Transmission Planning Operations Engineer

The Transmission Planning Operations Engineer willbe responsible forindependently conducting operational planning coordination in connection with the transmission project portfolio including construction schedule coordination management of change support and outage and network model coordination across MISO and PJM.

Job Responsibilities

• Perform with assistance the maintenance of a coordinated construction project list and integrated project schedule using P6 as the source of schedule data to provide a common reference across planning development engineering execution and close-out stages and to capture project shifts and scope adjustments as they occur.

• Perform withassistancequality control review of consultant-prepared construction schedules including but not limited to Facility Study schedules.

• Perform withassistancethe annual review of the coordinated project list to inform prioritization andscopefidelity as electric network conditions and needs evolve supporting long-lead material planning and labor resource planning.

• Perform with assistance the teams existing NERC Management of Change compliance structure by evaluating when project changes require review or re-evaluation by the appropriate subject matter experts including but not limited to PRC-004 PRC-025 PRC-027 FAC-002 and FAC-008 and routing changes to the appropriate owners within the compliance structure.

• Independently support long-term (three-year and one-year) and short-term (three-month) operational planning horizons for outage coordinationutilizingpower flow models to coordinate planned outages and reduce the risk of projectsfailing to obtainrequired outage approvals.

• Coordinate outage-related planning input with the System Operations and PMO functions to support holistic outage scheduling across the business.

• Independently manage the MISO and PJM operational/network models and coordinate with the System Planning team on forecasted modeling changes.

• Independentlysubmitand maintain tickets in MISO CROW and PJMeDARTto reflect project and outage-related model changes.

• Provide the Transmission Operations ControlCenterassistancein times of emergency such as extreme weather events emergency repairs or system restoration to ensurea timelyreturn to energization of AES customers.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in mechanical engineering electrical engineering or similar.

• A minimum of 2 years experience working in the Electric Utility industry

• Ability to perform analysis and prepare engineering deliverables without supervision

• Passing Grade on Fundamentals of Engineering

Highly Desired Skills:

• Bachelors degreecertificateor equivalent experience in power systems studies

• Proficiencyin project scheduling and schedule management including Primavera P6 or similar software

• Detailed understanding of regulatory frameworks (NERC FERC PJM/MISO).

• The ability to communicate complex ideas verbally and in writing.

• Proven technical knowledge and understanding of Transmission grid

• Experience with MISO CROW and/or PJMeDARTticket submission and management.

• Experience with MISO and/orPJMoutage coordination processes and operational/network model submission requirements.

• Working knowledge of power flow modeling concepts and tools (e.g. PSSE or similar).