Transmission Planning Operations Engineer - AES Corp

Overview

Join The AES Corporation, the largest US-based global power company with a team of 8,300 employees across 12 countries. AES has been ranked #1 by BloombergNEF in renewable energy sales to corporations in the US and Americas for five consecutive years, providing electricity for millions of people worldwide. AES was also named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for the 13th consecutive year in 2026, highlighting our dedication to integrity, transparency, and responsible business practices. Our spirit of innovation continues to earn industry recognition. AES is the only seven-time winner of the Edison Electric Institute’s Edison Awards in the twenty-first century, a distinction honoring global leadership in advancing the electric power industry. If you're ready to be part of a company that's not just adapting to change, but driving it, AES is the place for you. We're not just building a more sustainable future, we're powering it. Apply now and energize your career with a true leader in global energy.

What You'll Do9

• 1Perform with assistance the maintenance of a coordinated construction project list and integrated project schedule using P6 to provide a common reference across planning development engineering execution and close-out stages and capture project shifts and scope adjustments as they occur
• 2Perform with assistance quality control review of consultant-prepared construction schedules including Facility Study schedules
• 3Perform with assistance the annual review of the coordinated project list to inform prioritization and scope fidelity as electric network conditions and needs evolve supporting long-lead material planning and labor resource planning
• 4Perform with assistance the team's existing NERC Management of Change compliance structure by evaluating when project changes require review or re-evaluation by the appropriate subject matter experts including but not limited to PRC-004 PRC-025 PRC-027 FAC-002 and FAC-008 and routing changes to the appropriate owners within the compliance structure
• 5Independently support long-term three-year and short-term three-month operational planning horizons for outage coordination utilizing power flow models to coordinate planned outages and reduce the risk of projects failing to obtain required outage approvals
• 6Coordinate outage-related planning input with the System Operations and PMO functions to support holistic outage scheduling across the business
• 7Independently manage the MISO and PJM operational/network models and coordinate with the System Planning team on forecasted modeling changes
• 8Independently submit and maintain tickets in MISO CROW and PJM eDART to reflect project and outage-related model changes
• 9Provide the Transmission Operations Control Center assistance in times of emergency such as extreme weather events emergency repairs or system restoration to ensure a timely return to energization of AES customers

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