Entry Level Operations Planning Manager Jobs
New grad operations planning manager jobs are open to recent graduates and entry level candidates with zero to two years of experience, where internship work in supply chain, logistics, or operations planning can matter more than a long resume. Most openings are on-site roles across Retail, Energy, and Non-Profit & Social Services, with employers like Lockheed Martin, QVC, and Kaiser Permanente hiring at this level now.
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Job Title:
Transmission Operations & Planning Technical Leader
Location:
Charlotte, NC, Knoxville, TN
Job Summary and Description:
The Transmission Operations & Planning Technical Leader will support the development and application of advanced transmission planning methodologies and long-term system planning frameworks to help design and execute studies that evaluate future grid needs under increasing uncertainty driven by load growth, resource transformation, extreme weather, and evolving regulatory requirements. The position will also contribute to the development of intelligent planning workflows that integrate analytical tools, automate study processes, and improve planning decision making.
The Technical Leader will support the development and application of advanced transmission planning methodologies and long-term system planning frameworks. The position will help design and execute studies that evaluate future grid needs under increasing uncertainty associated with load growth, resource transformation, extreme weather, and evolving regulatory requirements. Additionally, they will contribute to the development of intelligent planning workflows that integrate analytical tools, automate study processes, improve study reproducibility, and enhance planning decision-making.
Key Responsibilities and Requirements:
- Perform and support transmission planning, reliability, resilience, and interconnection studies.
- Develop long-term planning scenarios and evaluate future transmission needs across multiple planning horizons.
- Apply power system simulation, optimization, and probabilistic assessment methods to support investment and planning decisions.
- Design and implement Python-based automation to improve planning study efficiency and reproducibility.
- Integrate planning results across reliability, resource adequacy, production cost, and transmission planning processes.
- Develop technical recommendations and planning strategies for utility, ISO/RTO, and stakeholder clients.
- Communicate technical findings to engineering, management, regulatory, and executive audiences.
- Contribute to proposal development, project execution, research initiatives, and industry engagement activities.
- Familiarity with agentic AI applications is strongly desired.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Works independently on technical activities without direct supervision.
- Conducts technical searches and analyzes information in support of the project team.
- Demonstrates responsibility for highly specialized technical objectives or problems where relationships between cause and effect are difficult to establish, little or no precedent exists, and creative and imaginative thinking is required.
- Applies technical expertise and maintains knowledge of related disciplines.
- Develops technical solutions to complex problems requiring the regular use of ingenuity and creativity.
- Contributes to intelligent and automated planning workflows, including the potential application of agentic artificial intelligence.
- Has developed relationships with primary advisors to a research area.
- Provides assistance to EPRI sales staff in Member Services and EPRI International.
- Communicates strategies and results, both written and verbal, to program members, potential members, and external stakeholders through guidelines, reports, meetings, webcasts, workshops, and conferences.
- Communicates work across EPRI programs to ensure parallel and related research is informed.
- May provide oversight of a project team to help ensure technical and financial milestones are met.
- Organizes external and interdepartmental activities to support completion of projects and products on schedule and within budget.
- Supports the planning and execution of complex project work within the technical department to meet member and client objectives.
- Prepares and presents research reports, technical findings, and actionable recommendations.
- Manages small or medium, less-complex projects, including budgets and resources.
- Begins interfacing with national and international technical networks, including manufacturers, consultants, academia, research organizations, utilities, ISO/RTO organizations, and regulatory stakeholders.
- Supports proposal efforts and new promotional work.
- Develops research or service opportunities of value to EPRI members that align with EPRI’s mission and capabilities. This includes solving customer problems, producing insights and information important to members, and delivering information in a manner members and customers can apply.
- Provides guidance and mentorship to junior staff.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with transmission planning, transmission reliability, resilience, interconnection, risk-based planning, or integrated system planning.
- Experience using power system simulation, optimization, production cost, resource adequacy, or probabilistic assessment methods.
- Proficiency with Python or similar programming tools used to automate technical studies and analytical workflows.
- Familiarity with utility, ISO/RTO, regulatory, and stakeholder planning processes.
- Familiarity with agentic AI applications and their potential use in power system planning workflows is strongly desired.
The salary range for this position is $110,000 USD to $125,000 USD annually. This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on various factors, including without limitation applicant's education, experience, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. The salary may also be adjusted based on applicant's geographic location.
This role is eligible to participate in EPRI’s annual incentive program. The amount of incentive varies and is subject to the terms and conditions of the plan.
This role is eligible to participate in EPRI’s standard employee benefit programs, which currently include the following: medical, dental, vision, 401k, STD/LTD and paid family leave, life and accident insurance, paid time off (flexible vacation, sick leave, and holiday pay).
EPRI participates in E-Verify, an online system operated jointly by the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration (SSA). EPRI uses the system to check the work status of new hires by comparing information from the employee's I-9 form against SSA and Department of Homeland Security databases.
EPRI is an equal opportunity employer. EEO/AA/M/F/VETS/Disabled
Together . . . Shaping the Future of Energy.
Job Title:
Transmission Operations & Planning Technical Leader
Location:
Charlotte, NC, Knoxville, TN
Job Summary and Description:
The Transmission Operations & Planning Technical Leader will support the development and application of advanced transmission planning methodologies and long-term system planning frameworks to help design and execute studies that evaluate future grid needs under increasing uncertainty driven by load growth, resource transformation, extreme weather, and evolving regulatory requirements. The position will also contribute to the development of intelligent planning workflows that integrate analytical tools, automate study processes, and improve planning decision making.
