TRANSMISSION Construction Planner Senior-Principal

American Electric Power•New Albany, OH

4d•$87,633 - $128,688•Onsite

About The Position

The Transmission Construction Planner develops detailed construction plans and sequences for capital projects by researching project scopes and collaborating with project stakeholders. The role manages a portfolio of assigned projects to optimize outages and streamline construction sequences. The position may be filled at the Senior or Principal level. The planner works with construction management, project management, operations, planning, engineering, and field services teams to create safe, efficient, and economical construction sequences. The role manages plans for multiple capital projects, supports project prioritization and resolution of conflicting outages, and leads construction plan review meetings. It also monitors risks and issues that could delay milestones or in-service dates and participates in periodic reviews to coordinate outages across capital projects, non-capital projects, and maintenance. The position requires technical understanding of transmission and distribution facility construction, project management and scheduling, and station, transmission-line, and protection-and-control engineering. The planner must be able to read P6 schedules and interpret station one-line diagrams and transmission-line switching diagrams. A basic understanding of the Bulk Electric System and relevant experience in construction management, transmission engineering, transmission operations, or distribution operations are required. The role is onsite with American Electric Power.

Requirements

For the Senior level: Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, or a related field and 8 years of experience in the applicable discipline; or a bachelor’s degree in construction technology or ABET-accredited engineering technology and 10 years of relevant experience; or an associate degree in construction management technology or ABET-accredited electrical or civil engineering technology and 12 years of relevant experience; or a high school diploma or equivalent and 14 years of experience in construction, project execution, or field operations within electric utility or infrastructure environments.
For the Principal level: Bachelor’s degree in engineering, engineering technology, construction management, business, or a related field and 8 years of related experience; or an associate degree in engineering, engineering technology, construction management, business, or a related field and 10 years of related experience; or a high school diploma or GED equivalent and 12 years of related experience.
Basic understanding of the Bulk Electric System from a physical or topographical perspective, and experience in construction management, transmission engineering, transmission operations, or distribution operations. Candidates without a technical background in these areas will not be considered.
Strong computer skills and ability to apply them to provide business-specific reports.
Ability to read and interpret one-line station diagrams and transmission-line switching diagrams.
Ability to work as a team player, be inquisitive and analytical, and build and maintain working relationships with diverse teams.
Aptitude to understand switching and tagging, clearance points, and minimum approach distances.
Ability to lead the development and communication of complex outage sequences to project stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Microsoft Office, especially PowerPoint and Excel, is strongly preferred.
Knowledge of protection-and-control (P&C) zones of protection is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with project stakeholders to develop safe, efficient, and economical construction sequences.
Alert project management teams to risks or issues that could delay milestones or in-service dates.
Use or develop technical knowledge of transmission and distribution facility construction, project management and scheduling, and station, transmission-line, and protection-and-control engineering.
Read P6 schedules to ensure construction plans can be executed as scheduled.
Support project prioritization and identify solutions for conflicting outages to execute the capital-project portfolio while addressing customer and internal stakeholder needs.
Manage construction plans for multiple capital projects simultaneously.
Participate in periodic reviews with TFS Work Scheduling Teams to optimize outages between capital projects and non-capital projects or maintenance.
Organize and lead construction plan review meetings.
Develop and communicate complex outage sequences to project stakeholders.
Promote an all-inclusive culture of excellence.