P&C Engineering Mgr

American Electric Power • Corpus Christi, TX

2d • $136,539 - $177,503 • Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for the correct adaptation and implementation of system standard protection, measurement, SCADA and control philosophy developed by AEP. Major enabling competencies for this position are: Adaptability/Flexibility, Planning and Organizing, Teamwork/Collaboration, Communication and Initiative. This is an onsite position reporting to our Corpus Christi location.

Requirements

• BSEE or equivalent field of study from an ABET accredited college.
• Ten years of experience in Transmission including 6 years experience in the design, construction and operation of protection and control systems.

Nice To Haves

• Registration as a Professional Engineer in any state of the U. S is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for Protection, Control, Measurements and SCADA design quality, design deliverables and job outcome.
• Accountable for scoping and technical support for protection, control, measurements and SCADA portion of all projects in assigned project portfolio.
• Lead group responsible for performing settings studies and developing settings and configurations files for the protection, controls, meters, and SCADA devices for station projects.
• Lead group responsible for performing operations investigations follow-up as a result of suspected relay mis operations.
• Manage quality control issues and coordinate with stakeholders, customers and partners to investigate and resolve quality problems as they occur.
• Responsible for implementing countermeasures to prevent quality design issues from reoccurring on Protection and Control print issue.
• Responsible for oversight, management and career coaching of first line supervision.
• Lead Power Quality investigations for area of responsibility.
• Represent PCE function on Station Engineering technical issues that arise with internal and external stakeholders that are beyond the scope of the first line supervisor.
• Work with PCE Supervisors to manage workload of PCE team members.
• Provide technical direction and feedback to counterparts in other Protection and Control functions within AEP.
• Manage technical support and specifications for PCE equipment on special facilities (automated stations, SVCs, UFPCs, VFTs, DC-DC converters, etc).
• Ensure that the ASPEN fault study cases are maintained across the NERC Region.
• Ensure that compliance policies and processes for settings and drawings are implemented consistently across the region and various supervisors.
• Ensure that the Station standards are consistently applied across the assigned project portfolio.

Benefits

• In addition to a competitive compensation, AEP offers a unique comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior