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Job Summary

Job Description

• Conducts due diligence reviews of potential new generation project development sites and facilities for acquisition, prepares diligence reports, identifies potential environmental risks and effectively communicates those risks to the team manager, senior management and other project stakeholders within AEP.
  
• Interfaces with internal team and project developer throughout planning and construction of the new asset.
  
• Scopes and coordinates environmental field studies (e.g. terrestrial and aquatic species surveys, habitat assessments, wetland and waters delineations, historic and cultural resource surveys, etc.) to support initial site investigation activities, NEPA documentation when needed, and environmental permitting.
  
• Prepares or oversees the preparation of environmental permit applications, reports, consultations, submittal of applications/modifications, reviews/comments on technical support documents and draft permits, and leads agency permit negotiations.
  
• Monitors, conduct complex / advanced data analysis, interprets, and prepares summaries or provides technical guidance for existing and new regulations or legislation. Comments on proposed regulations.
  
• Provides permit and compliance support to AEP facilities.
  
• Assists with facility compliance reviews, training sessions, and compliance audits.
  
• Serves as an internal expert resource for assigned subject areas.
  
• Interacts and builds working relationships with federal and state resource agency staff.
  
• Leads, facilitates and coordinates work activities of others within work group, team, department, or those external to the company (e.g., consultants) and assumes the role of project manager to perform permitting and compliance work.
  
• Identifies, clarifies, resolves, and initiates solutions to complex compliance problems that require multi-functional, or organizational, interfacing and/or multi-disciplined analytical techniques.
  
• Leads in the preparation and presentation of complex technical subjects, clearly, concisely, and persuasively, bringing in ancillary issues before senior management, professional organizations, regulatory bodies, etc.
  
• Develops and implements standards of work as it relates to the group’s activities and continually seeks process improvements.
  

• Has typically acquired 4 or more years of related engineering experience along with a bachelor’s degree in engineering in a program accredited by ABET* or 2 years of related engineering experience along with a master’s degree in engineering from a program accredited by ABET*
  
• Individuals with a PhD in engineering from an engineering program accredited by ABET* may be considered for entry into the organization at this level Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) in any U.S. state or Puerto Rico** is encouraged and preferred.
  
• *ABET - Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.
  
• Must be available to work overtime, call-out overtime and shift work, as required.
  
• Travel requirements are expected 10-25% of the time
  
• Physical demand level is Sedentary
  

• a 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.
  
• Confirmation is required to ensure the PE obtained in Puerto Rico aligns with NCEES standards.
  

• Bachelor's degree (environmental science, biology, chemistry, natural resources, or ecology or related field)
  
• Minimum of 6 years of environmental experience.
  
• Individuals with a Master's or Doctorate degree may be considered for entry into the organization at this level.
  
• Registration in recognized associations and organizations for environmental professionals is encouraged.
  
• Must be available to work overtime, call-out overtime and shift work, as required.
  
• Travel requirements are expected 10-25% of the time
  
• Physical demand level is Sedentary
  

• Has typically acquired 6 or more years of related engineering experience along with a Bachelor's degree in engineering in a program accredited by ABET*, or 4 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 encouraged and preferred.
  
• *ABET - Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.
  
• Must be available to work overtime, call-out overtime and shift work, as required.
  
• Travel requirements are expected 10-25% of the time
  
• Physical demand level is Sedentary
  

• a 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.
  
• Confirmation is required to ensure the PE obtained in Puerto Rico aligns with NCEES standards.
  

• Bachelor's degree (environmental science, biology, chemistry, natural resources, or ecology or related field)
  
• Minimum of 10 years of environmental experience.
  
• Individuals with a Master's or Doctorate degree may be considered for entry into the organization at this level.
  
• Registration in recognized associations and organizations for environmental professionals is encouraged.
  
• Must be available to work overtime, call-out overtime and shift work, as required.
  
• Travel requirements are expected 10-25% of the time
  
• Physical demand level is Sedentary
  

• Has typically acquired 8 or more years of related engineering experience along with a Bachelor's degree in engineering in a program accredited by ABET*, or 6 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 required 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.
  
• Must be available to work overtime, call-out overtime and shift work, as required.
  
• Travel requirements are expected 10-25% of the time
  
• Physical demand level is Sedentary
  

• a 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.
  
• Confirmation is required to ensure the PE obtained in Puerto Rico aligns with NCEES standards.
  

• Bachelor's degree (environmental science, biology, chemistry, natural resources, or ecology or related field)
  
• Minimum of 18 years of environmental experience.
  
• Individuals with a Master's or Doctorate degree may be considered for entry into the organization at this level.
  
• Registration in recognized associations and organizations for environmental professionals is encouraged.
  
• Must be available to work overtime, call-out overtime and shift work, as required.
  
• Travel requirements are expected 10-25% of the time
  
• Physical demand level is Sedentary
  

• Up to 25% travel to job site
  

• This role sits on site in Columbus, OH or additional locations of Ft. Wayne, IN; Charleston, WV; Roanoke, VA; Shreveport, LA or Tulsa, OK
  

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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. (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.  

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