Assistant Portfolio Engineer 

Job Title: Assistant Portfolio Engineer 
Duration: 12 Months
Location: Akron, OH 44320

Responsibilities:

• Daily interface and coordination with planning portfolio engineers, client management and client sponsors to develop the long-range integrated portfolio plan based on existing projects and Planning strategies
• Ensure synergies across projects are incorporated into the portfolio of work
• Attend budget planning meetings with different client stakeholders (general managers, supervisors, etc.) and ensure the incorporation of the long-range plan
• Work with multiple client stakeholders to determine budget year for transmission projects based on feasibility, budget, and need
• Review client sponsors’ projects and ensure project is supported by proper justification
• Create conceptual estimates and schedules by working with sponsors and Project Managers on their requests
• Support the client in the development of the 10-year plan
• Help create and compile the clients rate filing for PJM
• Review tabletop engineering estimates for accuracy and scope
• Work with outage coordination to assemble a set of regional projects that do no cause conflicts including incorporating project constructability and the long-term plan
• Informal mentoring and training of client’s portfolio engineers on T&D Design and projects
• Interface with client’s accounting group to establish financial setup for projects
• Create analyses & reports to assist the client in tracking, coordination, and execution of projects
• Build baseline scopes, schedules, and budgets to be released to multiple client’s stakeholders

Requirements:

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited program. Required 
• High attention to detail and organization
• Excellent communication skills and professional etiquette
• Ability to coordinate projects across multiple organizations during the project initiation
• 1 year field assignment to Akron, OH preferred; will discuss support from BMcD office with monthly travel to Akron, OH 
• Preferred:
• Engineers in Training-EIT Certification 

 

At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. The pay rate for this position is $43.56/hr.