Staff/sr. Transmission Prescheduler / Transmission Services Specialist

Transmission Services Specialist

At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven't stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We're always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all. There are two positions available, and we can hire at either the Staff or Senior Level.

As a Staff/Senior Transmission Services Specialist, you will have the unique opportunity to serve as a subject matter expert and administrator for critical Grid Operations software systems, ensuring seamless operations and compliance with industry regulations. You will analyze real-time activity data, validate transmission schedules, and produce day-ahead operating plans for PGE's balancing authority, contributing to the efficient and reliable operation of the power grid. A successful candidate will have advanced knowledge of systems used in the department and strong skills in reporting and analytics, coupled with intermediate skills in analytical thinking and business acumen. This role offers an exciting chance to be at the forefront of energy management, working with cutting-edge technology to optimize power transmission and distribution. You'll play a crucial part in PGE's mission to provide clean, reliable energy while navigating the complexities of the modern power grid.

Key Responsibilities

Analysis

• Consolidates real-time activity data into reports.
• Verifies that updates from merchants or any other entity are being updated and scheduled correctly.
• Reviews logs and identifies outstanding issues that could impact settlements and escalates.
• Reviews test results for all hours and annotates intervals with failed test results and reviews logs for cause.
• Performs market queries.
• Compares researched data to logged data for validation purposes.

Review and Validation

• Verifies that interchanges are totalized correctly for after-the-fact purposes.
• Escalates reviews, approves and, when necessary, curtails reservations submitted by transmission customers.
• Approves wholesale power transactions scheduled on reserved transmission.
• Verifies real-time changes made to the day-ahead plan and resolves any inconsistencies.
• Acts as a liaison for data validation and reconciliation.

Software Administration

• Subject matter expert and administrator of OATI suite of products used by Grid Operations that includes webTrader, webEIM, webTrans, 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.

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 and billing processes.

Planning

• Produces a day-ahead operating plan for PGE's balancing authority.
• 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.
• Verifies the accuracy of the day-ahead operating plan by checking net schedules with adjacent balancing authorities.

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

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 (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities)

Staff Level

• Functional Competencies
• Advanced knowledge of systems used in department
• Intermediate skills in relationship building
• Intermediate skills in facilitation
• Intermediate knowledge of laws and regulations related to department operations
• Intermediate knowledge of security protocols related to grid operations
• Intermediate skills in technical writing
• Intermediate skills in process improvement
• Working skills in project management
• Advanced skills in reporting and analytics
• Intermediate skills in user acceptance and regression testing
• General Competencies
• Intermediate skills in analytical thinking
• Intermediate skills in consulting
• Intermediate skills in business acumen
• Intermediate skills in conflict management
• Intermediate skills in prioritization and organization
• Intermediate interpersonal skills
• Intermediate skills in influencing without authority

Senior Level

• Functional Competencies
• Advanced knowledge of systems used in department
• Advanced skills in relationship building
• Advanced skills in facilitation
• Advanced knowledge of laws and regulations related to department operations
• Advanced knowledge of security protocols related to grid operations
• Advanced skills in technical writing
• Intermediate skills in process improvement
• Intermediate skills in project management
• Intermediate skills in reporting and analytics
• Intermediate skills in user acceptance and regression testing
• General Competencies
• Advanced skills in analytical thinking
• Advanced skills in consulting
• Advanced skills in business acumen
• Advanced skills in conflict management
• Advanced skills in prioritization and organization
• Advanced interpersonal skills
• Intermediate skills in influencing without authority

Physical, Cognitive Demands and Schedule/Attendance

Physical

• Does the job require a valid driver's license? - No
• Driving/travel/commute: Daily within service territory - Occasionally (one to two times a month or less)

Cognitive Demands

• 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]

Environment

• Office environment –