Generations Operations Analyst

JPC Partners; Lower Providence Township (PA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

JPC Partners seeks a Generation Operations Analyst to analyze generator data, build automations, and deliver insightful visuals for near-term planning and daily operations.

You will develop and maintain KPIs, dashboards, and reports, collaborating with System Operators and other teams to ensure data quality, speed, and clarity in operational decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or higher in engineering, CS, DS, IT or related field.
• Proven data analysis experience and strong SQL skills.
• Experience with dashboards and data visualization tools (Tableau).
• Strong communication, documentation and presentation abilities.
• Attention to detail with high analytical ability.
• Experience with automation and data mining is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain generation outage dashboards and KPIs.
• Support system operators to ensure grid reliability.
• Perform data validation across generator databases.
• Develop and maintain dashboards for visualization of generator data and gas/electric coordination.
• Analyze load forecasts and improve outage margin tools.
• Gather data requests and present findings with reproducible visuals.

Skills

Data analysis

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Time management

Attention to detail

Problem solving

BS in Engineering/CS/DS/IT

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, IT or related field

Tools

Tableau

SQL

MS Office (Excel/PowerPoint/Visio)

Confluence

JIRA

Azure Databricks

Python

SAS

PI</wbr> historian

Job description

JPC Partners is looking for a Generation Operations Analyst that will focus on data analysis, automation, and visualization.This role handles a variety of key business functions related to managing generators that operate the grid. Capturing and analyzing the vast and changing generator data is critical to day-to-day operations as well as near-term planning. Coordination of data and analysis will allow for growth opportunities to interface with other areas within the company.
The Analyst will be mostly in a supportive team environment but be responsible for deliverables such as developing and maintaining metrics, administering internal and external data requests, crafting reports with innovative ways to present data, with training and documentation activities.

Responsibilities

Generation Department Support:

• Maintain daily generation outage report consisting of key KPIs.
• Work with System Operators to maintain the reliability of the power grid.
• Perform data analysis / validation tasks across various generator operational databases.
• Create and maintain various dashboards for visualization of generator operational data and gas/electric coordination.
• Analyze load term load forecasts, develop enhancements to generation outage approval margin tools.
• Develop targeted data request questions to generation units to capture relevant data in a widely usable format.
• Present and lead discussions around findings of data analysis including data visualization in a reproducible manner and outlier detection.

Requirements

• Strong data analytic skills and in associated visualization tools like Tableau.
• Demonstrated abilities in SQL and relational database interactions.
• Skilled in use of MS Office suite - Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills to facilitate customer support.
• Good time management skills to adapt to varying paces of workflow.
• Strong attention to detail.
• High analytical and problem-solving ability.
• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience.

Preferred

• Basic understanding of power system components and their database models.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of Atlassian Confluence and JIRA.
• Familiarity with Azure Databricks, or other cloud-based analytics and AI platforms.
• Basic understanding of one-line diagrams and EMS models.
• Programming experience geared towards automation and data mining. Python, SAS, and PI experience preferred.