Asset Performance Engineer - Power Grid Reliability & Risk

FirstEnergy Corp; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 71,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

FirstEnergy Corp. in Columbus, OH, is seeking an Asset Performance Management Engineer to monitor and improve the health, reliability, and risk of transmission and distribution assets through data-driven analysis and risk-based decision making.

You will collaborate with Substation Operations, IT, and Engineering to implement the APM platform, develop criticality indices, and support asset investment decisions while maintaining FirstEnergy's safety standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering from ABET-accredited program.
• FE (Fundamentals of Engineering) certificate is preferred.
• Two years engineering experience is required or demonstrated equivalent.
• Familiarity with asset management systems and data interfaces is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Monitor asset health, reliability, and risk using diagnostic data and DGA/oil tests.
• Develop and maintain asset criticality indices for decision making.
• Lead or participate in asset risk review meetings with cross-functional teams.
• Support contingency planning and mitigation actions for critical assets.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data interpretation

Microsoft Excel/Power BI

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

FE certificate preferred

Tools

APM / Cascade / QlikView / SAP / TOA4 / PI Vision

Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Word)

Job description

FirstEnergy Corp. in Columbus, OH, is seeking an Asset Performance Management Engineer to monitor and improve the health, reliability, and risk of transmission and distribution assets through data-driven analysis and risk-based decision making.

You will collaborate with Substation Operations, IT, and Engineering to implement the APM platform, develop criticality indices, and support asset investment decisions while maintaining FirstEnergy's safety standards.