• Perform all work in a safe manner, encouraging others to do the same, and reporting unsafe situations, environments, and work procedures.
• Abide by all corporate standards, policies, by-laws, rules, and regulations.
• Complete all assigned work in an accurate, timely, and efficient manner.
• Maintain a neat and orderly work area.

Leadership in developing, maintaining and improving quality and reliability processes

• Maintain member expectations for system reliability.
• Maintain and improve systems that ensure proper documentation of design, specifications, and test procedures.
• Ensure proper control of processes and documentation which includes test plans, control plans, process specifications and tolerances.
• Assist in developing qualification procedures for new technologies.
• Ensure successful implementation of selected technologies.
• Test and analyze integration of systems in a utility environment.
• Process live smart grid data from SCADA, AMI, AVL, CIS and OMS systems to visualize 360-degree operational insight into the real-time performance of the distribution system.
• Assist in improving quality & reliability across multiple corporate disciplines.
• Ensure predictive analytics inform more accurate planning and case justifications
• Ensure seamless integration with asset management and other IT, OT and external (XT) systems

Distribution System Design

• Recommends suitable intelligent grid devices to optimize the system operations.
• Collaborates with engineers to recommend switch locations to enhance system safety and reliability
• Maintains and communicate current knowledge of technology improvements impacting system design.
• Assists in enhancing the communication infrastructure to substations and other SCADA devices.
• Ensures system one-line diagram stays current and accurate

Standards and Specifications

• Evaluate new equipment and devices by researching and meeting with vendors, arrange demonstrations of new products through the Supply Management Department, and make recommendations on their use involving any department affected by the new material

Real-Time systems

• Maintains thorough knowledge of SCADA, AMI and OMS applications and related softwares.
• Maintains thorough knowledge of inter-operability of all systems used in Power Control
• Ensures Regional Network Interface (RNI) and Flex Server is properly administered
• Maintains thorough knowledge of smart meters, Tower Gateway Base stations (TGBs) and other AMI technology developments.
• Ensure effective operation and maintenance of video-walls in control centers
• Ensure effective performance of Radio/Fiber communication networks

Power Control Operations

• Ensures effective monitoring, operating, controlling, and maintaining the integrity of the Power Distribution System
• Ensures all Power control logs and records are maintained.
• Constantly monitor all communications to ensure that information is relayed to appropriate field operations personnel
• Collaborates with Operations, Member-care, and other departments to prepare for major storm events
• Coordinates with GSOC to resolve transmission related issues and concerns.
• Ensure that all member inquiries are promptly, courteously, and professionally addressed.
• Ensure that all complaints are promptly routed to the proper personnel during normal work hours.

Apparatus & Meter Shop

• Maintains adequate inventory of smart meters, metering cubicles, CT/PT meters to meet growth and maintenance needs.
• Ensures smart meters are configured effectively to meet rate plan requirements
• Keeps abreast of latest substation designs and technology developments
• Ensures oil-devices/transformers are properly disposed of or refurbished
• Develops and document training programs for operation of apparatus devices and electronic panels.
• Ensure effective performance of Radio and telecommunications systems
• Ensures all relays, devices, metering apparatus, and instrument transformers are installed, tested, and maintained according to ANSI standards and manufacturer's requirements. Ensure accurate records are maintained on all equipment.
• Maintains and communicate current knowledge of OT systems changes, procedures, and improvements.
• Maintains a current knowledge of new technology developments.

Budget

• Prepare annual budget.
• Monitor actual expenditures and reduce controllable costs.

Support and Supervision

• Support and provide management with metrics, reports, and schedules as necessary
• Work with a team and report status to senior management
• Handle all aspects of employment for subordinate staff, including hiring positions, training, and termination
• Appropriately document actions in employment issues.
• Monitor performance and conduct performance planning & review sessions.
• Ensure fair & consistent treatment of department employees.
• Actively support the efforts & intent of Equal Employment Opportunity.

Provide direction and instruction to subordinate staff.

Work with Financial Services to provide data and exchange information on financial forecast and data processing billing.

Communicate with Electric Operations and Information Systems regarding the quality control, data synchronization, interfacing and interoperability of GIS, SCADA, OMS, AMI, MDMS and CIS.

Coordinate work with key technical and business stakeholders for business and technical requirements.

Communicate with Georgia Transmission Corporation, GSOC, vendors and consultants.

Work with utilities and governmental agencies requiring permits and joint construction.

Effectively serve all customers to achieve increased customer and public support of the Corporation.