The Performance and Reliability Department assists Retail Generation and Power Delivery in all aspects of equipment health, performance, and maintenance processes through the following areas: 24/7 equipment monitoring & diagnostics, on site condition-based maintenance & performance testing, daily & outage work management planning support, and analytics & reporting.

This position will be a member of the analytics team which serves as the business product owner for data integration and reporting tools for Generation and Power Delivery. The focus of this role is to enhance operational & maintenance processes to optimize equipment reliability, efficiency, and costs. A key responsibility is creating and refining fleet reports and dashboards that enable users to integrate various data types from multiple sources including operational time-series, Maximo work management, cost, and performance data to make informed and strategic decisions.

Additional responsibilities include support for individual plant requests, like-unit comparisons, identifying and communicating best practices, applying lessons learned across the fleet, and ensuring consistency to improve processes. The position will also provide internal reporting support to the following teams within Performance and Reliability: Operations Monitoring & Diagnostics Center (OM&D), Condition Based Maintenance (CBM), Generating Plant Performance Testing (GPP), Outage Planning, and Work Management.

WORK LOCATION:

This position will be located at the Energy Center in Birmingham, AL. This position will require some travel (10%) to sites across the Southern Company territory in Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia.

JOB REQUIREMENTS (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills)

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or related 2-year or 4-year technical degree.

• Experience with extract, transform, load (ETL) tools for connecting, integrating, reviewing, and preparing data for further evaluation.

• Experience with business intelligence tools such as Power BI and Tableau for analyzing data and creating reports and visualizations.

• Understanding of power generation and power delivery operations & maintenance, or related manufacturing processes is preferred.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support effective reporting and data analysis across Generation and Power Delivery

• Serve as a primary interface to Retail Generation Plants, Power Delivery, Technical Shared Services, Operation Monitoring & Diagnostics Center, and the Technology Organization to drive improvements in data analysis tools and processes.

• Establish and maintain strong communication with all levels of plant and corporate employees, management, vendors, peer groups, and subject matter experts.

• Provide formal and informal training to end users on implementing reports as tools they can leverage for making informed and strategic decisions.

• Actively participate in internal and industry user groups to stay updated with the latest visualization tools and analytic techniques.

BEHAVIORAL ATTRIBUTES

• Safety First

• Intentional Inclusion

• Act with Integrity

• Superior Performance

Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is a leading energy provider serving 9 million residential and commercial customers across the Southeast and beyond through its family of companies. Providing clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy with excellent service is our mission. The company has electric operating companies in three states, natural gas distribution companies in four states, a competitive generation company, a leading distributed energy infrastructure company with national capabilities, a fiber optics network, and telecommunications services. Through an industry-leading commitment to innovation, resilience, and sustainability, we are taking action to meet our customers’ and communities’ needs while advancing our commitment to net zero emissions by 2050. Our uncompromising values ensure we put the needs of those we serve at the center of everything we do and are the key to our sustained success. We are transforming energy into economic, environmental and social progress for tomorrow. Our corporate culture and hiring practices have earned the company national awards and recognition from numerous organizations, including Forbes, Military Times, DiversityInc, Black Enterprise, J.D. Power, Fortune, Human Rights Campaign and more. To learn more, visit www.southerncompany.com.

Southern Company is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Job Identification: 5250

Job Category: Data Analytics

Job Schedule: Full time

Company: Southern Company Services