Equipment Services Engineer [BHM or ATL]
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones.
We need to parse the posting.
Key content:
- Work location, schedule & travel: location options: Energy Center in Birmingham, AL or 160 Lake Mirror Road in Forest Park, GA (Metro Atlanta). Some relocation assistance may be available if candidate does not already live within a reasonable commute distance. Position will require a mix of both field and office work. A moderate amount of travel will be required (approximately 25%). Travel to vendors’ locations for audits and witness testing is required.
- Job Summary: support Equipment Services team by providing engineering support and technical expertise for transformer assets across Southern Company footprint, primary focus on generation facilities. Work closely with plant personnel, project managers, system owners, supply chain management, equipment vendors to support transformer reliability, maintenance, procurement, sparing strategy, problem resolution initiatives.
- Summary Of Position Responsibilities: bullet list (looks like sentences separated by periods). Let's extract each bullet:
1. Ensure safety and quality are the top priorities in all transformer-related activities.
2. Provide engineering support to site transformer engineers, system owners, and project managers for transformer projects.
3. Develop and maintain technical specifications for medium & large power transformers.
4. Review and approve vendor drawings, factory test reports, and documentation to ensure compliance with Southern Company standards.
5. Manage and witness factory inspections and acceptance testing during manufacturing of new transformers.
6. Provide technical support for field and factory repairs, including failure analysis, replacement planning, and corrective actions.
7. Support condition-based maintenance programs and reliability improvement initiatives.
8. Lead failure investigations and root cause analysis for transformer events.
9. Conduct quarterly switchyard meetings with generation sites to address transformer issues and fleet initiatives.
10. Serve as owner of the Generator Step-Up (GSU) Sparing Strategy for the generation fleet.
11. Develop and maintain the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Transformer Sparing Strategy.
12. Participate in Fleet Review Board switchyard activities and provide transformer expertise.
13. Own and maintain the generation transformer spare parts list.
14. Ensure proper storage levels and inventory management at Forest Park and Calera warehouses to support all generation sites (retail and non-retail).
15. Serve as the Transformer SME supporting the Operations Monitoring & Diagnostics (M&D) Center.
16. Collaborate with Supply Chain Management (SCM) to ensure current and future transformer needs are aligned with project schedules and need dates.
- Education: JOB QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited institution is required. Professional Engineer License is preferred but not required.
- Experience: Experience with transformers is preferred. Experience in generation switchyards is preferred.
- Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: list:
- Proven ability in applying safe work practices
- Ability to build and maintain professional working relationships with internal and external clients
- Excellent oral and written communications skills
- Presentation skills to effectively communicate technical knowledge to others
- Extensive problem-solving skills
- Behavioral Attributes: list:
- Model Our Values: Safety First, Intentional Inclusion, Act with Integrity, and Superior Performance.
- Takes personal responsibility, demonstrates initiative, and is self-motivated
- Focuses on positive interactions and timely customer service
- Willing to accept challenging assignments
- Effective, team-oriented interpersonal and leadership skills
- Benefits: "For a list of comprehensive benefits, please visit this link ." Then later: "Southern Company invests in the well-being of its employees and their families through a comprehensive total rewards strategy that includes competitive base salary, annual incentive awards for eligible employees and health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being. This position may also be eligible for additional compensation, such as an incentive program, with the amount of any bonus/awards subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan(s). A summary of the benefits offered for this position can be found here https://seo.nlx.org/southernco/pdf/SOCO-Benefits.pdf . Additional and specific details about total compensation and benefits will also be provided during the hiring process."
Thus we have benefits info: competitive base salary, annual incentive awards, health, welfare and retirement benefits, possible incentive program. Also a link to PDF.
- Pay: Not explicitly stated. There's mention of competitive base salary but no numbers. According to rule: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. Benefits we have some description, so we can include Benefits section. Pay: we have only "competitive base salary" but no specific number; is that considered stating? It says "competitive base salary" which is a statement about pay but not a specific figure. The rule says: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state "competitive base salary" which is a statement about pay. However they also say "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Might be okay to include Pay section with that statement? But they said never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state competitive base salary, which is a statement about pay. However they also say "never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. 'commensurate with experience', 'not specified', 'N/A', 'varies', 'TBD')". "competitive base salary" is not filler; it's a statement. So we could include Pay section with that sentence. However they also say "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Might combine Pay and Benefits? But they have separate headings allowed. Could combine into Benefits? But they said Benefits section for benefits. Pay separate.
