P&C Engineering Mgr

About the role

This is an onsite position reporting to our Corpus Christi location.

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.
• Manage quality control issues and coordinate with stakeholders, customers and partners to investigate and resolve quality problems as they occur.
• 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.

Requirements

• Education: BSEE or equivalent field of study from an ABET accredited college.
• Registration as a Professional Engineer in any state of the U. S is preferred.
• Experience: Ten years of experience in Transmission including 6 years experience in the design, construction and operation of protection and control systems.

Qualifications

• Adaptability/Flexibility
• Planning and Organizing
• Teamwork/Collaboration
• Communication and Initiative

Skills

• Protection, Control, Measurements and SCADA design
• Technical support for protection, control, measurements and SCADA portion of all projects
• Perform settings studies and develop settings and configurations files
• Perform operations investigations follow-up
• Implement countermeasures to prevent quality design issues
• Manage quality control issues and coordinate with stakeholders
• Manage technical support and specifications for PCE equipment on special facilities
• Maintain ASPEN fault study cases
• Implement compliance policies and processes for settings and drawings
• Apply Station standards consistently

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.

Pay

$140-170k/yr

Schedule

The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S – Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.