Sr Eng - EIM Operations

Northern Natural Gas • Las Vegas, NV

164d

About The Position

Leads NV Energy's real-time participation in the Energy Imbalance Market (EIM). Ensures compliance with NERC/WECC Reliability Standards as applicable to real-time operation of Balancing Authority Operation and Transmission System Operations. Ensures compliance with FERC code of conduct for EIM coordination with Marketing Function Employees (MFEs). This is a Sr. Engineer position but may hire at a lower level.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from an accredited school and 5 years of industry experience as a licensed professional engineer.
• If not a licensed professional, must have a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from an accredited school and eight or more years of experience performing work in an engineering capacity.
• NERC Reliability Coordinator (RC) level certification (or ability to achieve certification within 1 year of start date).
• Solid knowledge of company's transmission system.
• Detailed knowledge of NERC/WECC Reliability Standards.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with SCADA, Contingency Analysis, and Advanced Applications.
• Proficiency in MS Office software suite.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a leadership role in EIM stakeholder processes that relates to or impacts the Transmission business unit's interests in EIM participation.
• Develops strategy, business recommendations, and process improvements for NV Energy's participation in EIM.
• Provides tactical support related to process improvements and business recommendations for NV Energy's participation in the EIM.
• Serves as NV Energy's primary contact for EIM operations in real-time.
• Analyzes information and provides hour-ahead and day-ahead support for EIM participation.
• Oversees operational parameters of NV Energy Balancing Authority and Transmission System Operation.
• Maintains situational awareness and effective communications with NV Energy's Balancing Authority Operator and Transmission System Operator in regard to system performance.
• Monitors the transmission Energy Management System for real-time status of participating (in EIM) and non-participating resources.
• Provides base resource schedules to the EIM for participating and non-participating resources.
• Provides interchange and intra-change schedules to the EIM.
• Monitors energy bids for reliability performance evaluation and contingency planning.
• Develops and provides 7-day hourly resource plan to the EIM.
• Reviews hourly load forecasts as submitted to the EIM.
• Reviews base schedule change requests from the EIM.
• Provides revisions to base schedules, as needed.
• Monitors transmission and resource contingencies in real-time, and updates EIM participation as per established criteria.
• Coordinates EIM operations with the Resource Optimization staff in accordance with FERC standards of conduct.
• Maintains communications with the management team in regards to operational performance of NV Energy electric system.
• Ensures all compliance aspects of position are known and followed; understands and complies with all policies, codes and regulations applicable to position and company.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Warehousing and Storage
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree