Engineering Supervisor, Transmission Planning

Overview

About The Opportunity
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This is an open position with First Energy Service Co., a subsidiary of First Energy Corp. This role is onsite.

Locations:
Akron OH, Greensburg PA, Reading PA, or Fairmont WV.

This position supervises a group of engineers who are responsible for Transmission Planning functions across First Energy's transmission and sub-transmission systems. The Transmission Planning group is responsible for transmission planning functions across First Energy's transmission and subtransmission systems in the First Energy area. The primary focus is on studying and planning the safe and reliable operation of transmission and subtransmission lines and substations.

In addition, the group is responsible for performing studies related to generation and load interconnections attaching to the system. The engineers will perform transmission planning activities with input from the operating companies, other utilities, generator owners, the Regional Transmission Organization, and Regional Reliability Organizations. The group has the responsibility to initiate, recommend, and assist in the development of the capital portfolio for reliability related projects.

The group also works closely with the Operations Center to provide support during storms, heavy loading periods, and abnormal system events.

• Providing technical support and leadership to engineers and others in developing transmission and subtransmission infrastructure projects, plans, and capital budgets to maintain the reliability and integrity of the First Energy system including strategic corporate study initiatives.
• Ensuring timely completion of bulk and area transmission systems studies, and certifying compliance with NERC, PJM, and First Energy planning criteria. In particular, confirms all requirements of the PJM RTEP (including sub-regional RTEP) activities are met or exceeded.
• Confirm projects are proposed and costs justified to mitigate any planning criteria deficiencies that are identified through system studies. If capital projects cannot be implemented in the needed timeframe, a detailed operating solution needs to be identified and presented to Operations for review and implementation. The supervisor supports and presents these projects to RF and PJM as required.
• Providing management presentations and support for the project's need to executive leadership and top management when required.
• Overseeing the impacts and additional requirements associated with new loads, generation, and merchant transmission connections.

Providing support to the Operations Centers when required, such as during severe weather, heavy loading, or abnormal system events. Frequently this support requires rapid turn-around of an evaluation of whether the system can accommodate an outage and remain in a secure condition should the next contingency occur. It could also involve operational recommendations to alleviate abnormal system conditions, abnormal voltages, or equipment overloads.

• Working with various industry groups to meet requirements / obligations that FE has within the industry, and actively promote First Energy's ideas / methods / procedures that the industry should be using as it moves forward. Formal industry groups include NERC, RFC, and PJM.
• Supporting responses to state and federal commission requests for information, Providing technical testimony for regulatory and legal inquiries as assigned supporting efforts to prepare submittals for compliance related to various planning related activities.
• Supporting the periodic review of the department's planning philosophy, facility connection documents, and other procedures/documents.
• Supervising the completion of work needed to meet requirements of various governmental agencies such as public utility commissions, other state agencies, FERG, and other federal agencies by providing input to filings as required.
• Traveling throughout First Energy's service territory and to other industry related events as required.

• A Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from an ABET accredited institution is required. In lieu of a degree, a Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering Technology or Electrical Engineering, and a Professional Engineer's (PE) License is required.
• A Professional Engineer's (PE) License is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 (five) years of related work experience is required.
• Proficient (or demonstrated capability to become proficient) in the use of power system analysis software such as PSLF, PSS/E, TARA and other related planning software.
• Ability to supervise and train professional engineering and specialist personnel.
• Demonstrate familiarity with PJM, RFC and NERC practices, procedures, and requirements in the areas of transmission planning criteria and principles.
• Demonstrated abilities of effective analytical and reasoning capabilities, refined oral and written communication skills, including ability to effectively structure and…