Equipment Engineer IV - Asset & Records Control - Akron Fairlawn

Description
- Assess fleet health, performance, failure trends, replacement needs, and asset management plans for substation, transmission line, and distribution line assets using inspection, maintenance, operational, and asset data.
- Analyze complex technical data, develop business requirements, and recommend practical technical solutions, processes, procedures, standards, and documentation.
- Develop and maintain spare strategies, replacement recommendations, portfolio planning support, and risk-reduction actions to improve fleet reliability and inform long-term investment decisions.
- Evaluate equipment specifications, industry announcements, emerging technologies, and design standards to support equipment standardization, monitoring capabilities, and fleet performance.
- Analyze the population, application, condition, and risk of distribution substation breakers, line breakers, and reclosers across the FirstEnergy fleet in coordination with asset management, Asset Information & Tools, distribution engineering, and other stakeholders.
- Assess and support online asset monitoring programs, including data requirements, performance indicators, and operational value.
- Support training material development for new and existing distribution operational technology in coordination with workforce development and subject matter experts.
- Provide technical support to leadership, distribution engineering, asset management, Asset Information & Tools, FE Utilities, and other internal partners.
- Manage changing priorities, periodic local travel, occasional overnight stays, storm duty support, and special projects as assigned.
- Support a safe work environment and demonstrate FirstEnergy Values and Behaviors.

Qualifications:

Engineer III Qualifications Include:
- Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical 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 or Mechanical Engineering or technical field of study (non-ABET) plus an advanced degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering from a university with an ABET accredited Bachelor’s program.
- A Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Certificate is preferred.
- Minimum of 3 (three) years of Engineering experience is required.

Engineer IV Qualifications include:
- Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical 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 or Mechanical Engineering or technical field of study (non-ABET) plus an advanced degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering from a university with an ABET accredited Bachelor’s program.
- A Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Certificate is preferred.
- Minimum of 5 (five) years of Engineering experience is required with a BS in Engineering or minimum of 7 (seven) years of Engineering experience is required with a BS in Engineering Technology.

Preferred:
- Understanding of substation and line equipment, breakers, reclosers, protective devices, and related distribution operational technology.
- Knowledge of substation and line equipment maintenance practices.
- Ability to read and understand substation design prints, bills of material, equipment specifications, and instruction manuals.
- Experience with equipment applications, specifications, spare planning, replacement recommendations, reliability improvements, monitoring technologies, or industry standards.
- Experience using asset management, maintenance, reporting, or data tools such as Cascade, Powerbase, Doble Testing, transformer oil analysis, Power BI, SAP, Maximo, SQL, or similar tools.

All employees must have a FirstEnergy computer account to apply for jobs. If you are unsure whether you have an account, please contact the IT Service Desk at 330-315-4357, Option 1 - 1, for assistance.

FirstEnergy takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. In addition, your actual base salary will depend on various factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience.