ENGINEER - OPERATIONS PLANNING (Experienced)

Seminole Electric•Tampa, FL

48d•Onsite

About The Position

Performs Operational Planning Analyses and develops Operating Plans for reliable and optimal utilization of Seminole’s transmission and generation resources in the Operations Planning horizon (next day +12 months) while maintaining compliance with NERC, FRCC and FERC standards.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field from an ABET accredited institution is required.
Minimum of six (6) years of experience in the electric utility industry with relevant System Operations and Operations Planning experience with transmission and generation.
Two (2) years of similar experience may be substituted for each one(1) year of education.
A master’s degree or registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) will equate to one (1) year of experience.
Must obtain NERC System Operator Certification at the level of Balancing, Interchange, and Transmission Operator (BIT) or higher within six (6) months of employment.
Power System Modeling & Simulation
Generation Production Cost Modeling
Unit Commitment & Economic Dispatch
NERC Reliability Standards
General Understanding of Electrical Transmission Operation
General Understanding of Power Plant Operations
Data Analytics
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
Effective verbal/nonverbal, listening and written communications
Presentation Skills and Ability to Plan and Lead Technical and Planning Meetings
Planning, Scheduling and Coordination
Analytical
Detail Oriented
Problem Solving
Ability to Multi-task
Initiative
Must be able to follow established protective measures including wearing required personal protective equipment (PPE).
Must possess a valid driver’s license and acceptable Motor Vehicle Report.

Nice To Haves

Experienced candidates may be considered for the Engineer III-, Senior Engineer-, and/or Principal Engineer-level dependent upon years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

Ensures planned resource outages are up to date and published internally and externally
Produces detailed, coordinated and optimized load and resources plans through coordination with all functional groups including System Operations, Power Production and Commercial Operations
Leads daily coordination calls with personnel from all operational teams within the company regarding system status, dispatch plan(s), outage schedules and other short-term reliability information.
Assists junior staff in the modeling of Seminole generation resource fleet for purposes of short-term planning
Develops mitigation plans for issues impacting Seminole’s transmission facilities and/or resource dispatch
Performs post analysis studies to measure resource optimization and publishes routine reports
Performs economic and feasibility studies to evaluate impacts of market power, fuel supply and transmission availability
Analyzes and reports upon the costs associated with resource outages
Performs the function of Subject Matter Expert (SME) as it relates to assigned NERC Reliability Standards.
Reviews operating practices, procedures and instructions to ensure compliance with NERC Reliability Standards
Provides engineering support in development of representative resource assumptions used in unit commitment and economic dispatch applications
Develops and maintains tools, templates and reports used in Operations Planning and in support of real time operations
Represents Seminole on various FRCC/SERC working groups to perform regional and sub‑regional operational transmission and resource adequacy assessments
Maintains and troubleshoots Seminole’s Real-Time Contingency Analysis program
Conducts power flow analysis as required
Performs other duties as applicable to the position or as assigned.
Performs NERC Compliance Program roles if/as designated in Seminole's Standard Ownership Matrix (SOM) including ongoing evidence retention in "audit-ready" form. You should also be familiar with Seminole's Enterprise Internal Compliance Program (ENT-GCD-RGC-EP-054) to further your understanding of Seminole's compliance program and your duties and responsibilities in the SOM.