Job Posting End Date

12-30-2024

Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date

Job Summary

Responsible for the distribution Graphical Information System (GIS) and associated data, the use of GIS technology to improve business processes, the integration of data from multiple applications, and the transformation and delivery of the integrated data into information useful for decision making related to operating the assets of the AEP distribution system.

Job Description

Essential Job Functions:

Provide counsel to Utilities management for issues related to the use of GIS and data to improve business processes.

Develop and coordinate strategies used to provide GIS data and related services in order to minimize operational risks.

Develop and coordinate strategies used to integrate GIS technology into daily operations that improve business processes.

Develop and coordinate strategies to create distribution data marts that integrate data from multiple applications that result in the transformation and delivery of data into information useful for decision making to all levels of Utilities management.

Effectively communicate both complex technical and non-technical GIS issues to AEP leadership.

Assess patterns of technologies by examining their effects on parts of an organization, as well as the effects on the organization's interactions with customers, suppliers, distributors, and workers

Promote safe excavation and damage prevention within AEP and the larger excavating community through shared responsibility, safe digging practices, and the economic review of locate requests and involvement with state and local damage prevention agencies.

Minimum Requirements:

Education requirements are listed below:

Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as Engineering or GIS mapping or Associate degree in related discipline and two (2) years of experience in a GIS related field or High school diploma and four (4) years' experience in a GIS related field.

Work Experience requirement listed below:

Minimum of twelve (12) years' experience in distribution related activities in addition to experience listed above including five (5) years supervisory/management experience.

Required License(s)/Certification(s) are listed below:

Valid state driver's license. 

Other Requirements:

Physical demand level is Sedentary

1) Travel required

2) Strong organizational and communications skills

3) Some overtime required

4) Ability to field review distribution facilities Job code: 67001

Compensation Data

Compensation Grade:

SP20-010

Compensation Range:

$129,963.00-168,952.00 USD

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