Utility Aerial Specialist V - Flight Operations - North Canton Airport/Reading, PA

FirstEnergy

We are a forward-thinking electric utility powered by a diverse team of employees committed to making customers lives brighter, the environment better and our communities stronger.

FirstEnergy (NYSE : FE) is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and operational excellence. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, FirstEnergy includes one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, more than 24,miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, and a regulated generating fleet with a total capacity of more than 3, megawatts.

About the Opportunity

The Utility Aerial Specialist position is responsible for oversight of scheduling, notifications, coordinating and deconfliction of utility aerial assets, including FE helicopters, vendor helicopters, and UAS (drone) activities across the FirstEnergy system.

Utilize various communication tools and software activities within the FE Flight Operations and with other departments within FE.

Duties may include helicopter observer patrols in a safe and successful manner. Flexibility, organization, collaboration, and multi-tasking skills are essential to the success of working in this environment.

This position requires a flexible schedule, which may include nights, weekends, holidays and on-call or afterhours.

The selected candidate may be offered a position within the same job family, at a level that is lower than what was posted.

This will be determined based upon the results of the interview process which considers the candidate’s skills, work history, experience level, and other relevant qualifications.

There are two positions available, one in each Reading and Akron.

Responsibilities Include :

• Foster a high-performance safety culture through personal conduct, leading by example, and the utilization of human performance principles
• Participate and actively contribute to an organizational culture that thrives on safety, integrity, open and honest communication, continuous improvement, collaboration, and values the contributions of all employees
• Maintain customer and operating confidentiality
• Perform site Safety Observations and reviews to ensure adherence to safe work standards and procedures
• Participate in contractor performance evaluations, project review, lessons learned
• Verify all vendor pilots assigned to each flight are legally qualified and eligible to fly in the aircraft and type of operation through coordination
• Assist in developing a FirstEnergy Flight Operations Command Center for all aerial operations
• Utilize Google Earth Pro and other software to monitor aerial activities
• Report aviation related accidents, incidents, and near misses to the appropriate business unit. Oversee contractor incident process
• Coordinate aerial operations across the FE organization
• Monitor daily activities and plan for deconfliction of all FirstEnergy aerial utility operations
• Attend FE Flight Operation standards and policy trainings
• Ability to travel
• Perform as a Flight Sensor Operator (FSO) which gathers information from a flying airborne platform (manned or unmanned)
• Ensure the safe operation of the Sensor systems in conjunction with the flight, effectively operate assigned remote sensing systems and support the processing, exploitation, and dissemination of collected information
• Flight Crewmember when assigned to flights
• Participation and contribution to our Safety Management System
• Sensor flight planning
• Participating in Crew Resource Management
• Sensor Operations
• Managing, exploitation, and dissemination of acquired data
• Sensor installation, testing & maintenance
• Collection management
• Quality Control (QC) of acquired data
• Learn and apply complex principles of aerial photography, LiDAR, airborne GPS, and inertial navigation systems
• Effectively work with the pilot in command to safely and efficiently complete assigned missions
• Keep accurate and detailed notes to complete mission flight logs and progress reports in a timely manner
• Perform preflight and post flight inspections of the sensor system(s)
• Assist in other office duties as needed (subject to change and evolve with the flight department)
• Provide mentoring, coaching and guidance to other members of the team and department

Qualifications include :

• High school diploma, and with a minimum of 10 (ten) years relevant work experience is required
• Associates in Applied Science, or business or related discipline preferred
• Comprehensive understanding of the electrical grid
• Proficient with Google Earth, TAMI, and other mapping software
• Must embrace and role model a safety culture and maintain a safe work environment for co-workers and the public.
• Excellent computer skills, interpersonal skills, strong written and verbal communication skills, and strong analytical ability are required.
• Able to function both independently and on a team, communicates and drives positive workforce change to achieve intended process improvements.
• Able to complete TSA background check for appropriate airport access
• Adaptable to changes in work requirements and organizational priorities
• Highly organized with strict adherence to deadlines
• Technical Sensor Operator (TSO)
• FE flight observer
• Review the various metrics used within FE Flight Operations and necessary actions to address improvement opportunities

Benefits, Compensation & Workforce Diversity

At FirstEnergy, employees are key to our success. We depend on their talents to meet the challenges of our changing business environment.

We are committed to rewarding individual and team efforts through our total rewards philosophy which includes competitive pay plus incentive compensation, a company-sponsored pension plan, (k) savings plan with matching employer contribution, a choice of medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and life insurance programs, as well as skills development training with tuition reimbursement.

Please visitour website at to learn more about all of our employee rewards programs. FirstEnergyproudly supports workforce diversity.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment withoutregard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protectedveteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.

No recruiters or agencies without a previously signed contract. Unable to sponsor or transfer H-1B visas at this time.

Safety

Safety is a core value for FirstEnergy and is essential to all of our business activities. We ensure employees havethe tools, information, and processes to perform their duties in a manner that assures safety for themselves, theirco-workers, our customers and the public.

Our goals are to provide a safe work environment, to maintain anaccident-free, injury-free workplace, and to promote and maintain public safety.

To meet these goals, we dedicateourselves to achieving world-class safety standards.

FirstEnergy Human Resources Team