Protection & Controls Engineering Manager - On-Site Roanoke

American Electric Power; Roanoke (VA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

American Electric Power in Roanoke, VA seeks a P&C Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing protection and control engineering team, scoping, designing, and engineering equipment and protection schemes to expand and maintain the electric grid for customers.

You will be the technical authority and people leader ensuring timely, high-quality P&C deliverables across projects from 12kV through 765kV, mentoring engineers and coordinating with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited college or university.
• A minimum of ten (10) years of electric utility engineering experience including six (6) years in design, construction and operation of protection and control systems.
• Registration as a Professional Engineer in any state in the U.S. preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee, mentor, and provide career coaching for P&C engineering staff.
• Accountable for P&C design team quality and deliverables; review protection schematics, relay settings, wiring diagrams, and BOMs.
• Manage P&C quality control issues; coordinate with stakeholders, construction, and protection technicians to resolve design and field issues.
• Implement countermeasures to prevent recurring design and settings issues; maintain lessons‑learned and update standards.
• Provide technical oversight for protection and control equipment on regional facilities with emphasis on protection schemes and interface requirements.
• Represent P&C engineering on complex station technical matters and at stakeholder meetings; provide technical direction across regions.
• Ensure consistent implementation of compliance policies and P&C standards for settings, drawings, and testing.

Skills

Protection relays

ASPEN fault studies

NERC standards

Leadership

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred

Tools

ASPEN

Relay settings tools

Job description

American Electric Power in Roanoke, VA seeks a P&C Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing protection and control engineering team, scoping, designing, and engineering equipment and protection schemes to expand and maintain the electric grid for customers.

You will be the technical authority and people leader ensuring timely, high-quality P&C deliverables across projects from 12kV through 765kV, mentoring engineers and coordinating with stakeholders.