Company Summary Statement
Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company, part of the PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) family of companies, are regulated utilities that serve more than 1.3 million customers and have consistently ranked among the best companies for customer service in the United States. LG&E serves 334,000 natural gas and 433,000 electric customers in Louisville and 16 surrounding counties. KU serves 569,000 customers in 77 Kentucky counties and five counties in Virginia. LG&E and KU are major employers and active supporters of the communities they serve. They empower employees, community members and initiatives across their service territory through volunteerism and investments in organizations that support education, sustainability and wellbeing.
Overview
This position is responsible for the technical oversight and leadership of a group that provides reliability engineering, monitors performance, establishes metrics, identifies projects, and recommends improvements to enhance the reliability of the transmission system.
The position will be located in Louisville or Lexington, KY based on the candidate's preference.
Responsibilities
Supervises engineers, co-op students, and other regular full-time employees, including planning, job assignments, development, and performance appraisals.
Establishes and manages section goals and objectives and an operation plan and annual budget consistent with department strategies.
Analyze transmission data from various systems to support Transmission operating and maintenance functions with engineering analysis, troubleshooting, and problem resolution. Leverage transmission data to optimize capital spend, reduce cost, and improve reliability.
Leads the effort to enhance and maintain CFR, TRODS, PI and implement technology solutions for the reliability group. Serves as the primary IT contact for these initiatives.
Provides technical review, analysis, and recommendations related to highly visible and/or otherwise exceptional system outage events.
Performs benchmarking studies and analysis related to reliability performance. Recommends reliability improvements to the transmission system; including, but not limited to new capital projects, operating procedures, and transmission design improvements.
Develops reports and dashboards to track operational performance, financials, resource needs, and resource efficiency. Drive automation capabilities into reporting solutions.
Participates in North American Transmission Forum initiatives, including peer reviews, information sharing, and metrics analysis.
Provides peripheral analytical support and technical troubleshooting for transmission planning and system operations engineering functional areas.
Ensures projects are managed to the approved scope, schedule, and budget.
All other duties and projects as assigned.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Education
ABET accredited Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.
Experience
Minimum of 5 years of industry experience in transmission, distribution, or generation systems. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Effective interpersonal and team building skills. Demonstrated leadership abilities.
Preferred Qualifications
Relevant post baccalaureate degree. Ability to analyze and solve engineering problems from a business perspective. SQL experience and expertise with data visualization tools.Read the full posting.
PPL Corporation
Two N Ninth St
Allentown
Pennsylvania United States
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