Portfolio Development Engineer - Akron FirstEnergy Headquarters

FirstEnergy at a Glance   

   

We are a forward-thinking electric utility powered by a diverse team of employees committed to making customers’ lives brighter, the environment better and our communities stronger.    

   

FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and operational excellence. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, FirstEnergy includes one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, more than 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, and a regulated generating fleet with a total capacity of more than 3,500 megawatts.    

   

About the Opportunity    

   

This is an open position with FirstEnergy Service Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. [FEU].

 

Location: OH

Onsite / In-office

 

The Transmission Capital Portfolio Team is tasked with the identification, on-boarding, tracking, and prioritization of transmission capital projects in the ten-year portfolio. This team works with the project sponsors and stakeholders to identify capital projects based on operational/system and / or regulatory need and works with a variety of internal and external FirstEnergy resources to forecast the various components that comprise the capital portfolio (i.e. material identification, budget/ estimate forecasting, resource identification and forecasting, outage management, etc.). The team focuses on active transmission projects and the management of the projects' finances, scopes, and in-service dates. The team also addresses emergent project work to ensure the active portfolios remain on budget and schedule.

Responsibilities include:

 

• Strategic development and balancing of the capital portfolio (10-year portfolio) and providing oversight by performing financial analysis, resource evaluations, and ad-hoc support as necessary.
• Assisting in the development of detailed project scopes for all of the FirstEnergy Transmission portfolio of projects.
• Support comprehensive review plans at specific asset locations and promote projects into the overall capital portfolio plan.
• Initiating, recommending, and assisting in the development of the capital portfolio for reliability, operational, and condition related projects. Supporting the project prioritization and presentation efforts of the Transmission portfolio of projects.
• Performing strategic research data mining, and analytics to support Portfolio analysis and reporting.
• Supporting the preparation and development of strategic content and messaging for internal and external audiences, including presentation development for senior leadership.
• Interfacing with stakeholders to coordinate efforts to meet overall portfolio goals and supporting budgeting/forecasting and rates filing timelines.
• Providing excellent customer service through timely and accurate information, analysis, and reporting.
• Managing the current year portfolio and the emergent projects entering the portfolio.
• Maintaining relative priority of projects to accommodate off-budget cycle requests.
• Demonstrating a questioning attitude while also maintaining complete commitment to the overall success of the team.

 

Qualifications include:

 

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical, Civil or Mechanical Engineering (BSEE, BSCE, BSME) from an ABET accredited institution is required. Acceptable alternatives are: (1) a Professional Engineer’s (PE) License (2) a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Technology from an ABET accredited institution (3) a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Civil or Mechanical Engineering or technical field of study (non-ABET) plus an advanced degree in Electrical, Civil or Mechanical Engineering from a university with an ABET accredited Bachelor’s program. Civil Engineering is preferred.
• A Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Certificate is preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years of Engineering experience is required.
• Demonstrated abilities of effective analytical and reasoning capabilities. Refined oral and written communication skills, including the ability to effectively structure and confidently present information to peers and leadership.
• Ability to work on assignments that may be broad in nature involving the compilation, preparation, and analysis of various statistical/analytical data, reports, statements, studies, or projects.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office tools including Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Word is required.
• Knowledge of Qlikview/PowerBI reporting and SAP data mining is required.
• Basic researching skills required.
• Exceptionally strong communication skills is re