ERCOT · 2 weeks ago
Supervisor - Power System Engineering
Taylor, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$131K/yr - $223K/yr
5+ years expERCOT is a company dedicated to building the future of the Texas power grid and wholesale market. The Supervisor for the Shift Engineering team leads engineers in the control room to ensure reliable operations of the power grid.
Energy
Responsibilities
Supervises and oversees the day-to-day activities and work schedule of the Shift Engineering staff. Provides on-the-job training and coaching to employees
Provides technical support to operations staff, including Energy Management System (EMS) and advanced power system analysis applications
Leads a team that acts as Subject Matter Experts for the ERCOT Guides and Protocols and the NERC Standards for Day-Ahead and Real-Time Operations
Assists the manager in providing leadership, mentoring, focus, and a long term strategy for the operational development for the ERCOT Shift Engineering team
Coordinates and interfaces with other ERCOT team members in System Operations Support, Network Modeling group, EMMS Production Support, Market Operations Support, and System Operations to develop procedures and maintenance guides to assure proper performance and quality solutions of ERCOT advanced network applications
Supervise and provide leadership, coaching, and mentoring to the Shift Engineering team, including performance appraisals and other first-line management responsibilities
Establish data quality requirements for the network model and telemetry input to ERCOT advanced network applications
Develop operational procedures and desktop guides to support control room operations and ensure NERC and protocol compliance, including logging engineering studies performed to assess grid vulnerabilities, develop mitigation plans to manage reliability risks, conducting real time assessments and monitoring system operating limit exceedances
Coordinate with the Network Model group to improve accuracy of the network model
Verify, in conjunction with Network Model and IT personnel, that the Network Model is ready for use in the various operations applications whenever changes or updates to the model are made
Develop, measure, track and improve performance of ERCOT advanced network applications
Assure achievement of quality indicators (set by TAC or stakeholder approval standards) of the solution generated by the advanced network applications
Assure solutions provided by the advanced network applications, meets ERCOT operational requirements. Leads team to meet operational requirements, including control room support, network modeling development, network application development, and intra-ERCOT coordination with Market Operations Support, System Planning, Registration, Client Services, Load Profiling, and IT EMMS
Develop recommendations for software enhancement and improvement of operational study accuracy and advanced network applications
Provide appropriate data to IT EMMS, System Planning, System Operations, and other ERCOT groups
Provide application performance report and analysis
Work with various ERCOT subcommittees, working groups, and task forces
Represent ERCOT on NERC committees, subcommittees, working groups, and task forces as assigned
Qualification
Required
Requires minimum 5 years job related work experience and 1 year in a leadership role preferred in excess of degree requirements
Bachelor's Degree: Electrical Engineering or related field (Required)
or a combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge to a major in such fields is required
Preferred
Master's Degree: Electrical Engineering, Business Administration, or related field (Preferred)
Company
ERCOT
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages the flow of electric power to 24 million Texas customers.
501-1000 employees
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