Distribution Planning Engineer - Ohio

JOB DESCRIPTION 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 the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. This Planning & Protection Engineer position provides technical expertise for the planning, protection, and reliability of Ohio's distribution systems. The engineer works across FirstEnergy Ohio, performs analysis and recommends solutions to maintain a reliable electrical infrastructure that meets present and future electrical needs. This position reports onsite and is at any available service center / office in the FE Ohio service territory except in these Ohio Edison southern locations: Marion, Springfield, and Mansfield. Responsibilities include: * Demonstrating a commitment to all aspects of safety, with maturity to exercise independent judgment on complex projects and assignments. * Performing power system planning and analysis to study the impact of new customers, generation, or electrification trends. * Demonstrating proficiency in the use of engineering analysis software to model the distribution system, calculate voltage drop and fault currents of circuits, and perform distribution switching and protection studies. * Preparing budget estimates and schedules for system reinforcement projects. * Supporting operations and maintenance by performing switching studies and preparing settings for mobile substation installations as needed. * Conducting protective device coordination studies and developing relay settings. * Preparing protection specifications for new capital projects and system upgrades. * Performing long-term, area-wide planning studies using applicable distribution system analysis software and preparing load study reports that detail the study findings and recommendations. * Performing capacity studies for customer new load requests and preparing load study reports that detail the study findings and recommendations. * Collaborating with multiple stakeholders, internally and externally, and demonstrating a strong customer-focused mentality. * Performing technical reviews and interconnection studies for customer distributed generation applications. * Providing prompt technical support and analysis to the Distribution Control Center (DCC) for planned and emergency load shifts, mobile substation installations, and troubleshooting for miscoordinations or mis-operations * Performing outage analysis, including analysis of circuit lockouts, in support of the Company's reliability initiatives. * Completing Customer Experiencing Multiple Interruptions (CEMI) and Worst Performing Circuit (WPC) analysis and recommend reliability improvements. * Attending industry user group meetings as necessary to support FirstEnergy as a premier utility, including but not limited to Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and IEEE, etc. * Supporting Ohio's storm process as needed