Senior Technical Analyst, System Operations & Forecasting

Southwest Power Pool, Inc.; Little Rock (AR); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay with bonus

Multiple medical plans and insurance

Relocation bonus

Hybrid work environment

401(k) + employer match + pension

Job summary

Southwest Power Pool, Inc. is seeking a Senior Technical Analyst in System OPS to provide analysis and studies supporting System Operations, identifying uncertainty risk for BA obligations.

You will coordinate with committees and task forces and perform data analyses for intra-day and forward horizons under minimal supervision. The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in relevant fields, several years of experience for upper levels, and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics, Engineering, related field or equivalent work experience is required.
• No experience required.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics, Engineering, related field or equivalent work experience is required.
• 6 years of job-related experience with at least three (3) years of industry experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and analysis for all assigned Coordinated Operations related functions.
• Assist the Manager, System Operations or other OPS managers with any special projects.
• Lead in special operations projects.
• Lead contributions to NERC, WECC, and SPP committees, subcommittees, working groups and task forces.
• Be able to independently request and collect information, prepare and validate data, and execute risk assessments for real-time, current-day, next-day, and other operational assessments of SPP ability to meet obligation.
• Be proficient in understanding of tariff and market rules as appropriate.
• Recommend and help drive tariff and market rule changes as appropriate to ensure SPP has appropriate information data to address uncertainty, forecasting to ensure adequate capacity available to meet BA obligation.
• Make recommendations to management and other Operations functions on actions necessary to maintain adequate resource availability and capacity online to meet projected obligations.
• Develop processes, algorithms and approaches to manage forecasting uncertainties.
• Lead in the development, maintenance, and support of Operations related applications and processes.
• Perform market studies to determine the markets assessment of available capacity and generation resources that can be considered for commitment.
• Perform post-mortem analysis to benchmark results of analyses, recommend and implement modifications to the process for continuous improvement.
• Be fully proficient in understanding of compliance with SPP Policies and Procedures.
• Be fully proficient in understanding of compliance with NERC and FERC standards and/or policies.
• Be active in mentoring and training SPP operators
• Become the subject matter expert in forcasting and uncertainty assessment for SPP

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics or Engineering

Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics or Engineering

Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Mathematics, or Engineering

Job description

Southwest Power Pool, Inc. is seeking a Senior Technical Analyst in System OPS to provide analysis and studies supporting System Operations, identifying uncertainty risk for BA obligations.

You will coordinate with committees and task forces and perform data analyses for intra-day and forward horizons under minimal supervision. The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in relevant fields, several years of experience for upper levels, and strong communication skills.