Real-Time Power Marketing Lead

City-of-Seattle; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 172,956,000 - 300,953,000; Full time

Job summary

Seattle City Light is seeking a Real-Time Operations Supervisor to lead the Real-Time Power Marketing group, ensuring reliable and cost-effective operation of hydro, renewables, and contractual resources. You will oversee real-time energy marketing in WECC and other markets, while coordinating with multiple teams to maintain load/resource balance and comply with regulatory standards.

The role requires leadership in a 365-day, 24-hour desk, deep understanding of CAISO/WECC/NERC, and strong

Qualifications

• Education as specified with related field preferred.
• Minimum of three years' experience in power marketing.

Responsibilities

• Manage Seattle City Light's hydro system, renewable portfolio, and long-term contractual resources.
• Assist Seattle System Operation Center personnel in meeting hourly NERC reliability standards.
• Supervise marketing of surplus/deficit energy/transmission/capacity in real-time markets per Risk Policies.
• Perform and supervise scheduling of energy products in WECC.
• Perform generation maintenance outage coordination.
• Analyze trading activity, market participation, and new contracts; prepare reports for Power Management.
• Collaborate with Wholesale Contracts, Resource Planning, System Operations, Risk Management and other groups to resolve issues.
• Represent City Light at BPAT workshops, CAISO, and regional forums.
• Develop and deliver executive presentations for decision making.

Skills

Communication skills

Decision-making

Mentoring

Load forecasting

Resource scheduling

WECC knowledge

CAISO knowledge

NERC/WECC reliability

Dashboard creation

Excel VBA

Python

OATI or similar

Tableau

Shift work management

Power Systems Automation

Documentation

Visio

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration, mathematics, engineering, economics or related field

Tools

Python

DMZ

OATI

VIZIO

Job description

Seattle City Light is seeking a Real-Time Operations Supervisor to lead the Real-Time Power Marketing group, ensuring reliable and cost-effective operation of hydro, renewables, and contractual resources. You will oversee real-time energy marketing in WECC and other markets, while coordinating with multiple teams to maintain load/resource balance and comply with regulatory standards.

The role requires leadership in a 365-day, 24-hour desk, deep understanding of CAISO/WECC/NERC, and strong