Minimum starting pay for this position is $34.23 per hour or commensurate with experience.
Minimum starting pay for this position is $34.23 per hour or commensurate with experience.
PHYSICAL OFFICE LOCATION: PEC Headquarters – 201 South Avenue F, Johnson City, TX 78636
Position Summary:
This position is responsible for 24/7 system operations including monitoring, operating and maintaining Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) equipment that regulates or distributes electricity, using data obtained from the SCADA system or computers.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Assist with training and leading staff that supports 24/7 real-time control system integrity to ensure the highest operational reliability and system availability.
Assist in installing, programming, maintaining and repairing malfunctions in SCADA equipment
May assist with wiring in substations, testing SCADA equipment and documenting all electrical schematics for system operation
Responsible for system programming, point checkout, database administration, graphical display work and related control design
Respond to system operation failures or abnormalities and recommend corrective action
May supervise control room team
Responsible for daily operation and maintenance of the SCADA System
Communicate with dispatchers, engineers and field crews
Perform trouble shooting, problem analysis and resolution
Analyze and validate data to maintain system integrity
Develop, approve, analyze and generates daily reports
Utilize SCADA software and hardware to control and monitor power distribution under general supervision
Utilize one lines for the issuance of switching procedures
Monitor conditions which could negatively impact reliability
Respond to emergencies
Utilize Outage Management System (OMS) for outage dispatch and district updates, including pinging meters
Monitor two-way radio communication for all districts, read one lines and maintain system displays and graphics
Prepare and approve switching orders that will isolate work areas without causing power outages, referring to switching on lines of power systems
Anticipate and track conditions that could affect operations
Maintain communication with remote terminal units and line devices
Receive power outage telephone calls and dispatch personnel as necessary Maintains outage, substation and system records and provides to other departments as needed
Coordinate and perform switching as required for authorized personnel
Monitor and operate the SCADA System
Notify and assist district personnel on outages and emergency conditions
Calculate power equations
Adhere to applicable North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) policies and procedures
Maintain the security of confidential information
Stay abreast of advances in technology
Supervisory and/or Leadership Responsibilities: May provide technical direction to others
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Knowledge of using computer systems, which may include setting up and using hardware and software programs, entering data or processing information
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer service
Knowledge of the SCADA host system
Knowledge of basic electricity
Knowledge of electrical switching requirements
Knowledge of National Electrical Safety Code and electrical utility operational procedures
Knowledge of radio use etiquette
Skilled in time management
Skilled in managing changing priorities
Skilled in mathematical abilities
Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
Ability to listen to and understand information verbally and in writing
Ability to anticipate, identify, analyze and resolve conflict and problems
Ability to listen to and understand information verbally and in writing
Headquartered in Johnson City, Texas, Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) is the largest distribution electric cooperative in the U.S. We deliver electricity to over 360,000 accounts which serves approximately 1 million Central Texans across an 8,100-square-mile service area, growing at a rapid pace, year over year. Since our founding in 1938 by then-Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson, it has been our mission to provide safe, reliable, low-cost power to the members we serve.
