Energy Operations Advisor - Realtime Operator

Southern California Edison

4.1

(69)

Rosemead, CA

Why you should apply for a job to Southern California Edison:

  • Ranked as one of the Best Companies for Women in 2019
  • 4.1/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 4.2/5 in supportive management
  • 70% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 83% would recommend this company to other women
  • 86% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Up to 100% of base rate of pay for up to six weeks for parental bonding for the birth, adoption or foster care placement of a new child.
  • Philanthropy and matching contribution program, along with wellness programs, tuition reimbursement, and competitive PTO program.
  • WorkLife Services through Optum offers referrals for Caregiver support groups, housekeeping, meal services, child and elder care.
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    Position summary

    y Operations Advisor - Realtime Operator**, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

    Responsibilities

    • Purchases and sells energy and transmission to meet company objectives. Champions incident-free operations and continuous improvement.

    • Provides updates to management on market trends and developments from the transmission / energy transportation perspective.

    • Develops relationships with traders to enhance cohesion, functionality and integrity of data and trading opportunities.

    • Collaborates closely with commercial team to help optimize asset utilization.

    • Provides day-to-day scheduling and operations for trading teams, including activities such as quality control and loss prevention.

    • Identifies and supports efficiencies and improvements with operational processes. Assists traders and the technology team with asset outage planning and testing.

    • Participates in the scheduling of electrical generation required to meet customer usage and system requirements.

    • Optimizes transmission in order to minimize cost and flow risks.

    • A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

    Minimum Qualifications

    • Seven or more years of experience in wholesale energy markets, resource outages or plant operations.

    Preferred Qualifications

    • Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Economics, Finance, Business, or related field.

    • Three or more years of experience in plant operations, energy, finance or commodities markets.

    • Two or more years of experience with outage management in wholesale power markets.

    • Ability to work 12-hour rotating shift schedule including weekends, nights, holidays, and overtime when necessary.

    • Ability to respond to short notice callout.

    • Experience acting as a Scheduling Coordinator in CAISO or other balancing area with ability to follow standardized instructions and procedures such as tariffs, business process manuals, NERC operating procedures, and internal operating processes while utilizing the full suite of BA software applications such as ADS, SIBR, CMRI, BSAP, OMS, and CIDI.

    • Experience with generation dispatching, energy scheduling, energy trading, transmission purchasing, and e-tags via software, telephone, radio, computer and internet-based systems.

    • Experience with control system software such as SCADA, EMS, or GMS.

    • NERC System Operator Certification

    • Experience and strong/advanced proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite of products with emphasis in Excel and Word including VBA.

    • Experience making decisions or recommendations guided by compliance requirements, company policies, procedures, rules, or management directions.

    • Experience with real time trading and a track record of solid decision-making in the real time market.

    • Able to analyze & interpret operational data, exercise discernment, draw conclusions and take action even when the data are incomplete or ambiguous.

    • Strong verbal and written communication skills including the ability to formulate and communicate operational directives and maintain a written log of all significant activities.

    • Ability to effectively collaborate with clients, peers, management, support staff, and vendors to successfully meet department objectives.

    • Able to successfully complete work in stressful conditions while under deadline driven time pressures.

    Additional Information

    • This position's work mode is on-site. The employee will report to an SCE facility or in the field location. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.

    • Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!

    • Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

    • The primary work location for this position is Rosemead, CA.

    • This position has been identified as a NERC/CIP impacted position - Prior to being hired, the successful candidate must pass a Personnel Risk Assessment (PRA) or Background Investigation. Once hired, the candidate must complete specified training prior to gaining un-escorted access to assigned work location and performing necessary job duties.

    • Relocation may apply to this position.

    About Southern California Edison

    The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We're fueling the kind of innovation that's changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you'll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.

    Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

    We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at [email protected] or (626) 302-3456 and select option 2.

    Why you should apply for a job to Southern California Edison:

  • Ranked as one of the Best Companies for Women in 2019
  • 4.1/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 4.2/5 in supportive management
  • 70% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 83% would recommend this company to other women
  • 86% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Up to 100% of base rate of pay for up to six weeks for parental bonding for the birth, adoption or foster care placement of a new child.
  • Philanthropy and matching contribution program, along with wellness programs, tuition reimbursement, and competitive PTO program.
  • WorkLife Services through Optum offers referrals for Caregiver support groups, housekeeping, meal services, child and elder care.