Senior Operating Specialist

Senior Operating Specialist

Champions, organizes, and partners with diverse teams in Distribution Operations and Fossil Generation to ensure system security and continuity of service are maintained in a safe manner on the electric system. This role ensures productivity is maintained through safe and concise operating orders and actions during normal and complex trouble situations. This is a system operations liaison role to Substations, Service Operations, Primary Services, and Engineering.

Key Accountabilities

• Directs and coordinates teams to resolve conflicts and interpret rules to support the operation of the electrical system.
• Organizes cross-functional teams to address unique, complex or recurring issues affecting efficient operation.
• Develops and suggests work instructions and restoration plans for both planned and emergent work on the electrical system.
• Identifies work bundling opportunities at an asset level and develops a coordinated work plan to ensure shutdowns are planned, assessing risks to the electrical system.
• Works closely with system study engineer and project scheduler to ensure accuracy of long-term shutdown schedule.
• Organizes and leads huddle and shutdown schedule review meetings.
• Organizes and leads cross-function team meetings especially for complex and back-to-back shutdowns in the same area/regions.
• Champions continuous improvement (CI) initiatives focused on shutdown optimization and coordination of resources.
• Attends operations committee meetings and advises on recommended practices on cross-functional safety.
• Provides feedback on operating articles and documents to safely achieve corporate objectives.
• Ensures the authority of the system operations personnel is understood and executed to safely restore customers in an expedient manner.
• Reviews contingency plans for complex projects.

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

• Ten years of operational experience with advanced knowledge of electric generation, transmission, and distribution systems including:
• Advanced knowledge of installation, operation, and maintenance of high voltage electrical equipment used in electric utility substations.
• Advanced knowledge of installation, operation, and maintenance of electrical equipment used on overhead and underground electric utility systems.
• Experience as either a System Operator, Power Dispatcher, or electric utility electrical equipment operator.

Other Qualifications

• Preferred:
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering or electric utility electrical worker trade certification.
• Ten years of experience as either a System Operator, Power Dispatcher, or physically operating electrical equipment to administer lockout tagout practices; including five years of experience supervising system operators, power dispatchers, or qualified electrical workers who operate electrical equipment and workforce represented by a labor union.
• Six Sigma Yellow, Green, or Blackbelt certification.
• NERC BI, BIT or RC Operator certification.
• Knowledge of project scheduling tools such as Primavera, Excel, etc.

Other Requirements

• Understands and is aware of collective bargaining agreements (CBA) as it applies to others.
• Knowledge and experience administering lean manufacturing concepts.
• Proven ability to effectively lead change management initiatives.

Additional Information

Incumbents may engage in all or some combination of the activities and accountabilities and utilize a variety of the competencies cited in this description depending upon the organization and role to which they are assigned. This description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by incumbents in this job. It is not intended as an all-inclusive list of accountabilities or responsibilities, nor is it intended to limit the rights of supervisors or management representatives to assign, direct and control the work of employees under their supervision.