Public Utilities Specialist (Transmission Scheduling)

Full Job Description

This position is located with Bonneville Power Administration in the Transmission Scheduling (TORW) organization in Real Time Operations (TOR), System Operations (TO), Transmission Services (T).

A successful candidate in the Public Utilities Specialist (Transmission Scheduling) position will serve as a real-time scheduler and technical expert in transmission scheduling.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: GS-9: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade (GS-07).

Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience coordinating and implementing technical, operational, or settlement practices and procedures consistent with existing policies and standards utilizing established processes and systems.

You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: Master's or equivalent graduate degree; or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; or a LL.B.

or J.D. if related; your education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. -OR- Combination of education and experience as described above.

Less than one year of specialized experience may be combined with graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level (i.e., credit hours beyond the first year of full-time study may be credited).

One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours the graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study.

If the graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study is not available, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) is used.

When crediting education that requires specific course work the number of hours of related courses required, as a proportion of the total education, is prorated.

GS-11: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade (GS-09).

Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience implementing and assisting in the development of improvements to technical, operational, or settlement practices and procedures consistent with existing policies, standards, systems and processes.

You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: Ph.D.

or equivalent doctoral degree; or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; or a LL.M., if related; your education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.

-OR- Combination of education and experience as described above.

Less than one year of specialized experience may be combined with graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level (i.e., credit hours beyond the first two years of full-time study may be credited).

One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours the graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study.

If the graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study is not available, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) is used.

When crediting education that requires specific course work the number of hours of related courses required, as a proportion of the total education, is prorated.

"Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience.

Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations.

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Major Duties:

As a Public Utilities Specialist (Transmission Scheduling), you will: Evaluate and recommend disposition on customer waivers based on real time conditions.

Implement congestion management protocols based on physical path, re-dispatch ability and/or predictive flows in NERC Priority. Operate 5 scheduling systems and 8 different software programs.

Analyze data for output accuracy and validate system assumptions to determine if generated actions comply with applicable contracts, laws, regulations.

Implement real time Total Transfer Capability (TTC) changes caused by late planned notification, forced, or emergency outages or changes in forecasted conditions.