Schedule: The posting says "Job Schedule: Full time" under Job Identification. Also earlier: "This position will require a mix of both field and office work." That's about work type, not schedule. The schedule is full time. So we have schedule info: Full time. So we can include Schedule section with that.
Thus we need sections: About the role (Job Summary), Responsibilities (Summary Of Position Responsibilities), Requirements (Education + Experience?), Qualifications (maybe Education?), Skills (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities + Behavioral Attributes?), Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to decide which headings to use. The instruction: use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can use those exact headings.
We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. Not needed.
We need to not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; we can fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we can include a short paragraph at top maybe with location and schedule? But we have separate sections for schedule and location? Location is under Work location, schedule & travel. Could be part of About the role? Or we could create a separate section? Not in allowed headings list. Could incorporate location into About the role or Responsibilities? Probably include location in About the role paragraph.
We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include location, travel %, relocation assistance, field/office mix.
We need to include benefits description.
We need to include pay statement.
We need to include schedule (full time).
We need to include education, experience, knowledge/skills, behavioral attributes.
We need to avoid boilerplate: EEO, equal opportunity, legal, etc. Remove duplicated lines.
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Let's craft sections:
About the role
This position supports the Equipment Services team by providing engineering support and technical expertise for transformer assets across the Southern Company footprint, with a primary focus on generation facilities. The role involves a mix of field and office work, with approximately 25% travel to vendor locations for audits and witness testing. The position can be located at either the Energy Center in Birmingham, AL or 160 Lake Mirror Road in Forest Park, GA (Metro Atlanta), with possible relocation assistance for candidates not within a reasonable commute distance.
Responsibilities
- Ensure safety and quality are the top priorities in all transformer-related activities.
- Provide engineering support to site transformer engineers, system owners, and project managers for transformer projects.
- Develop and maintain technical specifications for medium & large power transformers.
- Review and approve vendor drawings, factory test reports, and documentation to ensure compliance with Southern Company standards.
- Manage and witness factory inspections and acceptance testing during manufacturing of new transformers.
- Provide technical support for field and factory repairs, including failure analysis, replacement planning, and corrective actions.
- Support condition-based maintenance programs and reliability improvement initiatives.
- Lead failure investigations and root cause analysis for transformer events.
- Conduct quarterly switchyard meetings with generation sites to address transformer issues and fleet initiatives.
- Serve as owner of the Generator Step-Up (GSU) Sparing Strategy for the generation fleet.
- Develop and maintain the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Transformer Sparing Strategy.
- Participate in Fleet Review Board switchyard activities and provide transformer expertise.
- Own and maintain the generation transformer spare parts list.
- Ensure proper storage levels and inventory management at Forest Park and Calera warehouses to support all generation sites (retail and non-retail).
- Serve as the Transformer SME supporting the Operations Monitoring & Diagnostics (M&D) Center.
- Collaborate with Supply Chain Management (SCM) to ensure current and future transformer needs are aligned with project schedules and need dates.
Requirements
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited institution is required. Professional Engineer License is preferred but not required.
Experience: Experience with transformers is preferred. Experience in generation switchyards is preferred.
Skills
- Proven ability in applying safe work practices
- Ability to build and maintain professional working relationships with internal and external clients
- Excellent oral and written communications skills
- Presentation skills to effectively communicate technical knowledge to others
- Extensive problem-solving skills
Behavioral Attributes
- Model Our Values: Safety First, Intentional Inclusion, Act with Integrity, and Superior Performance.