The Technical Leader will support the development and application of advanced transmission planning methodologies and long-term system planning frameworks. The position will help design and execute studies that evaluate future grid needs under increasing uncertainty associated with load growth, resource transformation, extreme weather, and evolving regulatory requirements. Additionally, they will contribute to the development of intelligent planning workflows that integrate analytical tools, automate study processes, improve study reproducibility, and enhance planning decision-making.
Key Responsibilities and Requirements:
- Perform and support transmission planning, reliability, resilience, and interconnection studies.
- Develop long-term planning scenarios and evaluate future transmission needs across multiple planning horizons.
- Apply power system simulation, optimization, and probabilistic assessment methods to support investment and planning decisions.
- Design and implement Python-based automation to improve planning study efficiency and reproducibility.
- Integrate planning results across reliability, resource adequacy, production cost, and transmission planning processes.
- Develop technical recommendations and planning strategies for utility, ISO/RTO, and stakeholder clients.
- Communicate technical findings to engineering, management, regulatory, and executive audiences.
- Contribute to proposal development, project execution, research initiatives, and industry engagement activities.
- Familiarity with agentic AI applications is strongly desired.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Works independently on technical activities without direct supervision.
- Conducts technical searches and analyzes information in support of the project team.
- Demonstrates responsibility for highly specialized technical objectives or problems where relationships between cause and effect are difficult to establish, little or no precedent exists, and creative and imaginative thinking is required.
- Applies technical expertise and maintains knowledge of related disciplines.
- Develops technical solutions to complex problems requiring the regular use of ingenuity and creativity.
- Contributes to intelligent and automated planning workflows, including the potential application of agentic artificial intelligence.
- Has developed relationships with primary advisors to a research area.
- Provides assistance to EPRI sales staff in Member Services and EPRI International.
- Communicates strategies and results, both written and verbal, to program members, potential members, and external stakeholders through guidelines, reports, meetings, webcasts, workshops, and conferences.
- Communicates work across EPRI programs to ensure parallel and related research is informed.
- May provide oversight of a project team to help ensure technical and financial milestones are met.
- Organizes external and interdepartmental activities to support completion of projects and products on schedule and within budget.
- Supports the planning and execution of complex project work within the technical department to meet member and client objectives.
- Prepares and presents research reports, technical findings, and actionable recommendations.
- Manages small or medium, less-complex projects, including budgets and resources.
- Begins interfacing with national and international technical networks, including manufacturers, consultants, academia, research organizations, utilities, ISO/RTO organizations, and regulatory stakeholders.
- Supports proposal efforts and new promotional work.
- Develops research or service opportunities of value to EPRI members that align with EPRI’s mission and capabilities. This includes solving customer problems, producing insights and information important to members, and delivering information in a manner members and customers can apply.
- Provides guidance and mentorship to junior staff.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with transmission planning, transmission reliability, resilience, interconnection, risk-based planning, or integrated system planning.
- Experience using power system simulation, optimization, production cost, resource adequacy, or probabilistic assessment methods.
- Proficiency with Python or similar programming tools used to automate technical studies and analytical workflows.
- Familiarity with utility, ISO/RTO, regulatory, and stakeholder planning processes.
- Familiarity with agentic AI applications and their potential use in power system planning workflows is strongly desired.
The salary range for this position is $110,000 USD to $125,000 USD annually. This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on various factors, including without limitation applicant's education, experience, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. The salary may also be adjusted based on applicant's geographic location.
This role is eligible to participate in EPRI’s annual incentive program. The amount of incentive varies and is subject to the terms and conditions of the plan.
This role is eligible to participate in EPRI’s standard employee benefit programs, which currently include the following: medical, dental, vision, 401k, STD/LTD and paid family leave, life and accident insurance, paid time off (flexible vacation, sick leave, and holiday pay).
EPRI participates in E-Verify, an online system operated jointly by the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration (SSA). EPRI uses the system to check the work status of new hires by comparing information from the employee's I-9 form against SSA and Department of Homeland Security databases.
EPRI is an equal opportunity employer. EEO/AA/M/F/VETS/Disabled
Together . . . Shaping the Future of Energy.
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Entry Level Operations Planning Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get an entry level operations planning manager job?
Employers hiring at the entry level look for candidates with coursework or internship experience in supply chain, logistics, or business operations. Familiarity with planning tools like Excel, SAP, or ERP software gives candidates a real edge. Tailoring your resume to highlight process improvement projects, demand forecasting exposure, or cross-functional teamwork helps your application stand out against others with similar education backgrounds.
Which companies hire entry level operations planning managers?
Companies hiring entry level operations planning managers right now include Lockheed Martin, QVC, and Kaiser Permanente, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. At this level, hiring tends to come from manufacturers, retailers, logistics providers, and large consumer goods companies that run structured entry level and rotational programs.
Are there remote entry level operations planning manager jobs?
Yes, though most postings at this level are on-site or hybrid. About 0% of entry level operations planning manager openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, so options exist for candidates who need flexibility. Fully remote roles at this stage are less common, since hands-on training and cross-team coordination are core parts of how employers develop junior planners.
Are these new grad operations planning manager jobs?
Yes, these listings include new grad, recent graduate, and junior roles. A posting is new-grad friendly when it welcomes zero to two years of experience, accepts internships or co-op rotations in lieu of full-time history, or calls out a degree in supply chain, business, or industrial engineering as sufficient. Searching for "junior" or "associate" alongside the title surfaces the most entry-friendly openings.
Which industries hire the most entry level operations planning managers?
Entry Level operations planning manager roles concentrate in Retail, Energy, and Non-Profit & Social Services, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors drive hiring at this level because their scale, inventory complexity, and production cycles create a constant need for junior planners who can support forecasting, scheduling, and supply coordination from day one.