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# Electric System Operator

- **Company:** City of Tallahassee
- **Location:** Tallahassee, FL, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $128,211
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Distributed Systems, Citect SCADA Software
- **Published:** November 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/electric-system-operator-tallahassee-fl--45256d93-2453-45b6-8007-ae50be57608e

## About the Role

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

## Description

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.