Planner Scheduler-Level 3 - Senior (11 - 15 Years)

About the role

This position holds the responsibility for scheduling and dispatching generation resources to economically balance load and generation, meeting real-time system conditions and complying with regulatory requirements and NERC reliability standards. The role involves planning, scheduling, and tracking to ensure operational and regulatory compliance, developing work orders, and coordinating between operational teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead scheduling processes for maintenance, compliance, and project execution.
• Develop work orders and ensure coordination between operations.
• Evaluate and approve OASIS requests and Tags.
• Perform hourly and on-peak/off-peak energy accounting functions with adjacent balancing authorities.
• Cookout and decommitment of power plants.
• Ensure rapid recovery from loss of generation to comply with NERC requirements.
• Evaluate and improve work management execution and lead root cause analysis for operational efficiency improvements.
• Run Economy A program to provide generation and cost projections for economy purchases and sales.
• Perform next-day generation planning functions and temporarily cover certain system operator functions.

Requirements

• Education: A Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a professional certification is required.
• Experience: 11 - 15 years of experience in managing power system scheduling, project execution, and compliance reporting.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in NERC compliance and operational reliability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in Six Sigma methodologies.
• Six Sigma Green Belt Certification is preferred.

Benefits

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD

Company Information

Everforth Apex is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [email protected] or 804-523-8228. (Do not submit resumes or solicit consultants to this email address).