Engineering Manager-Renewable/Acquisition

AEP Service Corporation; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AEP Service Corporation in Columbus, Ohio seeks an Engineering Manager SG10 to lead a multidisciplinary team responsible for engineering planning, staffing, and execution across solar, BESS, and other renewables. You will direct engineering interfaces, ensure QA, safety culture, and alignment with standards; manage resources, budgets, and turnover; drive continuous improvement and talent development.

The role requires a PE license, ABET degree, and at least ten years in utility engineering with

Qualifications

• Ten years of utility engineering experience.
• Project/initiative leadership required.
• Direct supervisory experience preferred.
• ABET-accredited engineering degree required.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary engineering and technical team.
• Set priorities and drive safety culture.
• Oversee engineering execution for solar, BESS and other renewables.
• Coordinate with AE/EPC firms, OEMs, and consultants to align technical requirements.
• Ensure engineering records, QA and turnover deliverables.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Engineering management

Safety culture

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering (ABET)

Job description

Job Posting End Date 11-11-2026 Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.

Job Summary

Responsible for the effective planning, staffing, and execution of engineering projects as well as oversight of technical support services to deliver safe, cost-effective solutions for AEP's new and existing Power Generation fleet. This includes resource management, coordination, and supervision of engineering efforts as they pertain to the specific discipline, systems and/or equipment groups. Responsible for providing direction and guidance to employees to promote continuous improvement, development, and talent retention. Responsible for effectively insuring engineering deliverables are produced in accordance with Engineering standard work and Quality Assurance procedures.

Job Description

What you'll do:

• Lead, develop, and manage a multidisciplinary engineering and technical team supporting utility-scale solar photovoltaic (Solar), battery energy storage systems (BESS), other renewable generation, build/transfer projects, and acquisition opportunities, including staffing, workload, performance, succession planning, resources, and budgets.
• Establish organizational priorities and foster a culture of safety, accountability, technical excellence, collaboration, inclusion, employee development, and continuous improvement.
• Lead engineering execution for self-developed Solar and BESS projects across the project lifecycle and provide engineering oversight of developer-led Solar, BESS, and other renewable build/transfer projects through acceptance, turnover, and closeout.
• Serve as the primary engineering integrator among Project Engineering, Self-Development, Self-Build, Acquisition and Project Management teams, Engineering Services, Operating Companies, developers, AE/EPC firms, OEMs, Independent Engineers, suppliers, and consultants to align technical requirements, project or transaction objectives, operating needs and long-term asset performance.
• Direct resolution of technical interfaces, design changes, deviations, nonconformances, engineering issues, commercial-technical interfaces, and risks affecting safety, quality, cost, schedule, reliability, compliance, or transaction value.
• Own and maintain the applicable portions of the New Generation EPC Specification, ensuring requirements for Solar, BESS, and other applicable technologies remain accurate, complete, and aligned with Engineering Services design criteria, technical specifications, design standards, portfolio requirements, and lessons learned to provide a consistent technical basis for new AEP assets delivered through AE, EPC, or similar delivery models.
• Ensure project engineering and design comply with the New Generation EPC Specification, where applicable, Engineering Services requirements, codes and regulations, permits, quality requirements, and contractual commitments.
• Provide engineering leadership for design reviews, safety-in-design, constructability, operability, maintainability, interconnection, quality, commissioning, startup readiness, and other technical activities necessary to deliver safe, reliable, and maintainable Solar and BESS facilities.
• Lead technical due diligence for Solar, BESS, renewable generation, energy-storage, and other acquisition opportunities, coordinating internal subject-matter experts and Independent Engineers to evaluate design basis, asset condition, performance, construction quality, reliability, compliance, remaining useful life, anticipated capital requirements, and material technical risks.
• Promote standardization and application of proven engineering solutions and lessons learned across Solar, BESS, build/transfer, and acquisition activities, ensuring project, operating, and due-diligence experience is incorporated into future projects and the New Generation EPC Specification.
• Ensure critical design-basis decisions, assumptions, engineering rationale, approved deviations, due-diligence findings, risk assessments, lessons learned, and decision records are documented and traceable throughout the asset lifecycle, preserving the engineering knowledge and design history of the portfolio.
• Ensure completed and acquired facilities are supported by complete, accurate, organized, and retrievable engineering records that preserve design intent and accurately represent the asset.
• Lead engineering turnover, project closeout, and acquisition transition to support Operations, Maintenance, and long-term asset management.

What we are looking for:

• Engineering Manager SG10

Education

• Bachelor's degree in engineering in a program accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).

Experience

• Requires a minimum of ten years of experience in utility engineering work. Project/ initiative leadership experience is required. Direct supervisory experience is preferred.

Required License(s)/Certification(s)

• Registration as a Professional Engin