**Job Posting End Date** 09-26-2025 Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date. **Job Summary** This role is responsible to the assigned manager for performing highly advanced engineering work activities and projects requiring the application of engineering knowledge in a safe, effective, efficient and economic accomplishment of assigned objectives. **Job Description** **LWhere Putting the Customer First Powers Everything We Do** At AEP, we’re more than just an energy company — we’re a team of dedicated professionals committed to delivering safe, reliable, and innovative energy solutions. Guided by our mission to put the customer first, we strive to exceed expectations by listening, responding, and continuously improving the way we serve our communities. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact and being part of a forward-thinking organization, this is the company for you! **What You'll Do:** + Utilize technical expertise in Transmission Line Engineering to ensure that Transmission assets are deployed in accordance with the design and system of record enhancing the reliability and safety of real-time transmission system operations. + Enforce the Transmission Line configuration management program to monitor system changes and updates. + Support engineering tasks related to non-Project Management lead activities, storm response, and failures work to ensure prompt and effective engineering response that adheres to configuration management program as required. + Provide technical leadership of the design and implementation of real-time transmission systems including the verification of all work related to grid connectivity elements for each facility. + Enforce design standards established by Grid Planning and Engineering. + Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize system designs and improve performance. + Ensure alignment between records and systems to accurately reflect the as-built condition of Transmission assets. + Lead efforts to assess and mitigate risks associated with configuration changes. + Support failure investigation process to determine root causes and implement corrective actions. **What We're Looking For:** + The Staff Engineer has typically acquired ten (10) or more years of related engineering experience along with a Bachelor's degree in engineering in a program accredited by ABET*; OR + Eight (8) years of related engineering experience along with a Master's degree or PhD in engineering from a program accredited by ABET*. + Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) in any U.S. state or Puerto Rico** is preferred for this position unless approval to waive this requirement is given by the organization's EVP.* _*ABET - Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology._ _** Confirmation is preferred to ensure the PE obtained in Puerto Rico aligns with NCEES standards._ **Acceptable alternative is:** + Bachelor's degree in engineering (non-ABET) plus a Master's degree OR + PhD in engineering from a university with an ABET accredited Bachelor's program. _**VP or above may waive the requirement for a degree from a university with a Non-ABET accredited program._ **Where You'll Work:** On-Site (New Albany, OH, Roanoke, VA, or Tulsa, OK) \#LI-ONSITE \#AEPCAREERS \#AEPPSO \#APCO \#AEPOH **Compensation Data** **Compensation Grade:** SP20-010 **Compensation Range:** $132,562.00-172,331.00 USD 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. 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