Minimum starting pay for this position is $30.81 per hour or commensurate with experience.
Minimum starting pay for this position is $30.81 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:
Support 24/7 real-time control system integrity and ensure the highest operational reliability and system availability
Assist with the daily operation and maintenance of the SCADA System
Assist in point checkout, database administration, graphical display work and related control design
Assist with installing, programming, maintaining and repairing SCADA equipment
Assist with wiring n substations, testing SCADA equipment and documenting all electrical schematics for system operation
Respond to system operations, failures or abnormalities and diagnose the cause and take corrective action
Dispatch field personnel
Communicate with dispatchers, engineers and field crews
Perform trouble shooting, problem analysis and resolution
Analyze and validate data to maintain system integrity
Develop, analyze and generate daily reports
Utilize SCADA software and hardware to control and monitor power distribution under direct 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 switching orders that will isolate work areas without causing power outages, referring to switching one line of power systems
Anticipate and track conditions that could affect operations, such as changes in the weather.
Maintain communication with remote terminal units and line devices
Receive power outage telephone calls and dispatch personnel as necessary
Maintain outage, substation and system records and provide information to other departments
Notify and assist district personnel on outages and emergency conditions
Calculate necessary 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
Demonstrate regular and prompt attendance
Performs other related duties as necessary or assigned
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.
