Manager, System Control (Dispatch)

Description

• Communicate improvements in system reliability for inclusion in the Associations long range plan and five-year work plan.
• Review, propose, and manage implementation of new methods to operate the power system more effectively and economically.
• Vendors: Works with vendors in the maintenance and upgrading of various system modeling tools.
• Direct and assist Power Dispatcher staff to maintain security, integrity, and reliability of the power system.
• Lead coordination with interconnected utilities on maintenance activities; ensuring security, integrity and reliability requirements are maintained within acceptable limits.
• Perform analysis of G&T system maintenance activities and impacts to security, integrity and reliability. Resolves analysis that falls outside of acceptable threshold.
• Manage the maintenance of power flow analysis models to analyze operational scenarios and evaluate system disturbances.
• Members of various Railbelt utility committees: Serves on as requested and assists as directed in the analysis of various interconnected system issues.
• Monitor and manage workgroup actual costs to meet budgetary targets and takes guidance to shift work efforts to align with business needs.
• Participate in development of departmental work plan and budget.
• Schedule, assign, and manage the work of the department.
• Review impacts of planned and schedule maintenance activities on Generation (G), Transmission (T), and Distribution (D) systems and deliver proposed solutions to minimize impact.
• Engineering consulting firms: Directs and administers contracts; consults with relative to various Association projects; consults with relative to various projects outside Chugach.
• Direct System Control Engineers in the coordination of scheduled outages between Chugach internal stakeholders and System Control to meet system operating objectives.
• Direct System Controls Engineers in the development of technical reports to summarize system disturbances, economic cost/benefit analysis and detailing more efficient operating methods.
• Participate in external committee assignments with various organizations as a subject matter expert with authority to make decisions and act on behalf of Chugach as directed.
• Supervisors and Managers: Instructs, informs, provides compliance and assistance to and exchange information
• Establish goals and objectives for subordinate staff.
• System Control Analyst/Engineers: Manage, confer with give direction, give and receive information
• Manage staff performance for compliance with established standards, codes, quality assurance and completion of written support documentation.
• Other Railbelt Utilities: Coordination of data exchange for system and event analysis.

Requirements

• Current knowledge of applied system protection principles and analysis of faulted power systems.
• Ability to supervise and direct department and contract staff.
• Familiarity with outage management system databases and software tools.
• Must have a thorough understanding of distribution system, power system operations and power system modeling.
• Direct analysis to maintain system loading within industry and company standards. Able to deliver guidance to Power Dispatcher staff to achieve and maintain these standards.
• Familiarity of North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) standards, or analogous bulk power system security and reliability standards.
• Proficient in word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation and project management software.
• Experience with the operations and maintenance of power system load-flow models and software.
• Current knowledge of the operation, construction and protection of utility systems.
• Experience with the operations and maintenance of production cost modeling software.
• Ability to expedite work while maintaining necessary standards, balance multiple priorities, and make necessary decisions promptly.
• Must be able to analyze power system problems.
• Experience with the operations and maintenance of power system dynamic and stability modeling software.

Benefits

• Long Term Disability
• Basic Life and AD&D Insurance paid for by Chugach Electric
• Employee Assistance Program
• Short Term Disability
• Defined Benefit (Pension)
• 10 Paid Holidays + 3 Float Holidays
• Flex Spending Account (Health, Limited Use, Dependent Care)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Medical, RX, Dental & Vision
• 20 days vacation for first year of employment
• Retirement Investment services
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• 401K Plan

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance