Energy Marketing And Management Specialist

Energy Marketing And Management Specialist

This position is part of the WAPA-UGP-Upper Great Plains. As an Energy Marketing and Management Specialist, you will be responsible for the on-shift management of loads and resources, and marketing of resources assigned to the regional Energy Management and Marketing Office (EMMO) that may include customer account portfolios. THIS IS NOT A REMOTE POSITION. YOU MUST REPORT TO THE WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA LOCATION

Responsibilities

As an Emergency Management and Marketing Specialist, some of your duties will include but are not limited to: Responsible for power scheduling, energy accounting, reporting and statistical information requests. Responsible for having a thorough working knowledge of all national, regional, and/or organized market interchange scheduling criteria and actions to be taken to comply with these criteria. Provide energy management and marketing services for energy resources assigned to the EMMO that may include customer account portfolios. Balance loads and/or demand to resources each hour utilizing generation, sales, purchases and transmission assets in the most economical and efficient manner. Develop plans of resource utilization for the shift, and each hour therein, based on generation schedules, hydro release criteria, forecasted firm loads, purchase power resources, and surplus sales for the day.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. This employer participates in the e-Verify program. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service. Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation. May be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period. Employees serving on a probationary or trial period may be terminated at any time during the probationary or trial period for performance, conduct, or business-related reasons in the interest of Federal service. In accordance with Executive Order 14170, applicants are encouraged to respond to the four short, free-response, essay questions in the questionnaire. Answers to these questions are not scored or rated. Your answers will be reviewed by the hiring manager and agency leadership if you are referred for selection consideration. A valid State driver's license is required. The incumbent must be at least 18 years of age, able to obtain and maintain Defensive Drivers certification. Defensive Driver's Training will be completed upon employment. Occasional travel may be required with overnight travel possible during all or part of the time. The duties of this position may require the incumbent to be placed in a 24/7 short notice call out (on-call) status on a rotational basis. Regular and recurring overtime, irregular and/or shiftwork and to include rotating shifts, nights, weekends, and/or holidays is required.

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. The experience need not have been in the federal government. To qualify for the AD-3/GS-11:Applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the AD-2/GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. This experience includes ALL the following: Implementing real-time power marketing practices. Applying energy accounting procedures related to energy scheduling. Knowledge North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and the Western Electric Reliability Council (WERC) interchange scheduling policies and procedures including e-tagging. Analyzing and/or operating in Energy Imbalance Markets (SPP WEIS/CAISO EIM) and/or Fully Integrated Markets (MISO, CAISO, SPPIM). OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; or LL.M., if related. OR A combination of education and experience to successfully perform the duties of the position. To qualify for the AD-4: Applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the AD-3/GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. This experience includes ALL the following: Applying e-tagging standards for energy delivery. Proficient with OASIS system for understanding transmission outages and the purchase of point-to-point or network transmission products. Coordinating with both internal and external customers, analyzing data, and providing innovative solutions to complex and/or sensitive issues that occur in a dynamic real-time energy trading environment. Understanding the interactions of emerging energy markets and the effects on bilateral markets and power scheduling. "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. Time-in-Grade: Current career or career-conditional GS employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional GS employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to current career or career-conditional federal employees applying for a Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.