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Overview
Tekwissen Group is a workforce management provider throughout the USA and many other countries in the world. Our client is is a major investor-owned electric utility in the United States, delivering electricity to more than five million customers in 11 states. Our client ranks among the nation's largest generators of electricity, owning nearly 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S. The client also owns the nation's largest electricity transmission system, a nearly 39,000-mile (3,000 km) network that includes 75 kilovolts ultra-high voltage transmission lines, more than all other U.S. transmission systems combined. Our client's utility units operate as our company Ohio, our company Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana and east Texas). Our client's headquarters are in Columbus, Ohio.
Job Title: Engineer Assc
Location: Columbus OH 43213
Duration: 12 Months
Job Type: Contract
Work Type: Hybrid
Description:
- Develop, communicate, and monitor the annual station preventative maintenance work plan in assigned region of responsibility.
- Build the yearly station preventative maintenance work plan for client in collaboration with local field teams and in adherence to internal maintenance policies and procedures.
- Continuously monitor the completion of compliance driven maintenance activities via quarterly reviews of implementation plans.
- Build and deploy financial metrics based on Station Preventative Maintenance work plan.
- Support the review and adherence of customer/generation interface agreements.
- This is an entry level position for new graduates with a Bachelor's degree in engineering in a program accredited by ABET
- Passing the Fundamentals of Engineering examination in preparation for future licensing as a Professional Engineer (PE) is encouraged and preferred.
- ABET - Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.
- Acceptable alternatives are (1. a Bachelor's degree in engineering (non-ABET), plus a Professional Engineers (PE) license in any state of the Client (2. a 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.
Sponsor station asset failure projects.
- Assist in the decision making process to determine if an equipment issue is a failure and how it needs to be mitigated, including determination of appropriate accounting, engineering resources, and spare equipment resources.
- Engage and coordinate with multiple stakeholders in the successful mitigation of station asset failures in assigned region of responsibility.
- Be a proponent of existing failure restoration processes and secure funding for replacement of failed equipment through the appropriate asset renewal programs.
- Lead the identification of capital spare needs.
- Ensure that capital spare inventory levels remain above the expected confidence levels in assigned region of responsibility.
- Periodic inventory review of non-capitalized station spares (i.e. distribution circuit breakers, distribution regulators, etc.).
- Support advancement of existing capital sparing strategy for an improved management of the client capital spare fleet.
- Sponsor capital rehab programs in accordance to the reliability and financial goals set by client leadership.
- Metric creation to help prioritize the replacement of P&C assets and obsolete equipment.
- Support in development of policies, procedures, standards, and/or guidelines related to station assets and station asset management.
- Effective monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of station assets and station data in database of record.
- Support the review and cleanup of compliance/non-compliance related IPS attributes and actions.
- Periodic asset software data review for proper classification, quality, compliance and completeness of station assets.
- Contribute, support, and communicate asset software enhancements.
- Train field personnel on data entry.
- Metric creation to help in the management of station asset malfunctions.
- Populate and manage the creation of needs identification checklists for the proactive rehab of client stations within assigned region of responsibility.
- Support client with all accounting obligations associated with O&M and capital activities.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Understanding of transmission and distribution electrical power systems and the role of substation equipment in its safe and reliable operation.
- Understanding of electrical substation equipment including power transformers, circuit breakers, flexible AC transmission systems, reactors, capacitor banks, regulators, etc.
- Understanding of electrical maintenance and testing strategies for substation equipment such as transformers and circuit breakers.
- Understand key differences between transmission operators, regulatory transmission operators, generator operators, and independent system operators in the electric power market.
- Experience in development of annual equipment maintenance work plans.
- Working knowledge of asset management platforms such as IPS, MAXIMO, and Project Wise.
- Understanding of basic principles in project management and the EPC contracting arrangements.
- Certified Engineer-In-Training working towards Professional License.
- Responsible to the assigned supervisor for performing intermediate level engineering work activities and projects requiring the application of engineering knowledge in a safe, effective, efficient and economic accomplishment of assigned objectives.
Essential Job Functions & Tasks:
Technical Expertise:
- Possesses intermediate level knowledge and performs varied assignments with proficiency in the application of theory and analytical techniques to solve diverse problems and complete extensive analysis.
- Demonstrates competency in analytical techniques necessary to handle assignments of moderate complexity. (e.g., by dividing the problem into component steps, and performing the analysis necessary to complete each step).
- Exhibits ability to understand interrelationship between systems and component equipment.
- Demonstrate ability to analyze and recommend enhancements to business processes.
Leadership & Guidance:
- Coordinates work activities of others within the work group, department, or other corporate entity as necessary to complete routine activities.
- Performs routine engineering activity with minimum direction from higher-level employees.
- Follows policies, practices, standards and rules of the company and those regulations and procedures required by external agencies.
- Provides training and guidance to lower-level employees.
Planning & Organization Ability:
- Coordinates the development of input necessary to forecast costs for the routine projects, improvements requisitions, etc.
- Uses scheduling techniques (CPM, PERT, flow charts, etc.) for budget and planning activities.
- Initiates corrective action when project objectives are not being met.
Problem Solving & Initiative:
- Resolves and initiates solutions to routine problems which usually require additional definition/clarification before analysis can begin.
- Demonstrates ability to identify problems that are beyond the normal routine.
- Demonstrates ability and desire to seek out opportunities and embrace new ideas and approaches.
Communication:
- Develops, reviews, or presents technical reports such as improvement requisitions, studies, and analyses in as clear, concise and effective fashion.
Interpersonal Skills:
- Is an active team member. Networks with peers inside and outside the client system.
- Identifies key stakeholders. Uses informal network to get things done.
- Resolves conflict, builds consensus.
Decision Making:
- Makes decisions subject to review within established policies and procedures.
- Makes decisions that affect the work of the team. Aware of risks.
- Demonstrates the ability to extrapolate beyond known facts to reach logical conclusions
Business Awareness & Characteristics:
- Understands client's organizational structure and the specific role and responsibility of their individual organizational unit.
- Demonstrates an understanding of the budgeting and approval process.
- Is proficient in the application and use of economic analysis techniques in problem solving.
- Develops an understanding of utility regulation and financing.
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
