Planner Scheduler-Level 3 - Senior

Role summary / purpose This position holds responsibility and authority to schedule and dispatch generation resources to economically balance load and generation in order to meet real-time system conditions and to comply with applicable regulatory requirements and NERC reliability standards. The role evaluates and approves OASIS requests and Tags, performs energy accounting functions, and has capability to perform next-day generation planning functions and certain system operator functions on a temporary basis. Key responsibilities • Schedule and dispatch generation resources to balance load and generation in real-time system conditions • Evaluate and approve OASIS requests and Tags • Perform hourly and on-peak/off-peak energy accounting functions with adjacent balancing authorities • Lead scheduling processes for maintenance, compliance, and project execution • Develop work orders and ensure coordination between operations • Evaluate and improve work management execution • Participate in event response and lead root cause analysis for operational efficiency improvements • Coordinate committing, decommitting, and outages of power plants • Ensure rapid recovery from loss of generation to comply with NERC requirements • Run Economy A program to provide generation and cost projections for economy purchases and sales • Perform next-day generation planning functions • Perform certain system operator functions on a temporary basis when needed Requirements – education & experience • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or professional certification required • 11 - 15 years of experience managing power system scheduling, project execution, and compliance reporting Required skills • Proficiency in NERC compliance • Operational reliability expertise • Six Sigma methodologies Nice-to-have / preferred skills • Six Sigma Green Belt Certification