Transmission System Operations Engineering TSOE Protection & Control /Station Engineer Sr/ - American Electric Power

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Job Summary

Job Description

What You'll Do:

Expected responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Providing engineering support to Transmission Field Services personnel during the commissioning, verification, and closeout of planned and unplanned work on the transmission system.

Reviewing upcoming outages, construction activities, maintenance work, and equipment replacements to identify and evaluate configuration changes that may impact facility ratings, protection systems, station assets, operational models, or systems of record.

Reviewing engineering drawings, relay settings, station documentation, facility ratings information, and project records to verify that systems of record accurately reflect approved as-built field conditions.

Performing facility verification activities required to maintain compliance with FAC-008 requirements for BES facilities and other applicable Configuration Management requirements for non-BES facilities.

Supporting Configuration Management processes to ensure alignment between physical assets, facility ratings, relay settings, operational models, engineering documentation, and associated systems of record.

Reviewing completed transmission construction and maintenance activities to verify that facility ratings, protection systems, asset records, engineering documentation, and operational models have been appropriately updated and accurately reflect the installed configuration.

Investigating configuration discrepancies, identifying root causes, and supporting corrective actions to improve data accuracy, process effectiveness, and Configuration Management performance.

Coordinating with Engineering, Project Management, Transmission Field Services, Operations, and other stakeholders to ensure system changes are accurately verified, documented, modeled, and implemented in accordance with established timelines, procedures, and standards.

Supporting the maintenance of accurate facility ratings, relay settings, asset data, operational models, and engineering documentation required for the safe, reliable, and compliant operation of the transmission system.

Identifying and escalating potential compliance, configuration, or data accuracy concerns that may impact reliability, operational readiness, or regulatory obligations.

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