DOC (Distribution Operations Center) Field Planner

The DOC ( Distribution Operations Center) Field Planner provides direction and oversight to APS personnel involved in the construction, maintenance and operation of APS' distribution and network systems.

This role:

• Provides technical support to local Operations and Maintenance, Construction, management, and Distribution Operations Center personnel.
• Ensures that system utilization is optimized while adhering to APS' operating practices and procedures and without compromising the system's safety, integrity, and reliability.
• Responsible for researching, planning, coordinating, and scheduling of system outages and reconfigurations required for planned system additions and modifications.
• Coordinates and oversees work activities of various APS functional areas and interconnected utilities to ensure that the outage restoration is completed in a timely manner.

Minimum Requirements

• High School diploma/GED and five (5) years' experience with APS working as a Journeyman Lineman, Journeyman Electrician, Electrical Engineer, or equivalent experience where extensive knowledge of the transmission and/or distribution systems operations, maintenance and/or construction is obtained.
• Must have the ability to work independently and be self-directed in establishing priorities and adapting to change.
• Working knowledge of electrical theory and operation of an interconnected electric distribution system, lines and substation equipment, protective schemes and relays, general safety practices and the APS accident prevention manual.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly assimilate and evaluate information to determine the scope of unplanned system outages and formulate viable options to isolate the problem and reconfigure the system in order to restore service.
• Must be able to perform field evaluations as to the extent of damage, and direct field personnel in the priority and required sequencing of activities needed in the completion of permanent repairs in order to return system to its normal configuration.

Preferred knowledge, skills, or qualifications

• Experience with the following applications is preferred: Transmission Outage Application, Advanced Distribution Management System, Geographic Information System, PI database.
• Extensive experience and technical knowledge of distribution switching and clearance writing.
• Experience and technical knowledge of substation, distribution and transmission equipment, transmission and distribution electrical design/schematics and one-line diagrams.
• Experience with Blueprint reading/interpretation.
• A valid Arizona driver's license is required.
• May also require the administration of a test.