Investment Planning - Co-Op Engineer (Electric Grid)

Location: Dayton, Ohio, United States

Company

AES is a global electric power company developing renewable energy and modernizing electric grid infrastructure across 12 countries.

What you will do

• Support the design and planning of future-state transmission and distribution power systems.
• Gather, store, and use electrical asset data; create and maintain models with PSSE and CYME.
• Prepare scopes of work, cost estimates, schedules, project business cases, and financial models.
• Validate annual budget data and manage budgets for assigned transmission and distribution investment programs.
• Apply Management of Change and Asset Governance processes, support root cause analyses, and update Asset Life Cycle Plans.
• Attend substation and engineering site visits, collaborate with technical and business stakeholders, and propose solutions to grid problems.

Requirements

• Interest in electric infrastructure, transmission and distribution systems, and the responsible energy transition.
• Ability to develop technical and analytical solutions for electrical asset and grid data.
• Ability to collaborate with engineers, technicians, regulatory experts, finance professionals, and other disciplines.
• Availability to attend field visits at substations and other engineering sites in the Dayton area.
• Ability to work full time in the United States and complete applicable employment authorization verification.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on experience alongside experienced engineers and business professionals.
• Formalized learning opportunities focused on the energy transition and industry knowledge.
• Networking with peers, AES leaders, and other employees through events, lunch-and-learns, and speaker series.
• Agile and collaborative work environment focused on diversity, inclusion, integrity, and sustainability.