Staff/Senior Transmission Services Specialist

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Summary

Grid Operations Performance supports PGE's real-time operators with policy, tool, and procedure development, operator training, compliance controls, transmission scheduling, and other functions. We help operators maintain employee and public safety, continuity of power, and the reliability of the Western Interconnection. Transmission Services Specialists are highly flexible problem solvers, often acting on their own initiative to enable transmission customers to use PGE's system and to provide direct support to real-time operators, particularly Balancing Area Operators and Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) Operators. This position continues to evolve as PGE prepares for entry into the Extended Day Ahead Market (EDAM).

*We're hiring for a position open to both Staff and Senior level candidates. The level will be determined based on the successful applicant's qualifications, experience, and demonstrated skills during the interview process.

Career Level Summary

Staff Level: P3 - Career

Requires in-depth knowledge and experience

Uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products or services

Solves complex problems; takes a new perspective using existing solutions

Works independently, receives minimal guidance

Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience

Senior Level: P4 - Specialist

Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise

Interprets internal or external business issues and recommends best practices

Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions

Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations

May lead functional teams or projects

Key Responsibilities

Staff Level: P3 - Career

• Analysis Consolidates transmission and balancing area operation activities into reports for after the fact uses. Verifies that data are being updated and assets are scheduled correctly. Analyzes, identifies, logs, and escalates outstanding issues that could impact downstream settlements and reporting. Analyzes transactional data and updates from merchants, load serving entities, and other market entities. Analyzes market test results for all hours, annotates intervals with failed test results and reviews logs to identify causes. Performs market queries associated with operational or market disruptions. Acts as a liaison for data validation and reconciliation with adjacent balancing areas.

• Operations Reviews, analyzes and verifies transmission interchanges are totalized correctly for day ahead and after-the-fact purposes. Reviews, approves or declines and, when necessary, counteroffers transmission reservations submitted by transmission customers. Manages and verifies the accuracy of any automated transmission reservation approval processes. Verifies real-time changes made to the day-ahead plan and resolves any inconsistencies. In the Extended Day Ahead Market, monitors and submits Day Ahead generation, load, and transmission schedules as the EDAM Scheduling Coordinator. Supports Balancing Area Operators, Energy Imbalance Market Operators, and Extended Day-Ahead Market Operators when real time issues are encountered.

• Software Subject matter expert and administrator of OATI suite of products used by Grid Operations that includes webAccounting, webEIM, webTrans, webTag, WIT, and webOASIS. Manage user access, respond to real time operational issues, and update system to reflect operational changes or new projects. Represent Grid Operations in the vendor relationship. This includes contract awareness, upgrade testing and roll outs, and product troubleshooting. Use of CAISO market applications, Microsoft office applications, and other office productivity tools for daily tasks. Occasional use of PI for enhanced analysis and reporting.

• Reporting Completes routine summaries, reports and forms on the use of PGE transmission and on the operation of the PGE balancing authority. Provides information for various accounting, billing, and compliance processes. Supports data requests associated with internal inquiries and external / audit inquiries. Posts applicable information to OASIS, including monthly ATC & TTC Annotations and monthly NITS DNR metrics.

• Planning Assists in producing a day-ahead operating plan for PGE's balancing authority, Energy Imbalance Market Operator, and Day Ahead Market Operator. Processes customer requests to use PGE transmission by reviewing, accepting and documenting generation dispatch submitted by generation operators, load forecasts submitted by load-serving entities and wholesale power transactions submitted by scheduling entities. Verifies the accuracy of the day-ahead operating plan by checking net schedules with adjacent balancing authorities. Submits planned transmission path outages as directed by outage coordinators. Regularly verifies that correct transmission operating limits based on ambient adjusted ratings are publicly posted, and troubleshoots any concerns with Grid Technologies and other groups. Posts gas pipeline capacity requests for day-ahead. Actively participates in internal projects such as resource integration, market enhancements, regulatory/operational changes, and system upgrades as a representative of Grid Operations. Represents PGE at regional working groups, reliability forums, market enhancement meetings, and other industry events as needed. Creates and assists in the creation of operating procedures, process guides, and job aides to assist Grid Operations.

