Operations and Maintenance Coordinator

Municipal Electric Authority of GA•Atlanta, GA

81d•Onsite

About The Position

Under limited supervision, has functional responsibility for the supervision, planning, coordination, and contract administration of MEAG transmission facility maintenance. Advises test engineers, contractors, inspectors, Participants, and other utilities of system operations and issues. Resolves maintenance concerns, ensures material availability, and maintains critical transmission equipment databases. Supports operational reliability, financial accuracy, and regulatory compliance by coordinating both field and administrative O&M activities. Scope of Responsibility: Responsible for coordinating and supporting all transmission Operations & Maintenance (O&M) activities, including contractor oversight, outage scheduling, compliance reporting, database management, billing/invoice review, and budget support. Shares responsibility with team members to ensure coverage of essential O&M functions.

Requirements

Position generally requires a bachelor’s degree plus 5-7 years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Strong mathematical, excellent verbal and written communication skills are required. Knowledge of electrical equipment and expertise with equipment operation and maintenance is necessary. Strong computer and software literacy is required, specifically knowledge of Microsoft products and experience with databases.
Exceptional organizational and interpersonal skills are required. A cooperative and flexible attitude when adjusting to changing priorities is required.
Ability to perform duties while exercising effective decision-making, escalations, and demonstrate effective team interactions.

Responsibilities

Supervises and directs contractors to complete corrective and preventive maintenance on substations and transmission lines. Verifies progress, communicates status, and expedites materials as required for the completion of maintenance activities.
Manages MEAG’s response to maintenance concerns by identifying solutions and issuing Maintenance Authorization Requests (MARs) to the appropriate contractors to have corrections made. Communicates with Participants and contractors to verify all are aware of the status of the work to be performed. Conducts monthly audits of open MARs to ensure timely completion of work.
Coordinates and schedules outages, including submitting work clearances to the system operator for Participants and contractors.
Reviews all maintenance reports to make sure equipment is tested per specifications and, when needed, recommends additional maintenance required on the equipment to keep the equipment operating in excellent condition. Ensures all reports are properly stored on MEAG’s servers.
Prepares Work Orders and Purchase Orders as directed and sends to appropriate recipients.
Closes MARs and/or Work Orders, ensuring tracking and information databases are updated with maintenance or corrective activities.
Maintains MEAG’s MMS system to ensure that transmission assets are always up-to-date to properly schedule preventive maintenance for all equipment, transmission lines, and rights-of-way. Coordinates with the system operator to ensure updated information is also entered into their maintenance database(s).
Communicates extensively with Participants and contractors via phone, text, e-mail, and/or field visits to troubleshoot problems and coordinate effective solutions.
Serves as a point of contact for Participants, contractors, and transmission system operators for day-to-day and emergency operations of the transmission system.
Analyzes and recommends improvements to major systems, work processes, practices and policies.
Monitors projects to ensure compliance with regulatory and reliability requirements.
Performs tasks to maintain compliance with applicable NERC Reliability Standards, including PRC-005 (Transmission Protection System Maintenance and Testing Procedures) and FAC-003 (Transmission Vegetation Management). Escalates issues/concerns to management in a proactive manner.
Reviews and verifies invoices for correct coding.
Procures material for operations, maintenance, and physical security needs.
Verifies MEAG’s SCADA system operates as intended through testing functionality with Low Side contractors.
Assists in the development of the annual budget reports, incorporating O&M and capital costs.
Prepares reports, performance indicators, and other analyses to support management decision-making.
Other duties and special projects as assigned.

Benefits

Health, Vision and Dental coverage as well as Opt Out Incentives
Health and Dependent Care FSAs
Vacation and Sick days
10 paid Holidays
1 Floating Holiday (if hired prior to July)
Short Term Disability (after 1 year of service)
Long Term Disability
Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
Voluntary Benefits - Individual, Spouse and Child Life Insurance
403(b) Tax Deferred Retirement Plan with company match & non-match contributions
457(b) Tax Deferred Retirement Plan
Vacation Purchase Program