POSTING DEADLINE
This position is posted until filled.
DEPARTMENT
Department: System Operations
JOB DESCRIPTION
System Operator II
Salary Grade: G06
Minimum Midpoint Maximum
$74,796 - $100,975 - $127,152
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SUMMARY:
Under general direction, controls and operates the Company¿s transmission resources (voltage levels 46kV and above) and monitors the generation resources from a reliability perspective. Coordinates and matches firm and interruptible resources with load on a minute-by-minute basis in a safe, reliable, and economic manner. Achieves and maintains operating standards in compliance with all existing regulatory, reserve sharing-agencies, and company standards concerning spinning reserve, area control error, interchange schedule tagging, generator operation, disturbance recovery and inadvertent/deviation flow. Operates the transmission system, which includes responsibility for VAR flow, losses, maintaining acceptable voltage levels, monitoring of operating transfer capability, OASIS administration, maintaining positive operating nomogram margins, etc. Coordinates and directs switching operation and maintenance of the transmission system. Serves as PNM¿s liaison and balancing/transmission control agent between other balancing and/or market entities.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Implements real-time actions, up to and including shedding firm load, to ensure stable and reliable operation of the Bulk Electric System
Responsible for ensuring compliance with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation Operating Standards and other regional standards
Directs all actions for safety and reliability of the electric grid, of any hosted entities, field crews, or merchant scheduling organizations operating within or using the company¿s balancing area in matters that affect electric grid reliability
Responds to requests by other utilities and wholesale marketers to use company-owned transmission system via OASIS and ERCOT protocols for transmission services
Administers FERC approved tariff rates and ensures compliance with strict Standards of Conduct and ERCOT protocols for transmission services
Follows all guidelines written by senior staff
Operates the system on a minute-by-minute basis to match firm and interruptible resources to obligations, balance generation and transmission shares between utility companies/market entities, and verify metered flow quantities from PNM to other utilities
Responds to generation and transmission disturbances within established regulatory, industry, reserve sharing groups, and company standards to assure a continuous supply of electricity to customers
Maintains positive Nomogram Operating Margin/Operating Criteria and system voltages using complex system equipment in the most efficient and economical manner
Advises co-workers and management of normal and abnormal system conditions
Maintains reactive reserves and monitors Remedial Action Schemes (RAS) to ensure system reliability
Documents and communicates to various groups, all company and inter-utility system developments that could impact the Company¿s inter-utility relationships or the security, reliability, and safety of the companys transmission system, or the ability to serve load
Monitors critical items, including Control Performance Standards, Operating Reserves, Operating Transfer Capabilities, Interchange Schedule Tags, Substation Facility/Equipment Status
Represents the Company in developing and enhancing working relationships with other utilities/market entities and various regulatory bodies, and accepts assignments on various inter-utility Operating and Engineering committees
COMPETENCIES:
Demonstrates, maintains, and increases knowledge of the Companys generation and transmission system, electrical theory, and associated operating procedures and guidelines
Strong sense of ambition, motivation, and confidence
Ability to work in a stressful and fast-paced environment
Ability to make sound judgments and crucial decisions in short amounts of time
Ability to understand and assimilate complex technical information
Must complete the North American Electric Reliability Corporation continuing education hours required for maintaining certification
Must acquire 32 hours of emergency training annually
Ability to build and maintain relationships with teammates and external utility contacts
Ability to work with little supervision and only general guidelines at times
QUALIFICATIONS
MINIMUM EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:
High School diploma or GED with sixty semester hours of college course work showing an aptitude for math and electrical theory, with six to eight years of previous work experience, to include two and a half years of lower-level authority experience at a level of performance that demonstrates an intimate knowledge of generation or transmission systems and how to operate/control them, or equivalent combination of education and/or experience related to the discipline.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:
Must obtain and/or maintain North American Electric Reliability Corporation System Operator Certification within six to nine months of employment and prior to independently performing the Reliability functions. Failure to obtain/maintain North American Electric Reliability Corporation certification could result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination, in accordance with the PNMRs Positive Discipline policy.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Reviews and guides decisions and actions of System Operator I. Develops positive relationships with control room staff.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
Ability to read and comprehend complex instructions, correspondence, and memos
Strong oral and written communication skills
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume
Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Working knowledge of various database, spreadsheet, and word processing software
Ability to use various computer systems
TXNM Energy, Inc.
Albuquerque
New Mexico United States
www.txnmenergy.com