- Takes personal responsibility, demonstrates initiative, and is self-motivated
- Focuses on positive interactions and timely customer service
- Willing to accept challenging assignments
- Effective, team-oriented interpersonal and leadership skills
Benefits
Southern Company offers a comprehensive total rewards strategy that includes competitive base salary, annual incentive awards for eligible employees, and health, welfare, and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/s
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We need to parse the posting. Key content: - Work location, schedule & travel: location options: Energy Center in Birmingham, AL or 160 Lake Mirror Road in Forest Park, GA (Metro Atlanta). Some relocation assistance may be available if candidate does not already live within a reasonable commute distance. Position will require a mix of both field and office work. A moderate amount of travel will be required (approximately 25%). Travel to vendors’ locations for audits and witness testing is required. - Job Summary: support Equipment Services team by providing engineering support and technical expertise for transformer assets across Southern Company footprint, primary focus on generation facilities. Work closely with plant personnel, project managers, system owners, supply chain management, equipment vendors to support transformer reliability, maintenance, procurement, sparing strategy, problem resolution initiatives. - Summary Of Position Responsibilities: bullet list (looks like sentences separated by periods). Let's extract each bullet: 1. Ensure safety and quality are the top priorities in all transformer-related activities. 2. Provide engineering support to site transformer engineers, system owners, and project managers for transformer projects. 3. Develop and maintain technical specifications for medium & large power transformers. 4. Review and approve vendor drawings, factory test reports, and documentation to ensure compliance with Southern Company standards. 5. Manage and witness factory inspections and acceptance testing during manufacturing of new transformers. 6. Provide technical support for field and factory repairs, including failure analysis, replacement planning, and corrective actions. 7. Support condition-based maintenance programs and reliability improvement initiatives. 8. Lead failure investigations and root cause analysis for transformer events. 9. Conduct quarterly switchyard meetings with generation sites to address transformer issues and fleet initiatives. 10. Serve as owner of the Generator Step-Up (GSU) Sparing Strategy for the generation fleet. 11. Develop and maintain the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Transformer Sparing Strategy. 12. Participate in Fleet Review Board switchyard activities and provide transformer expertise. 13. Own and maintain the generation transformer spare parts list. 14. Ensure proper storage levels and inventory management at Forest Park and Calera warehouses to support all generation sites (retail and non-retail). 15. Serve as the Transformer SME supporting the Operations Monitoring & Diagnostics (M&D) Center. 16. Collaborate with Supply Chain Management (SCM) to ensure current and future transformer needs are aligned with project schedules and need dates. - Education: JOB QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited institution is required. Professional Engineer License is preferred but not required. - Experience: Experience with transformers is preferred. Experience in generation switchyards is preferred. - Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: list: - Proven ability in applying safe work practices - Ability to build and maintain professional working relationships with internal and external clients - Excellent oral and written communications skills - Presentation skills to effectively communicate technical knowledge to others - Extensive problem-solving skills - Behavioral Attributes: list: - Model Our Values: Safety First, Intentional Inclusion, Act with Integrity, and Superior Performance. - Takes personal responsibility, demonstrates initiative, and is self-motivated - Focuses on positive interactions and timely customer service - Willing to accept challenging assignments - Effective, team-oriented interpersonal and leadership skills - Benefits: "For a list of comprehensive benefits, please visit this link ." Then later: "Southern Company invests in the well-being of its employees and their families through a comprehensive total rewards strategy that includes competitive base salary, annual incentive awards for eligible employees and health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being. This position may also be eligible for additional compensation, such as an incentive program, with the amount of any bonus/awards subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan(s). A summary of the benefits offered for this position can be found here https://seo.nlx.org/southernco/pdf/SOCO-Benefits.pdf . Additional and specific details about total compensation and benefits will also be provided during the hiring process." Thus we have benefits info: competitive base salary, annual incentive awards, health, welfare and retirement benefits, possible incentive program. Also a link to PDF. - Pay: Not explicitly stated. There's mention of competitive base salary but no numbers. According to rule: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. Benefits we have some description, so we can include Benefits section. Pay: we have only "competitive base salary" but no specific number; is that considered stating? It says "competitive base salary" which is a statement about pay but not a specific figure. The rule says: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state "competitive base salary" which is a statement about pay. However they also say "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Might be okay to include Pay section with that statement? But they said never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state competitive base salary, which is a statement about pay. However they also say "never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. 