Engineer/Engineering Technologist/Transmission SCADA Engineering
American Electric Power
About the Role
This is an entry-level position for new graduates.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify issues with processes and tools, provide possible solutions, and offer input to more seasoned personnel.
- Complete complex RPA (Robotic Process Automation) with both new and legacy aspects with limited supervision.
- Complete complex RTU configuration with both new and legacy aspects with limited supervision.
- Expand communication technology competency to include legacy applications (Async, Sync, AEP, etc.).
- Support stakeholders with common SCADA related issues.
- Complete alarm and basic I/O 2411 settings for both greenfield and brownfield projects with limited supervision.
- Implement standards with limited guidance from higher-level team members.
- Assist higher-level team members with overall SCADA compliance items.
- Coordinate work activities of others within the work group, department, or other corporate entity as necessary to perform routine engineering work.
- Perform routine engineering activity independently.
- Provide training and guidance to lower-level employees.
- Develop input necessary to forecast costs for routine projects, improvements requisitions, etc.
- Resolve and initiate solutions to routine and/or moderately complex problems that require additional definition/clarification.
- Identify problems beyond the normal routine.
- Seek out opportunities and embrace new ideas and approaches.
- Help coordinate the work of other engineers in an efficient and effective manner.
- Lead aspects of team effort, leveraging skills developed from company programs.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Experience in reading drawings/schematics used in Electrical Engineering and other disciplines.
- Advanced knowledge and proficiency in the application of theory and analytical techniques to solve diverse problems and complete extensive analyses.
- Understanding of interrelationship between systems and component equipment.
- Ability to analyze and recommend enhancements to business processes.
Qualifications
- Engineer/Engineering Technologist Associate SG6
- Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
- Passing the Fundamentals of Engineering examination in preparation for future licensing as a Professional Engineer (PE) is encouraged and preferred.
- Individuals with a bachelor's degree in engineering technology can satisfy the degree requirement if they obtain a certified Professional Engineering (PE) license.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering (non-ABET) plus a master's degree or PhD in engineering from a university with an ABET-accredited bachelor's program.
- VP or above may waive the requirement for a degree from a university with a Non-ABET accredited program.
- Electrical Engineer candidates are preferred.
Work Location
- On-site in New Albany, Ohio
- On-site in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Compensation
- Engineer/Engineering Technologist SG6 ($84,000-$90,000)
- Compensation Grade: SP20-006
- Compensation Range: $74,551.00 - $93,188.50