T&D System Operator

City Of Greenville Texas - Greenville, TX

Full-time

Greenville, TX

About the position

The T&D System Operator is responsible for submitting daily resource plans and ancillary service bids, monitoring and controlling transmission and distribution facilities, and ensuring compliance with various operating guidelines. This role involves coordinating restoration efforts during outages, maintaining accurate records, and working collaboratively with other operators and utility personnel to ensure a safe and reliable electrical system.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the transmission and distribution system through the use of SCADA.
• Submit the Day-Ahead plans on a daily basis to QSE.
• Update Energy Market Manager and QSE of any known unit outages or issues.
• Maintain accurate market spreadsheets for settlements and historical data.
• Coordinate the restoration of service to transmission, substation and distribution facilities to reduce customer outage time and restore system integrity.
• Maintain working knowledge of desk manuals, policies and procedures.
• Draft, execute, and log switching order activities.
• Submit and update Transmission outages to ERCOT.
• Provide Energy Market Manager and CSO of any ERCOT daily hotline notices.
• Maintain accurate operator notes and daily operator logs.
• Maintain and update the transmission and distribution maps in the operation center.
• Answer and dispatch trouble calls for GEUS electric, cable and internet, and city utility services as needed.
• Attend Annual Operator training seminar and Annual Black Start training at ERCOT.
• Complete 32 hours of emergency operations training annually.
• Document outage information in outage database.
• Monitor weather and notify crews of approaching storms.
• Control electric transmission equipment in a safe and reliable manner in compliance with NERC, TRE, and ERCOT policies, procedures, and standards.
• Complete necessary training to maintain NERC Certification or study provided NERC Certification material in order to become NERC Certified.

Requirements

• Transmission operations NERC Certification, or ability to become NERC Certified within 12 months of hire date.
• High School Diploma or GED.
• Ability to work under stressful conditions.
• Must be able to work a 12-hour rotating shift.
• Ability to learn to comply with applicable NERC, TRE, and ERCOT policies, protocols, guidelines, record keeping and retention requirements.
• Basic Computer Skills to include word processing, Microsoft Excel and Teams Instant Messenger.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with the ERCOT System preferred.
• Familiarity with SCADA and transmission/distribution systems preferred.
• Previous Transmission system operations or related field experience preferred.

Benefits

• Salary Range DOQ plus benefits
• Fulltime Employment