Sim Learning Ctr Instructor Sr

Job Summary

Position is responsible for instructing operator training courses (classroom and simulator-based) to develop and enhance operator knowledge, skill and confidence. Business goals are to improve plant availability and efficiency and reduce start-up time.

Essential Job Functions & Tasks:

• Develop and maintain course content and materials to teach operations classroom and simulator based courses for control room and equipment operators and other designated employees.
• Oversee the development of the annual schedule for the Simulator Learning Center.
• Teach operations classroom and simulator based courses for control room and equipment operators and other designated employees. Mentor other instructors to develop and enhance operations knowledge and teaching methods.
• Coach and mentor course participants by providing operations knowledge and telling stories about past operating experiences.
• Develop, administer and maintain operator tests and proficiency ratings. Communicate individual results to participants and plant management.
• Review and expand existing simulator programmed situations to include normal and emergency operating conditions and malfunctions applicable to the units.
• Partner with plant management and operations trainers to coordinate the Simulator courses and insure that course content is consistent with operator learning needs.
• Coordinate and communicate with Fossil Hydro Technical Skills Team, Generation Engineering, Field Services, Production Optimization and other AEP employees to meet scheduling and learning needs.
• Support and carry out the company's safety culture by incorporating safe work behaviors into course content and operator learning experiences. Demonstrate personal safe work behaviors.
• Perform other duties as assigned by proper authority.

Associate degree in power plant technology, mechanical or electrical engineering technology or equivalent education and/or experience.

Ten years of fossil plant operation experience with at least six years of supercritical control room experience as a control room operator. Energy Production supervisory experience is preferred. Incumbent must demonstrate effective interpersonal skills and clear and concise communications skills (verbal and written). Must possess demonstrated presentation skills for small classroom settings and large groups up to 50 people. Strong analytical skills including knowledge of power plant policies, practices and procedures.

• Physical demand level is Sedentary.
• Simulator-based and classroom training will often be conducted on all three shifts and may require travel to plants throughout the AEP system.

In addition to a competitive compensation, AEP offers a unique comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees.

The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S – Sedentary Work:
Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time.

Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

It is hereby reaffirmed that it is the policy of American Electric Power (AEP) to provide Equal Employment Opportunity in all respects of the employer-employee relationship including recruiting, hiring, upgrading and promotion, conditions and privileges of employment, company sponsored training programs, educational assistance, social and recreational programs, compensation, benefits, transfers, discipline, layoffs and termination of employment to all employees and applicants without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, veteran or military status, disability, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

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