Description
Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is about more than power. We're about the power of relationships. Our employees have the opportunity to work together to ensure electricity is delivered reliably and affordably to the millions of people living in our service territory. We have been voted one of Arkansas' Best Places to work by Arkansas Business and we are looking for a member of our team who is passionate about our mission to keep the lights on!
We have a core ideology here at SPP that we stand by: Do the right thing, for the right reason, in the right way.
We believe in supporting our employees through a fantastic benefits package:
- Competitive pay with bonus opportunities
- Excellent insurance package including three great medical plans to choose from, employer-paid short term disability, long term disability, and life insurance
- Relocation assistance
- Hybrid working environment for positions that are eligible where employees have the flexibility to work from home 50% of the time
- Fantastic contributions to your retirement through a 401(k) savings plan with employer-match benefits and a defined benefit plan fully funded by SPP
Overview
The Senior or Engineer II is responsible for understanding organized wholesale market design, recommending and analyzing the impact of design modifications, and supporting the development of market design expertise throughout the organization. This position supports the market related working groups, including the Markets+ stakeholder process by facilitating market design changes and performing market analysis as necessary to support those changes.
This position will interact with multiple working groups in support of market design changes and issues. The Senior or Engineer II will work closely with SPP Markets, Operations, Legal, Regulatory, Settlements, and Congestion Hedging departments to assure that the implemented software and processes are consistent with the market design. This position will work with market participants, vendors, FERC, and other RTOs/ISOs in recommending changes to SPP's market design and market policy.
This position will facilitate discussion, design changes and providing market analysis for the SPP Market's+, Western Energy Imbalance Service (WEIS) Market and other Western Markets efforts. This will require supporting both the Western Market stakeholder groups. This position will share responsibility for coordinating market design changes and analysis between the Markets+, WEIS or the SPP Integrated Marketplace.
The Senior or Engineer II is expected to manage individual and team work effort, lead teams to preform market analysis and market changes, develop market metrics, and create market reports. This position is responsible for facilitating internal and external discussions for business development, and presenting market design changes to various SPP stakeholder committees and working groups.
Essential Functions
- Understand the organized wholesale market rules and apply the knowledge to key business functions
- Coordinate and communicate with SPP market participants and member companies regarding market design
- Provide technical expertise to SPP committees and working groups
- Support FERC filings through providing data, and assist in drafting testimony and filing letters
- Analyze and review market data for indications of market weaknesses through the development of adhoc analysis
- Research and analyze the design of other RTOs/ISOs markets- all levels
- Support Working Groups as necessary
- Document analysis and studies in written reports and communicate results to internal and external stakeholders
- Review and develop education materials related to the market design and support the training and development of junior-level market design staff
- Understand the Company's market rules and apply the knowledge to key business functions-
- Independently recommend market design changes to management and facilitate market design changes through the SPP stakeholder process
Qualifications
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering, this degree should:
- Be from a university that meets the requirements to sit for the Professional Engineering exam (in Arkansas, that is most typically a degree from an ABET accredited university or a graduate degree from a college that has an ABET accreditation),
- Degree should be in a calculus-based engineering field and preferred degree programs are Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Systems Engineering
Experience Requirements:
- Sr Engineer - Five (5) years of relevant Engineering experience, Professional Engineer License or advanced degree may satisfy one year of experience requirement.
- Engineer II - Two (2) years of relevant Engineering experience
Southwest Power Pool Inc.
415 N McKinley
Little Rock
Arkansas United States
www.spp.org
