The NERC System Operator is a vital member of the 24x7 operations team, supporting the contracted clients with optimizing revenue for transmission and generation assets while maintaining safety and production standards. This role involves identifying alarm conditions and initiating timely response plans, while ensuring compliance with all relevant regulatory and contractual requirements across real-time operations. The System Operator will also oversee the daily operational coordination of a diverse portfolio of transmission and generation assets, working across multiple balancing authorities, transmission providers, and scheduling entities.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Managing and responding to emergency procedures (up to and including curtailing firm demand)
• Coordinating start-up/shut down of customer generation assets
• Scheduling outages
• Communicating with Independent System Operators (ISO), Reliability Coordinators (RC), Balancing Authorities (BA) and Transmission Operators (TOP)
• Preparing and analyzing operating reports/logs and, providing real time data to the Company and third party contracted counterparts
• Responsibility and authority to implement real-time actions to ensure the stable and reliable operation of the Bulk Electric System (BES), including shedding load
• Participating in all required training to perform as a System Operator
• Real-time operational decision-making needs of customer facilities, including meeting NERC control performance measures and operating limits. Process requires the ability to effectively and efficiently manage a range of factors that impact performance and limits, including energy schedule volumes, frequency, voltage, power flows and deviations.
• Managing compliance with all applicable NERC Reliability Standards. The position requires specific working knowledge of NERC region and NERC criteria and requirements.
• Implementing emergency procedures as necessary/required
• Ensure that internal organizational policies are adhered at all times while on shift

• Must be able to work a Dupont revolving 12hr shifts, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays.

Knowledge, Skills, abilities and Other Personal Characteristics:

• Experience working for a utility, IPP, Power Plant, Control Center, ISO, etc.
• Strong communications skills, including both written and verbal communication
• Strong critical analysis and problem-solving skills
• Highly developed organizational skills
• Ability to manage multiple time-sensitive priorities without diminished effectiveness
• Must be NERC RC, TOP, or BIT certified
• Must be PJM TOP and GOP certified

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee will regularly work within an office environment and is required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms and talk and listen. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. Physical Requirements include the ability to sit for long periods of time, communicate verbally and in writing and handle long periods of screen time.

This position supports a 24 x 7 business; must be willing to work a 12-hour rotating shift schedule including weekends and holidays and adapt to a rapidly changing environment.

Employment is contingent upon a successful background check and drug screen.

Equal Opportunity Employer: E-Verify Employer

 This document describes the current position. It is not an employment contract. Our Company reserves the right to modify Position duties or Position descriptions at its discretion