Supervisor - Regional Transmission Planning

Electric Reliability Council of Texas•Austin, TX

45d•Hybrid

About The Position

At ERCOT, our diverse and dynamic work environment provides a platform on which employees can work together to build the future of the Texas power grid and wholesale market utilizing the latest technologies and resources. We encourage you to join our talented, dedicated workforce to develop world-class solutions for today and tomorrow's energy challenges while learning new skills and growing your career. ERCOT is committed to fostering inclusion at all levels of our company. It is the cornerstone of our corporate values of accountability, leadership, innovation, trust, and expertise. We know that individuals with a wide variety of talents, ideas, and experiences propel the innovation that drives our success. An inclusive and diverse workforce strengthens us and allows for a collaborative environment to solve the challenges that face our industry today and in the future. Supervisor, Regional Transmission Planning supervises daily operations. Oversees and leads a professional staff that conducts analyses and coordinates development of the ERCOT Regional Transmission Plan. Serves as the subject matter expert to develop a transmission planning assessment for the ERCOT System.

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years experience in the power industry in transmission planning and/or energy market analysis
1 year in a leadership role preferred in excess of degree requirements. Minimum years of job-related experience can include time in leadership roles.
Proficiency in modeling transmission systems, energy markets, utility operations, and/or LMP markets using steady-state and security-constrained unit commitment and economic-dispatch models is required.
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

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree: Electrical Engineering, Business Administration, or related field (Preferred)
PE Professional Engineer (Preferred)

Responsibilities

Responsible for hiring, coaching, training, and performance management of staff.
Frequently interacts with direct reports and functional peer groups. Interaction normally requires the ability to gain cooperation of others.
Provides direct supervision to professional individual contributors and/or skilled, support individual contributors. Acts as an advisor to the department and may become actively involved, as required, to meet schedules and resolve problems. A small portion of time is normally spent performing individual tasks related to the department. Typically, it has full responsibility for direct reports.
May provide input to budgeting and financial decisions that impact the department. Requests approval for financial actions beyond a limited scope per policy.
Reviews and approves staff timesheets and leave requests.
Assigns, schedules, and reviews work of department staff.
Provides on-the-job training and mentoring of employees.
Executes comprehensive studies of the ERCOT System to identify and resolve potential NERC and ERCOT reliability criteria violations.
Models and simulates the future transmission system to serve load.
Conducts scenario analyses in long-term planning studies to ensure recommended transmission system upgrades are robust, in light of uncertainties in new generation, fuel prices, environmental regulations, etc.
Develops new or revised transmission planning techniques and processes to meet system and market needs; recommends protocol or procedural changes for transmission planning matters to perform the functions listed above.
Works closely with stakeholders to ensure transmission plans are efficient and robust.
Obtains and reviews analysis from a broad set of perspectives and works toward consensus on the need for and appropriateness of solutions identified in the functions listed above.
Develops and sustains a high-level understanding of the competitive energy markets.
Coordinates closely with other teams across System Planning and Operations.
Represents ERCOT in stakeholder forums, committees, and working groups.
Serves as a subject matter expert in compliance audits.
Performs other duties as assigned.