Engineering Manager-Renewable/Acquisition

AEP Service Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 137,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

American Electric Power in the United States seeks an Engineering Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team responsible for planning, staffing, and delivering utility-scale solar and energy storage projects while overseeing related engineering support services. The role emphasizes safety, continuous improvement, and talent development to ensure high-quality, cost-effective solutions across the portfolio.

You will drive engineering execution, coordinate with Project Engineering, Self-Development,

Qualifications

• ABET-accredited engineering degree.
• Minimum ten years in utility engineering; project leadership experience required.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in any U.S. state preferred; experience in power generation, renewables, energy storage, or major capital projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams across Solar, BESS, and other renewables, including staffing, workload, performance, and budgets.
• Coordinate engineering activities across project management, developers, contractors, and operating organizations to align technical requirements and project objectives.
• Ensure compliance with New Generation EPC Specification, QA procedures, safety-in-design, and design standards; manage technical risk and critical design-basis decisions.

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

Job description

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 Engineer (PE) in any U.S. state is preferred. In addition: Significant progressive engineering experience in power generation, renewable energy, energy storage, major capital projects, asset acquisitions, or comparable infrastructure. Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and coordinating engineering activities across project management, engineering disciplines, developers, contractors, consultants, and operating organizations. Experience with renewable generation, energy storage, project development, build/transfer execution, and/or technical evaluation of generation assets. Experience managing technical risk, project or transaction interfaces, engineering requirements, and complex technical decisions. Demonstrated experience establishing, evaluating, and maintaining clear, traceable design-basis documentation, including technical assumptions, design decisions, deviations, due-diligence findings, configuration information, and engineering records necessary to understand and operate an asset.

Physical demand level is Sedentary. Maintains safety as the highest priority and demonstrates behaviors that support zero harm both at work and at home. Demonstrates the highest standards of ethical behavior and support the Company's Corporate Compliance Policy. Demonstrates leadership ability to effectively organize, direct, and coordinate the work of other personnel. Demonstrates ability to communicate effectively and present ideas clearly both orally and in writing, including making presentations and recommendations to senior management and external audiences. Exhibits strong teamwork skills which include collaboration. Demonstrates strategic risk-assessment, customer focus and business awareness to support technical decision making. Focuses on continuous improvement and employee development. Strong planning and organizational skills required.

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

American Electric Power (On-Site) #LI-Onsite #AEPCareers #engineeringmanager Compensation Data Compensation Grade: SP20-010 Compensation Range: $136,539.00 - $177,503.00

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.

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