques in problem solving.
Developing an understanding of utility regulation and financing.