Supervisor - Power System Engineering

The supervisor for the Shift Engineering team leads the team of engineers working in the control room with the system operators supporting the reliable operations of the power grid. The supervisor provides on-the-job training and coaching to employees, provides technical support to operations staff, and 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.

Requirements

• 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

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance