Lead, Operations Planning & Outage Innovation

MISO; Carmel (IN); On-site; USD 162,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k

Vacation time

Sick time

Job summary

MISO is seeking an operations leader to drive innovation across system operations, market operations, and stakeholders. You’ll champion continuous improvement, automation, and data‑driven solutions that modernize outage coordination and strengthen grid reliability.

You’ll advance a forward‑looking operations planning ecosystem rooted in engineering excellence, operational discipline, and strong partnership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Master’s degree in engineering, energy systems, MBA, or related field preferred.
• Experience in transmission planning, operations planning, and system operations.
• Demonstrated leadership managing technical teams and cross‑functional initiatives.
• Strong communication, collaboration, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills with the ability to lead in a fast‑paced operational environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high‑performing engineering team.
• Oversee reliable, timely execution of transmission and generation outages per policy.
• Ensure engineering studies are accurate, well‑documented, and technically sound.
• Collaborate with system and market operations to strengthen coordination and performance.
• Drive enhancements in processes, tools, automation, and data visibility.
• Build relationships with Transmission Owners, Generator Operators, vendors, and neighboring RTOs.
• Foster accountability, excellence, innovation, collaboration, and learning.
• Represent Operations Planning in committees, working groups, and projects.
• Recruit, develop and retain a diverse, skilled workforce through performance management.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Collaboration

Problem solving

Decision making

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree in engineering/energy systems/MBA or related field

Job description

MISO is seeking an operations leader to drive innovation across system operations, market operations, and stakeholders. You’ll champion continuous improvement, automation, and data‑driven solutions that modernize outage coordination and strengthen grid reliability.

You’ll advance a forward‑looking operations planning ecosystem rooted in engineering excellence, operational discipline, and strong partnership.