Senior Director,Transmission Planning Job Columbus Ohio USA,Engineering

Senior Director, Transmission Planning

Full Time Regular Columbus, OH, US

AMERICAN MUNICIPAL POWER, INC.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position is located at the AMP Headquarters building in Columbus, Ohio, but remote candidates within the AMP membership footprint will be considered. Preference will be given to candidates who live in the Columbus area. This job is eligible for a hybrid work schedule (3 days in office and 2 days working from home).

Position Title: Senior Director, Transmission Planning

Reports To: Senior Vice President, Transmission Planning and Development

FLSA Status: Exempt

The Senior Director, Transmission Planning provides oversight and strategic direction for Transmission Planning activities and will lead, coach, and develop a team of Transmission Planning Engineers that conduct detailed technical modeling and analysis of AMP’s transmissions system. The Sr. Director must have extensive experience with modeling and planning of the bulk electric power system and exhibit strong technical skills necessary to support the economic development activities and enact reliability and resiliency enhancements for AMP Members.

The Sr. Director will lead studies in adherence to criteria from AMP Transmission, PJM Interconnection LLC (PJM), Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO), Reliability First Corporation, and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). The Sr. Director assures compliance with all relevant FERC and PJM tariffs, rules, and regulations.

Essential Functions:

Oversees staff to align Transmission Planning with AMP Transmission, LLC (AMPT) goals and objectives.

Directs and oversees the transmission planning and project development for AMPT projects. Works closely with the Sr. Director, Transmission Member Services in the scoping of AMPT Projects to support AMP’s Members.

Directs and oversees Transmission Planning Staff.

Conducts and oversees power flow, short circuit, and dynamic simulations using commercially available computer software such as PSS/E, TARA, and ASPEN.

Develops and oversees solutions to mitigate reliability issues based on AMPT Transmission Planning Criteria as well as PJM, MISO, and adjacent Transmission Owners’ (TO) Planning Criteria.

Develops and maintains strong working business knowledge/acumen of applicable RTO planning rules/processes, as well as regional and local transmission systems.

Develops and oversees AMPT PJM Regional Transmission Expansion Plan (RTEP) and Multiregional Modeling Working Group (MMWG) activities by establishing, maintaining, and ensuring an accurate representation of AMPT’s transmission system for various electric system models. The models involved include

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