Job Description

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become an Energy Operations Specialist – Realtime Operator at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this role, you’ll join our Southern California Edison Generation Operation Center (GOC) within the Energy Procurement & Management (EP&M) team. The GOC ensures that our customers have enough electricity to meet their needs, through the output of SCE-owned generation plants and purchase of electricity from independent generators. The GOC is responsible for leading SCE’s diverse fleet of renewable & conventional generation, intertie, energy storage, and demand side resources. In this role you will communicate with power plant operators, and the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) operators to ensure compliance in a dynamic, 24 x 7 operational environment.

As the Energy Operations Specialist – Realtime Operator, you will work rotating 12 hour shifts and perform all scheduling coordinator functions in the California Independent System Operator’s (CAISO) wholesale power market and the CAISO regional Energy Imbalance Market (EIM). You will also be responsible for purchasing and selling energy and transmission as needed to serve our customer’s energy needs.

A day in the life - Get ready to think big, work smart and shine bright!

• Monitor SCE’s portfolio of generation, load, intertie, energy storage, and demand response resources and take action to ensure reliable operations.

• Receive and communicate dispatch instructions and verify that they are followed.

• Receive, approve, submit, and handle outages and derates throughout their entire lifecycle.

• Purchase and sell energy and transmission to meet company objectives.

• Craft, adjust, and monitor e-tags as necessary for intertie transactions.

• Respond to CAISO directives and requests for information. Submit bids and schedules as needed.

• Define and implement process improvements.

• Produce transaction reports ensuring compliance with all regulatory rules and internal risk requirements

• Provide accurate, written record of daily events.

The Essentials

• Three (3) or more years of experience in plant operations, wholesale energy or commodities markets.

• Ability to work 12-hour rotating shift schedule including weekends, nights, holidays, and overtime when necessary.

• Experience working collaboratively with internal and external partners (plant personnel, CAISO operators, etc.)

• Experience making decisions or recommendations guided by compliance requirements, company policies, procedures, rules, or management oversights.

The Preferred

• Bachelor’s Degree

• Knowledge with WECC (The Western Electricity Coordinating Council).

• Experience with generation dispatching, energy scheduling, energy trading, transmission purchasing, and e-tags via software, telephone, radio, computer and internet-based systems.

• Experience with control system software such as SCADA, EMS, or GMS.

• Experience with real time trading

• NERC System Operator Certification

• Experience acting as a Scheduling Coordinator in CAISO or other balancing area with ability to follow standardized instructions and procedures such as tariffs, business process manuals, NERC operating procedures, and internal operating processes while applying the full suite of BA software applications such as ADS, SIBR, CMRI, BSAP, OMS, and CIDI.

You should know

• This position’s work mode is on-site. The employee will report to an SCE facility or in the field location. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage.

• Visit our Candidate Resource (https\://www.edisoncareers.com/page/show/candidate-resources) page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!

• Relocation does not apply to this position.

About Southern California Edison

The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We’re fueling the kind of innovation that’s changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you’ll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.

At SCE, we celebrate our differences. We are a proud Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected status.

We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at (833) 343-0727.