Protection & Control Fld Svc Supv (SIA)

The APC Power Delivery Protection and Control Field Services (P&CFS) department is seeking a Field Services Supervisor for the Substation Integration & Automation (SIA) group. This position is located in Birmingham, Alabama.

The successful candidate will provide overall leadership and direction to the SIA P&C Field Services work group. Key responsibilities include:

• Ensuring employees know and follow safe behaviours and applicable protection and control policies and procedures
• Promoting and modelling safety as a core value using 'Safety First' principles
• Managing the SIA work plan, including construction, preventive maintenance, and emergent work
• Providing technical guidance and direction for issues related to substation remote terminal units (RTUs)
• Ensuring all compliance requirements are achieved and cybersecurity expectations observed
• Responding to system problems during normal hours and after-hours' on-call rotations

The ideal candidate will have:

• A 4-year BS Engineering Degree from an ABET-accredited institution (Electrical preferred) and 4 years P&C FS field work experience, or equivalent
• Experience in field testing and commissioning RTUs, establishing communications between intelligent electronic devices (IEDs), and testing and commissioning microprocessor field devices
• Extensive knowledge of RTUs and digital communications between IEDs
• Ability to analyze transmission and distribution system SCADA events as related to customer outages
• Project management skills and experience interacting with internal customers and external entities on technical and/or compliance issues

Benefits may include partial relocation assistance.

The position requires a valid driver's license, passing a background investigation, and serving an on-call rotation with availability to work outside normal business hours. Overnight travel is expected 25% of the time.