Control Room Operator

Brooksource; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 92,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Brooksource is supporting an energy company in Miami, FL, seeking a Power Coordinator to balance load and generation in real time, ensuring reliability and regulatory compliance.

You will schedule and dispatch resources, assess next-day needs, and work rotating shifts including evenings, weekends, and holidays.

The ideal candidate has a High School/GED, an Associate's or equivalent, at least 3 years of experience, and a NERC Reliability Coordinator Certification.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• Associate's degree or equivalent experience is preferred.
• NERC Reliability Coordinator Certification is required.

Responsibilities

• Schedules and dispatches resources to balance load and generation in real time.
• Evaluates and approves OASIS requests and energy accounting functions.
• Performs next-day generation planning and system operator duties as needed.
• Works rotating shift schedules including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and NERC reliability standards.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Associate's Degree or equivalent experience

NERC Reliability Coordinator Certification

Job description

Job Title: Power Coordinator - Transmission/Substation

Structure: 6-month Contract-to-Hire

Location: Miami, Florida

FT Salary Range: $92K - $115K - $138K

Brooksource is supporting an energy company named No. 1 amongst electric and gas utilities on Fortune's 2025 list of the "World's Most Admired Companies. Their reliability is one of the best in the nation, and we’re working to make it even better. Join the team today!

Position Specific Description

The Systems Operations Department in our Power Delivery Business Unit is seeking a Power Coordinator to join our team in Miami, FL. In this role, you will be responsible for scheduling and dispatching resources to economically balance load and generation in order to meet real-time system conditions.

Job Overview

This job is responsible for scheduling and dispatching resources to economically balance load and generation to meet real-time system conditions and to comply with applicable regulatory requirements and NERC reliability standards. Employees in this role evaluate and approve OASIS requests and Tags for performing energy accounting functions. This position performs next-day generation planning function and certain system operator functions whenever the on-shift System Operator is away from desk and works with a rotating shift schedule.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Performs load forecast to optimize the generation dispatch mix
• Projects system needs for the hours ahead and update the Dispatch Plan to ensure sufficient generation resources are available to meet generation requirements while minimizing production costs
• Dispatches economically the generation resources in real-time to minimize cost and maintain load-generation balance in the balancing area
• Coordinates committing, decommitting and outages of power plants
• Ensures rapid recovery from loss of generation to comply with NERC requirements
• Verifies all purchases, sales and wheeling schedules in the interchange transaction system
• Performs hourly and on-peak/off-peak energy accounting functions with adjacent balancing authorities
• Ability to work a varied schedule/rotating shift/evening/weekends/holidays as required
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• High School Grad / GED
• Associate's or Equivalent Experience
• Experience: 3+ years
• NERC Reliability Coordinator Certification

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's – Engineering
• Have previous utility experience as Balancing Coordinator, System Operator or Reliability Coordinator