Remote Operations Engineer, Planning
at California ISO

Summary

Join our team as an Operations Engineer - Planning and contribute to the reliable operation of California's power grid. As a key member of our engineering team, you will work on complex projects, provide support to real-time grid operations, and model market impacts. With a focus on collaboration, innovation, and employee well-being, we offer flexible work arrangements, relocation assistance, and opportunities for growth.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree (BA,BS) in Electrical Engineering with a curriculum in Electrical Power Engineering
• Equivalent years of education and training, plus two (2) years or more of related experience
• NERC Reliability Authority (or System Operator) Certification desired. Professional Engineer License desired

Responsibilities

• Supports and assists in the development and documentation of operating requirements and instructions in the outage plans and operating procedures to adhere to the NERC Reliability Standards
• Prepares and conducts operating studies and contingency analyses, including power flow, short circuit, stability, and post-transient analyses, to maintain reliable operation of the grid
• Ensures compliance with internal procedures and government regulations
• Acts as a point of contact for Operations Engineering, providing direct feedback to daily operational matters
• Attends operations planning meetings to communicate current day plan and the next day plan as required
• Models transmission constraints in the ISO market to ensure efficient market operations as well as reliable grip operations
• Provides engineering support on model validation and abnormal market price investigations
• Provides operations engineering support to ISO Divisions, and Departments as appropriate
• Provides specific and essential details relating to the ISO controlled grid and the control area to ISO management
• May represent ISO Operations Engineering interests in applicable WECC and related committees, work groups, and other industry and/or public forums as assigned
• Compiles, analyzes, and submits data and reports in compliance with external standards and requirements
• Assists in developing, implementing and documenting automated computer programs, and other advanced analysis methods, to allow for comprehensive monitoring of operational performance of the transmission system and detection of transmission system problems

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements
• Relocation assistance