Senior Protection & Control Engineering Manager

aep; Roanoke (VA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

AEP in Roanoke, VA is seeking a seasoned P&C Engineering Manager to lead a high- performing protection and control engineering team responsible for scoping, designing, and engineering equipment and protection schemes to expand the electric grid and maintain grid safety and reliability.

You will be the technical authority and people leader ensuring timely, high-quality P&C deliverables across projects, mentoring staff, and coordinating with stakeholders across regions. On-site in Roanoke, VA.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading technical teams and managing engineering deliverables.
• Proficiency with protection relay platforms and settings tools.
• Strong knowledge of NERC reliability standards and practical implementation for protection systems.

Responsibilities

• Oversee, mentor, and provide career coaching for P&C engineering staff.
• Accountable for P&C design team quality and deliverables; review protection schematics and tests.
• Lead settings and coordination studies and produce relay setting/configuration files.
• Perform fault analysis and coordinate with system modeling teams.

Skills

Leadership of technical teams

Protection relay platforms

ASPEN fault study software

Stakeholder management

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

Tools

ASPEN fault study software

Job description

AEP in Roanoke, VA is seeking a seasoned P&C Engineering Manager to lead a high- performing protection and control engineering team responsible for scoping, designing, and engineering equipment and protection schemes to expand the electric grid and maintain grid safety and reliability.

You will be the technical authority and people leader ensuring timely, high-quality P&C deliverables across projects, mentoring staff, and coordinating with stakeholders across regions. On-site in Roanoke, VA.