Engineer (Sr. - Principal) | GENERATION REGULATED RENEWABLES & Performance Engineering

American Electric Power•Columbus, OH

9d•$99,000 - $151,000•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible to the assigned supervisor for performing complex engineering work activities and projects requiring the application of engineering knowledge in a safe, effective, efficient and economic accomplishment of assigned objectives. Provide day-to-day engineering support for operating utility-scale wind facilities within AEP’s fleet. Identify, evaluate, and resolve equipment reliability and performance issues to maximize energy production and operational performance. Analyze SCADA data, event logs, inspection findings, and operational trends to identify root causes and develop corrective action recommendations. Support resolution of routine and moderately complex operational issues, including tracking actions and verification of improvement. Participate in regular site operation calls and collaborate with field personnel, Asset Management, OEMs, contractors, and vendors to investigate and resolve equipment issues. Apply engineering support appropriately across different service models while maintaining awareness of contractual scope and escalation requirements. Support operational safety reviews and contribute engineering perspective to incident investigations when requested. Review inspection findings and support disposition recommendations, maintenance prioritization, and End-of-Warranty (EOW) activities. Develop and improve monitoring tools, dashboards, reports, troubleshooting documentation, and analytics in collaboration with Performance Analytics and other engineering groups to improve operational visibility, consistency, and performance insights. Support pilot projects evaluating new tools, monitoring strategies, operational processes, or performance improvement opportunities. Assist with power performance testing (PPT) evaluations and analysis to support validation of turbine performance and operational behavior. Build working relationships with site personnel, lead technicians, site managers, OEM engineering teams, and customer stakeholders. Support onboarding of new facilities into the operating fleet.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering in a program accredited by ABET; or 4 years of related engineering experience along with a Master's degree or PhD in engineering from a program accredited by ABET
6 or more years of related engineering experience (for Principal level)
4 or more years of related engineering experience (for Sr. level)
Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) in any U.S. state or Puerto Rico is encouraged and preferred.
A 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.

Nice To Haves

Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) in any U.S. state or Puerto Rico is encouraged and preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day engineering support for operating utility-scale wind facilities within AEP’s fleet.
Identify, evaluate, and resolve equipment reliability and performance issues to maximize energy production and operational performance.
Analyze SCADA data, event logs, inspection findings, and operational trends to identify root causes and develop corrective action recommendations.
Support resolution of routine and moderately complex operational issues, including tracking actions and verification of improvement.
Participate in regular site operation calls and collaborate with field personnel, Asset Management, OEMs, contractors, and vendors to investigate and resolve equipment issues.
Apply engineering support appropriately across different service models while maintaining awareness of contractual scope and escalation requirements.
Support operational safety reviews and contribute engineering perspective to incident investigations when requested.
Review inspection findings and support disposition recommendations, maintenance prioritization, and End-of-Warranty (EOW) activities.
Develop and improve monitoring tools, dashboards, reports, troubleshooting documentation, and analytics in collaboration with Performance Analytics and other engineering groups to improve operational visibility, consistency, and performance insights.
Support pilot projects evaluating new tools, monitoring strategies, operational processes, or performance improvement opportunities.
Assist with power performance testing (PPT) evaluations and analysis to support validation of turbine performance and operational behavior.
Build working relationships with site personnel, lead technicians, site managers, OEM engineering teams, and customer stakeholders.
Support onboarding of new facilities into the operating fleet.
Exhibits journey level proficiency plus advanced knowledge that enables the engineer to serve as a leader within the assigned organization.
Keeps abreast of new products, developments, technologies, procedures and equipment.
Understands and analyzes interrelationships between systems and component equipment.
Interprets codes and regulations, and develops standards relevant to the area of assignment.
Provides guidance and exercises judgment and discretion in providing guidance and direction to other Engineers.
Leads, facilitates and coordinates work activities of others within the work group, team, department, corporate entity, or those external to the company as required to perform all routine engineering work.
Ensures all work activities are performed in accordance with the policies, practices, standards and rules of the company and complies with the regulations and procedures required by external agencies.
Promotes engineering professionalism and standards.
Coordinates and conducts training sessions.
Participates in the development of plans by establishing measurable goals, objectives and requirements for specific areas of responsibility.
Coordinates the development of input necessary to establish projected cost of all projects.
Is proficient in use of scheduling techniques (CPM, PERT, flow charts, etc.) for budget and planning activities.
Identifies and initiates appropriate corrective action when objectives are not being met.
Identifies, clarifies, resolves, and initiates solutions to routine and/or complex problems that sometimes involve analysis of inadequate or conflicting data.
Demonstrates the ability to divide problems into component steps.
Consistently looks for and develops opportunities and presents new ideas and approaches.
Coordinates the work of other engineers in an efficient and effective manner.
Develops, reviews or prepares reports on complex technical subjects clearly, concisely and effectively, in a manner suitable for presentation to management, professional societies, regulatory bodies, etc.
Leads and facilitates meetings effectively.
Possess collaborative and consensus building skills.
Functions as a team leader and member.
Networks upward and downward in several disciplines inside and outside the AEP system.
Leverages network to get things done.
Makes decisions affecting plans and goals based on analysis of uncertain input and outcomes.
Uses diverse approaches to make decisions in the absence of a definite framework or where few precedents exist.
Can handle conflicting interests related to approaches on projects or studies.
Analyzes options and risks and possesses the experience and knowledge to assess the risk of decisions and act accordingly.
Makes decisions that affect the operations or results of the department and may have some impact on a major project.
Exhibits an awareness of AEP's competitive position and how business decisions impact their organizational unit.
Understands the specific goals and objectives of their individual organizational unit and is proficient in establishing measurable goals and objectives.
Effectively manages project budgets using cost management techniques and understands how their decisions and recommendations impact AEP's expenses and revenues.
Demonstrates an awareness of profit incentives, optimizing growth of customers' businesses and using our services to attract new business.