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This role leads a team conducting ERCOT's Independent Reviews of transmission system upgrade projects ranging from $50 million to over $1 billion, while overseeing steady-state power flow contingency analyses and serving as the department's recognized technical expert. Responsibilities include evaluating Notice of Suspension of Operation (NSO) requests, mentoring engineers and analysts, and collaborating across ERCOT departments to implement system changes and improve departmental processes. The role also communicates analysis results to stakeholders and management, serves as a cross-functional technical, business, and policy resource, and builds strong relationships across the electric utility industry.
JOB DUTIES
- Leads a team that develops and coordinates the ERCOT Independent Reviews of transmission system upgrades costing from $50 million to over $1 billion by conducting analyses and stakeholder reviews
- Overseas steady state power flow contingency analyses
- Serves as the recognized technical expert for the department within and outside the organization
- Provides on-the-job training, mentoring or oversight of the work of other engineers/analysts as required
- Responds to executive and management inquiries and special reporting requests
- Responds to Notice of Suspension of Operation (NSO) requests and ensures complete evaluation of potential System Reliability Need and ensure appropriate exit strategies for Reliability Must Run (RMR) contracts
- Collaborate with other ERCOT departments to select and implement system changes as needed
- Communicate results of analyses to appropriate stakeholders, including maintaining regular communication with the management team, providing relevant information to ensure compliance with all applicable requirements
- Examines, analyzes, and determines efficiency improvements for departmental processes and procedures
- Serves as the departmental representative on cross-functional teams, proactively providing technical, business, and policy guidance
- Serves as quality assurance and best practices resource within and outside of the department
- Build strong professional relationships both internally and externally. Networks with key contacts within and outside the electric utility industry
- Leads the work of projects and audits as assigned by management
- May prepare reports and presentations to stakeholder bodies, the ERCOT Board of Directors and regulatory agencies, including preparing testimony
· Requires minimum 5 years job related work experience and 1 year in a leadership role preferred in excess of degree requirements. Minimum years of job related experience can include time in leadership roles.
- Prefer experience programming and developing simulation automation tools (Ex. Python)
- Prefer experience assisting in the development of improvements to transmission planning processes and familiarity with NERC reliability standards
- 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
- PE Professional Engineer (Preferred)
ERCOT is firmly committed to equal employment for all qualified persons without regard to race, sex, medical condition, religion, age, creed, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, ancestry, veteran status, genetic information or any other protected category under federal, state or local law.
Expected Salary Range:
$144,000 - $198,000Skills Required
- Minimum 5 years of job-related work experience beyond degree requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field, or equivalent education and experience
- At least 1 year in a leadership role
- Experience programming and developing simulation automation tools, such as Python
- Experience improving transmission planning processes
- Familiarity with NERC reliability standards
- Professional Engineer (PE) certification
What We Do
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages the flow of electric power to 27 million Texas customers - representing about 90 percent of the state's electric load. As the independent system operator (ISO) for the region, ERCOT schedules power on an electric grid that connects more than 54,100 miles of transmission lines and 1,250+ generation units, including Private Use Networks. ERCOT also performs financial settlement for the competitive wholesale bulk-power market and administers retail switching for 8 million premises in competitive choice areas. ERCOT is a membership-based 501(c)(4) nonprofit corporation, governed by a board of directors and subject to oversight by the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Texas Legislature. ERCOT's members include consumers, cooperatives, generators, power marketers, retail electric providers, investor-owned electric utilities (transmission and distribution providers), and municipal-owned electric utilities.
