Telecom Consultant Associate-Telecom Consultant

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Job Summary

Job Description

 American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) was named on Forbes magazine’s America’s Best Large Employers 2025 list

Telecom Consultant Associate (Salary Grade 6)

Telecom Consultant (Salary Grade 7)

What You'll Do:

• Participates in design, installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and performance analysis of AEP's intermediate and enterprise telecommunication networks and systems.

• Follows policies, practices, procedures, standards, and company rules relative to assignments.

• Complies with regulations and procedures required by external agencies.

• Prepares cost estimates for engineering assignments using established guidelines.

• Performs documentation of project work using established guidelines.

• Performs network assignments.

• Analyze network performance, troubleshoot when necessary, and provide resolutions to technical problems.

• Follow standard workflow for engineering projects.

• Apply economic analysis techniques and adhere to budgeting and approval processes in project development.

• Demonstrate knowledge of AEP networks, components, and facilities to enable more efficient and comprehensive responses to projects and problems.

• Learn AEP's organizational structure and the specific role and responsibility of one's organizational unit.

What We're Looking For:

Telecom Consultant Associate (Salary Grade 6)

Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering, engineering technology, computer science, telecommunications, or related field of study; (Or) Associate's degree in field mentioned above with 2 years of relevant work experience; (Or) High School diploma/GED with 4 years of relevant work experience required.

Experience: No additional experience, other than what is listed above, is required.

Licenses/Certifications: Valid Driver's License is Required.

Telecom Consultant (Salary Grade 7)

Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering, engineering technology, computer science, telecommunications, or related field of study; (Or) Associate's degree in field mentioned above with 2 years of relevant work experience; (Or) High School diploma/GED with 4 years of relevant work experience required.

Experience: 2 years of relevant work experience in addition to any experience mentioned above.

Licenses/Certifications:  Valid Driver's License is Required.

Other Must Haves:

• Possess intermediate level knowledge of communications technologies and inter-networking principles.

• Demonstrate competency in analytical techniques necessary to handle assignments of moderate complexity. (e.g., by dividing the problem into component steps, and performing the analysis necessary to complete each step.)

• Exhibit understanding for pertinent telecom equipment, materials, systems and business processes.

• Exhibit ability to understand interrelationships between systems and component equipment.

• Demonstrate ability to analyze and recommend enhancements to business processes.

• Collaborate with others within the work group, department, or other corporate entity as necessary to complete routine activities.

• Provide cross-training to other employees as assigned.

• Initiate corrective action when project objectives are not being met.

• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.

• Demonstrate the ability to extrapolate beyond known facts to reach logical conclusions.

• Demonstrate an attitude and desire to listen to and satisfy both internal and external customers who use and depend upon their organizational unit.

• Use initiative in looking for opportunities and presenting new ideas and new approaches.

• Relate to people in an open, friendly and sincere manner.

• Effectively lead and facilitate meetings.

• Use initiative in looking for opportunities to increase job knowledge and technical skills.

• Core Competencies:  Continuous improvement, team player, assume positive intent, safety first focus, continuous learning, professionalism.

• Occasional travel required.

Where You'll Work:

Gahanna, OH (Onsite): 850 Tech Center Drive, Gahanna, OH 43230

What You'll Get:

Telecom Consultant Associate (Salary Grade 6)

Expected Salary Range: $80,000.00-$84,000.00 (USD)

Telecom Consultant (Salary Grade 7)

Expected Salary Range: $90,000.00-$ 95,000.00 (USD)

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The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S – Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.