'commensurate with experience', 'not specified', 'N/A', 'varies', 'TBD')". "competitive base salary" is not filler; it's a statement. So we could include Pay section with that sentence. However they also say "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Might combine Pay and Benefits? But they have separate headings allowed. Could combine into Benefits? But they said Benefits section for benefits. Pay separate. Schedule: The posting says "Job Schedule: Full time" under Job Identification. Also earlier: "This position will require a mix of both field and office work." That's about work type, not schedule. The schedule is full time. So we have schedule info: Full time. So we can include Schedule section with that. Thus we need sections: About the role (Job Summary), Responsibilities (Summary Of Position Responsibilities), Requirements (Education + Experience?), Qualifications (maybe Education?), Skills (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities + Behavioral Attributes?), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide which headings to use. The instruction: use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can use those exact headings. We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. Not needed. We need to not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; we can fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we can include a short paragraph at top maybe with location and schedule? But we have separate sections for schedule and location? Location is under Work location, schedule & travel. Could be part of About the role? Or we could create a separate section? Not in allowed headings list. Could incorporate location into About the role or Responsibilities? Probably include location in About the role paragraph. We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include location, travel %, relocation assistance, field/office mix. We need to include benefits description. We need to include pay statement. We need to include schedule (full time). We need to include education, experience, knowledge/skills, behavioral attributes. We need to avoid boilerplate: EEO, equal opportunity, legal, etc. Remove duplicated lines. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's craft sections:
About the role
This position supports the Equipment Services team by providing engineering support and technical expertise for transformer assets across the Southern Company footprint, with a primary focus on generation facilities. The role involves a mix of field and office work, with approximately 25% travel to vendor locations for audits and witness testing. The position can be located at either the Energy Center in Birmingham, AL or 160 Lake Mirror Road in Forest Park, GA (Metro Atlanta), with possible relocation assistance for candidates not within a reasonable commute distance.
Responsibilities
- Ensure safety and quality are the top priorities in all transformer-related activities.
- Provide engineering support to site transformer engineers, system owners, and project managers for transformer projects.
- Develop and maintain technical specifications for medium & large power transformers.
- Review and approve vendor drawings, factory test reports, and documentation to ensure compliance with Southern Company standards.
- Manage and witness factory inspections and acceptance testing during manufacturing of new transformers.
- Provide technical support for field and factory repairs, including failure analysis, replacement planning, and corrective actions.
- Support condition-based maintenance programs and reliability improvement initiatives.
- Lead failure investigations and root cause analysis for transformer events.
- Conduct quarterly switchyard meetings with generation sites to address transformer issues and fleet initiatives.
- Serve as owner of the Generator Step-Up (GSU) Sparing Strategy for the generation fleet.
- Develop and maintain the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Transformer Sparing Strategy.
- Participate in Fleet Review Board switchyard activities and provide transformer expertise.
- Own and maintain the generation transformer spare parts list.
- Ensure proper storage levels and inventory management at Forest Park and Calera warehouses to support all generation sites (retail and non-retail).
- Serve as the Transformer SME supporting the Operations Monitoring & Diagnostics (M&D) Center.
- Collaborate with Supply Chain Management (SCM) to ensure current and future transformer needs are aligned with project schedules and need dates.
Requirements
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited institution is required. Professional Engineer License is preferred but not required.
Experience: Experience with transformers is preferred. Experience in generation switchyards is preferred.
Skills
- Proven ability in applying safe work practices
- Ability to build and maintain professional working relationships with internal and external clients
- Excellent oral and written communications skills
- Presentation skills to effectively communicate technical knowledge to others
- Extensive problem-solving skills
Behavioral Attributes
- Model Our Values: Safety First, Intentional Inclusion, Act with Integrity, and Superior Performance.
- Takes personal responsibility, demonstrates initiative, and is self-motivated
- Focuses on positive interactions and timely customer service
- Willing to accept challenging assignments
- Effective, team-oriented interpersonal and leadership skills
Benefits
Southern Company offers a comprehensive total rewards strategy that includes competitive base salary, annual incentive awards for eligible employees, and health, welfare, and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/s