Renewables Generation Specialist - Flexible Work Locations

Company: Constellation
Location: Baltimore
Posted on: June 25, 2022

Job Description:

DescriptionAt Constellation, a freshly independent and soon-to-be Fortune 200 company, we're providing the energy and services to transform our future. Combining next generation technologies and product offerings with the country's lowest carbon generating fleet, our company is purpose-built to meet the challenges of the climate crisis.

Constellation has been the leader in clean energy production for more than a decade. Now we're speeding delivery of low-carbon or no-carbon power to help families, communities, governments, and businesses meet their sustainability and decarbonization goals. Constellation provides 10 percent of total clean power and 22 percent of clean baseload power in the United States and is the leading competitive retail supplier of energy products, services and clean energy solutions. The race is on to confront climate change, and no company is more ready to meet that challenge.

We are committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion and believe in attracting, retaining and advancing employees who will best serve and represent our customers, partners and communities. We provide a workplace that ensures mutual respect, where each individual has the opportunity to grow and contribute at their greatest potential. Constellation will provide you the tools and resources you need to design, build and power a successful career.

Join us as we accelerate the transition to a carbon-free future. Energize your career with Constellation.

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITIONThe Fleet Ops Specialist position provides an interface between external and internal customers of the Exelon Power fleet. External customers include but are not limited to the Independent System Operators, Regional Transmission Organizations, Power Purchase Agreement offtakes. Internal customers include but are not limited to Exelon Power Operations, the Portfolio Operations Generation Dispatchers, generation sites, and Exelon Power Management. The specialist proactively monitors and addresses generating unit and system conditions resulting from equipment issues, ensures requests for energy and ancillaries are met, ensures compliance with all regulatory rules in the appropriate ISO/RTO markets, and ensures commitments within contract agreements are met to achieve positive results for the Exelon Power.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Monitors generation conditions (alarms, status, trends, etc.) and takes actions to address and/or communicate issues to the appropriate internal and external customers (20%)
• Responsible for timely communication to internal and external customers required by operating procedures, power purchase and interconnect agreements (15%)
• Responds to ISO and/or power purchase agreement representatives' requests in accordance with operating agreements and procedures (examples include, but are not limited to, curtailment orders, reliability directives, and voltage schedules) (15%)
• Schedules generating unit availability and outages in a way that maximizes reliability and economic benefit. (15%)
• Troubleshoots anomalies and escalate to field operations groups as needed. (10%)
• Dispatches generation assets in a way that ensures that all energy and ancillary obligations are met (10%)
• Prepares operating reports and tracks performance indicators as required. Creates, maintains and complies with procedures associated with this function. Supports ISO driven system and or procedure changes (10%)
• Additional duties as assigned (5%)
  JOB SCOPEPosition reports to Manager, Fleet Operations CenterQualificationsMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or technical field with 6+ years professional experience OR
  • Associate's degree with 8+ years professional experience and 3+ years exempt level experience OR
  • High school diploma with 10+ years professional experience in related industry and 5+ exempt level experience
  • Excellent verbal and written communication and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to analyze and understand trends and instrumentation parameters to proactively identify adverse conditions and trends
  • Position requires rotating shift work as part of a team of individuals filling a 24x7 shift schedule including Holidays
  • Ability to multi-task and work in ambiguous situations
    PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
    • Commercial power generation experience preferred
    • Knowledge of NEPOOL, PJM, MISO, ERCOT, SPP markets preferred
    • Experience with SCADA control systems, PI and Smart Signal preferred
    • Familiarity with NERC and FERC guidelines pertaining to power generation preferred
      Constellation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and employees or applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to: age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.
      
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