Electric System Operator

The City of Tallahassee Electric Utility is seeking an Electric System Operator to join its team. This position operates the City’s electric grid in a safe and reliable manner while optimizing resources to achieve the most economical benefit for the City’s utility customers. The ideal candidate maintains working knowledge of regulatory policy and procedures at the Federal, Regional, and State levels.

What You’ll Do

• Continuously monitor the City’s electric grid and SCADA system to recognize normal and abnormal conditions, taking action to restore parameters to normal and keeping operations in compliance with FERC, NERC, FPSC, FRCC, and City policies and procedures.
• Assess emergency conditions quickly and make independent decisions to protect equipment and personnel, restore the system to first contingency status, and prevent instability, separation, or cascading outages.
• Maintain available generation and resources to meet customer load at all times, including coordinating reserve sharing through the Florida Reserve Sharing Group, monitoring the State Hot Line and FTMS, and curtailing interruptible customers when conditions require.
• Process transmission requests on OASIS, create or approve NERC tags, and perform hourly analysis to purchase or sell power, verifying scheduled interchange and tie line data and submitting required system status reports.
• Take outage reports, dispatch service trucks, and direct emergency switching to restore service to as many customers as possible, while updating the Outage Management System, tagging circuits for crew safety, and maintaining the critical customer priority list.
• Assist customers with general complaints, verify account status during nights and weekends, and maintain NERC System Operator certification (BA/TOP level at minimum, RC preferred) through continuing education.

Electrical Engineering, System Operations, Aviation Industry, Parks & Recreation, Service Delivery, Electrical Utility, Electrical Engineering, Regulations, System Operations, Safety/Work Safety, * High School Diploma or equivalent recognized certificate; and

• Four (4) years of experience that includes electric utility generation, transmission, or distribution system operation

Necessary Special Requirements

• Must possess a valid Class E driver’s license at time of hire
• Within 9 months of hire, must pass North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) System Operator certification testing as a Balancing, Interchange, Transmission Operator (BITO) or Reliability Coordinator (RC), with the RC as the preferred certification; must be approved for Independent Operations on the City of Tallahassee’s Electric System; and must maintain these certifications throughout employment.
• Pursuant to NERC and FRCC Reliability Coordinator requirements, must be able to communicate clearly, both orally and in writing, using the English language
• Must be able to distinguish between red and green
• Considered essential during emergency and storm situations; must be able to work 16 hours per day for extended periods and may be required to be away from family

The City of Tallahassee’s workforce is our communitys lifeblood, we offer diverse career opportunities, a positive work-life balance, competitive compensation, exceptional wellness programs, and comprehensive benefits, all of which position us to be the premier employer of choice for this area., * Must be able to work rotating 12-hour shifts covering 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

• Must be available to serve on-call and may be required to work outside of assigned shift/schedule to meet operational needs
• Employees requiring unescorted access to the Electric Control Center must complete a personnel risk assessment (identity verification and a minimum seven-year criminal history screening) and maintain satisfactory clearance for continued employment.

Salary Range

Starting pay for this position up to $61.64 per hour, based on qualifications and experience.

Benefits Information

The City of Tallahassee offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Paid vacation, sick leave, parental, and catastrophic illness leave
• Defined benefit pension and defined contribution plans
• Paid holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life and long-term disability insurance
• Pre-paid legal, critical illness, and auto insurance plans

Note: OPS employees are eligible for medical insurance plans but not eligible for paid vacation, paid sick leave, or paid holidays. Temporary employees (Non-OPS) are not eligible to participate in the Citys benefits programs.

Tallahassee, a diverse community of nearly 200,000 residents, is the state capital and home to Florida A&M University, Florida State University, and Tallahassee State College. It is known for its national forest, freshwater lakes, and abundant parks and recreational activities. Located in the north-central portion of the state of Florida.

The City, as an organization, has a devoted workforce of approximately 4,000 people who come together to ensure the needs of the community are met through municipal services. These services include Police, Fire, Utilities (electric, gas, water, wastewater, stormwater), Parks and Recreation, Aviation-Tallahassee International Airport, and general municipal services. The City’s mission is to be the national leader in the delivery of public service.