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Provide leadership, management and administration of an accredited performance-based curriculum that meets requirements set forth by NERC, SERC, and GSOC. The Senior Training Coordinator will be responsible for direction setting as well as the day-to-day implementation of the Training Program.
Job Responsibility:
Provide leadership, management and administration of an accredited performance-based curriculum that meets requirements set forth by NERC, SERC, and GSOC
Oversee the Job Task Analysis (JTA) and become familiar with all the tasks of system operators
Work with the control center staff and engineering on the JTA Training Needs Analysis
Prepare annual training plan including identifying and scheduling training courses
Schedule and track trainings including courses, individual operators results including NERC CE hours, annual training review
Identify and/or develop any new training materials or sources to be considered
Operator task performance monitoring (during incidents and following training)
Represent for GSOC a single point of contact for all system operator reliability training needs
Attend and represent interests of GSOC at the SERC and NERC level
Make recommendations to all levels of management including Executive Staff, Board of Directors, and Corporate Programs and Projects regarding operator training needs
Support GSOC's control centers and Operations Engineering by providing technical expertise on operational issues including outage investigation, maintaining system models, and providing coordination services for modifications to the system
Design, prepare and implement annual training seminars for GSOC Operators to prepare them for performing duties of job
Lead efforts with the Training Committee to identify training needs, training courses, and potential conferences for GSOC Operator participation
Coordinate with managers and Chief System Operator/Coordinators to develop and deliver individual training courses based on Operator needs
Analyze and recommend solutions to corporate issues, considering the impacts on operations, planning, finance, and customer rates
Perform analyses and provide technical expertise to support the decision-making efforts of the Executive Staff and Corporate Programs and Projects
Maintain model databases to support these analyses
Coordinate the resolution to problems identified by GSOC regarding metering and sub-stations
Supply other projects and programs with pertinent system information as required
Provide technical support to the Control Center as required to ensure that data quality and standards are maintained
Review and modify reports generated from the transmission desk for distribution to internal and external customers
Provide various monthly summaries to the Manager
Assist in the investigation of outages to the ITS or to an EMC
Develop and maintain on an annual basis a Job Task Analysis that lays out the requirements and training needs of each GSOC Operator position
Be actively involved in any NERC training / personnel requirements or standards development that would affect GSOC operations
Develop comments on upcoming standards development that support corporate direction and industry reliability regarding well trained operators, participate in working groups at the SERC or NERC level, and ensure GSOC remains compliant with current PERsonnel standards
Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree-Electrical Engineering
Eight years (six years with P.E.) in engineering with at least four years of operations or eight years in Control Center Operations
Responsible for generation/transmission/energy management with an operating electric utility
Should be knowledgeable in electric system operations, control systems, forecasting, simulation and planning process
Working knowledge of PC applications, applications of 'real-time' energy control systems for electric operations, load flows, load management operations, automatic generation control, economic dispatch of generation, short-term load forecasting, switching and transmission restoration
Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal skills
Capable of preparing and delivering training material to all levels of operators
NERC Cert System Operator
Bulk Electric System Cyber Authorized
NERC Reliability Standard - PRA
What we offer:
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage