NCC Power System Operator I

NCC Power System Operator I

Requirements

• 1+ years’ experience as an OIT I within Avangrid’s National Control Center performing generation dispatch.
• 3+ years’ experience in real time operations, power plant and transmission operations, electrical, technical, or engineering roles.
• PJM & NERC generation dispatcher certifications
• Understanding of control room operations and generation dispatch.
• Ability to read and interpret requirements to operate generating systems, schematics and one-line diagrams.
• Familiar with MS Office, OSI PI, diagnostic and troubleshooting tools.
• Ability to work rotating shifts of 12 hours, including night shifts, weekends and holidays and be on-call.
• Demonstrate willingness to sustain NCC operations by providing short notice shift coverage, participating in inclement weather or disaster recovery protocols, and taking on special projects when assigned.
• Ability to travel (less than 10%).

Responsibilities

• Operation of Avangrid Renewables’ U.S power generation fleet.
• Operate power generation projects in compliance to permits, power sales agreements, generation schedules, and transmission operator requirements.
• Forecast plant performance based on multiple inputs including but not limited to; meteorological, turbine, power curve, plant performance at various wind speeds (plant power curve), real time equipment availability, plant constraints, and outages.
• Economical dispatch of generation, optimizing plant performance and revenues.
• Communicate and respond to directives from balancing authorities/transmission system operators.
• Troubleshoot system and turbine faults taking corrective actions as appropriate.
• Evaluate system alarms and irregularities taking corrective action accordingly.
• Interpret turbine, SCADA, substation, transmission, and other system data taking actions to optimize plant performance.
• Monitor AGC and SCADA response for plants on AGC including MISO DIR, ERCOT nodal, and PJM AGC. Coordinate with each RTO generation dispatcher the return of units from outage.
• Monitor, interpret, and notify site personnel of potentially dangerous site conditions.
• Ensure reliable telemetry, monitor data flow, and manage system data.
• Performs switching operations using established procedures in coordination with field personnel.
• Optimizes wind generation in BPA with available balancing resources to target a zero error including dispatching peaking units and on-demand tagged resources.
• Respond to voltage dispatches by switching reactive equipment in and out of service and monitoring projects for voltage schedule compliance.
• Work in concert with asset and wind plant managers regarding outage management and other operational requirements.
• Interpret and respond to substation alarms and inform appropriate personnel to troubleshoot.
• Perform periodic and real time system reporting.
• Evaluate and troubleshoot systems and networks, perform real time maintenance and corrective actions.
• Understands and adheres to applicable NERC reliability standards.
• Call-out field and emergency service personnel as appropriate.
• Adhere to effective internal controls.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in real time operations or a control room environment.
• Power plant operations.
• Electrical, technical, or engineering experience.
• Balancing authority operations.