AEP Employment Information
1.
Job Opportunities
Over the next 5 to 7 years approximately 30 jobs per year
will be open at 7 AEP Power Plants within 100 miles of
2.
Employee Selection Process
Job Postings
Website AEP.com, Careers, Search and apply to current
openings
Other Outreach efforts including Local Newspaper and West
Virginia Job Service
Plant Placement Exercises
Plant Operator Selection System (POSS)
Reading Comprehension
Mathematical Usage
Spatial Ability
Tables and Graphs
Maintenance Selection System (MASS)
Aptitude Tests
Background and Opinion Questionnaire
Interviewing, Physical Exam, and Drug Screening
Competitive Candidates Evaluation
3.
Physical Placement Exercises
Lifting
Climbing
Carrying
Dexterity
Shoveling
4.
Job Description, Partial Listing
Monitor and inspect all plant equipment and operate all
local controls and devices for proper operations.
Service, adjust, lubricate, clean, inspect and repair plant
equipment.
Place into or remove from service plant equipment and
execute the plant’s clearance permit system.
Operate a steam-electric generating unit composed of
boilers, turbines, generators, transformers, pumps, condensers, scrubbers and
related auxiliary and accessory equipment.
Perform necessary operating, regulating and adjusting duties
in maintaining proper control of plant equipment.
5.
Wage Rate Schedule (12 hour Rate)
Equipment Operator Junior (Entry Rate) $15.05/Hour
Equipment Operator, 3 Years (Top Rate) $24.11/Hour
Unit Operator (Top Rate) $27.81/Hour
Plus benefit package of about 37% of Wages