# Electric System Operator

Job Posting End Date 11-15-2026Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date. Job Summary The Electric System Operator (Distribution Dispatcher) is responsible for coordinating, regulating, and controlling the real-time operation of the electric distribution system to ensure reliable, safe, and efficient service to customers. This role monitors system conditions, executes switching orders, responds to outages and emergencies, and communicates with field crews, engineers, and other utility personnel.Job Description Dist. Dispatcher Assoc. - Dist. Dispatcher Sr.: As a member of our Distribution Control Center team, you’ll be the nerve center of the distribution grid-monitoring SCADA and grid telemetry in real time, making rapid decisions to isolate faults, restore service, and reconfigure feeders to keep power flowing. You’ll coordinate crews and contractors, issue safe switching orders, manage outage priorities during storms and emergencies, and communicate clear status updates to operations leadership and stakeholders. This fast-paced role combines technical problem solving, decisive action, and teamwork-where every shift delivers visible impact on r

- **Id**: 3789718
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/american-electric-power-electric-system-operator-2>
- **Role**: Field & Service
- **Role family**: Field & Service
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Gahanna, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T09:17:16Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 11
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7813
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Power Grid

## Company

- **Id**: 1755069
- **Name**: American Electric Power
- **Domain**: aep.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/aep-com>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 55
- **Ghost share**: 0.018
- **Stale share**: 0.018
- **Repost share**: 0.182
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 14
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 63496
- **Max**: 109543
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 109543

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 11

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: high_school
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T06:00:34Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 24 · green card filings: 5; Filings 12m: 24

## Liveness

- **Score**: 66
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.875
- **P room**: 0.75
- **Age days**: 11
- **Expected fill days**: 14
- **Reasons**: conf:6, velocity, win:late, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 109543
- **Is top pay**: yes

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