• Compliance Ensures compliance with applicable tariffs, regulations, laws, standards, and rules. Serves as a compliance subject matter expert. Provide data and reporting for oversight entities including WECC, FERC, NERC, OPUC. Investigates non-compliance concerns associated with PGE transmission and balancing area operations as needed. Provides training to real-time operators as required.

Senior Level: P4 - Specialist. Includes the following responsibilities in addition to those listed at the Staff Level - P3 - Career:

• Analysis Analyzes and reviews balancing area activities. Resolves outstanding issues that could impact downstream settlements and reporting. Researches and resolves missing data, and performs root-cause analysis.

• Operations Researches and resolves issues with transmission interchanges.

• Reporting Produces non-routine summaries, reports and forms on the use of PGE transmission and on the operation of the PGE balancing authority. Anticipates stakeholder needs and provides appropriate data.

• Planning Resolves escalated issues from customer and other team members.

• Compliance Analyzes emerging regulatory trends and changes and determines applicability.

Qualifications

Education/Experience/Certifications

Staff Level: Education Requires a bachelor's degree computer science, electrical engineering, information systems or relevant field of study or equivalent experience.

Experience Typically, five or more years of utility experience in a reliability or related function. Experience with software administration or operational technology systems preferred.

Senior Level: Education Requires a bachelor's degree computer science, electrical engineering, information systems or relevant field of study or equivalent experience.

Experience Typically, eight or more years of utility experience in a reliability or related function. Experience with software administration or operational technology systems preferred.

Competencies

Functional Competencies: (Staff/Senior)

Advanced/Advanced knowledge of systems used in department

Intermediate/Advanced skills in relationship building

Intermediate/Advanced skills in facilitation

Intermediate/Advanced knowledge of laws and regulations related to department operations

Intermediate/Advanced knowledge of security protocols related to grid operations

Intermediate/Advanced skills in technical writing

Intermediate/Intermediate skills in process improvement

Working/Intermediate skills in project management

Intermediate/Intermediate skills in reporting and analytics

Intermediate/Intermediate skills in user acceptance and regression testing

General Competencies:

Intermediate/Advanced skills in analytical thinking

Intermediate/Advanced skills in consulting

Intermediate/Advanced skills in business acumen

Intermediate/Advanced skills in conflict management

Intermediate/Advanced skills in consulting

Intermediate/Advanced skills in prioritization and organization

Intermediate/Advanced interpersonal skills

Intermediate/Intermediate skills in influencing without authority

Physical, Schedule/Attendance and Cognitive Demands

Cognitive Level: Substantial: Consistent use of logic or scientific thinking to define problems, collect information, establish facts and draw valid conclusions (for example, engineer, HR director, plant manager, etc.).

Cognitive:

Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines and time-sensitive tasks

Ability to follow accuracy standards

Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks

Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment

Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress

Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change

Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback

Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement

Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks

Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers and others within the organization

Demonstrates sound memory

Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks

Schedule/Attendance:

Ability to work long hours

Ability to work a variable schedule

Ability to report to work and perform work during periods of severe inclement weather

Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance

Ability to work shift schedule [occasionally during outages]

Ability to work on-call schedule [occasionally during outages]

Physical Capabilities:

• Driving/travel/commute: Daily within service territory - Occasionally (one to two times a month or less)

• Computer use (use computer regularly for entire work shift)

Environment:

• Office

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Compensation Range:

Actual total compensation, including a performance based incentive bonus, is commensurate with experience, skills, qualifications, education, training, and internal equity. While we anticipate the selected candidate for this position will fall towards the middle or entry point of the compensation range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis.

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