Real Time Optimization Engineer Jobs in Texas (NOW HIRING)

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Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manage the real-time operations of NRG's portfolio, including real time trading, scheduling and dispatching assets, ancillary services, and physical and financial power flows based upon economic conditions and operational constraints.
• Support business needs of Portfolio Directors and Asset Managers through effective communication and strategy collaboration.
• Effectively optimize the intra-day scheduling, and/or delivery of fuel, including natural gas, diesel and other resources, as applicable.
• Provide leadership, direction, and coaching to team members.  Give timely and specific feedback to promote improvement and acknowledge positive contributions.
• Take or direct timely and appropriate real-time actions in accordance with ISO procedures.
• Monitor and analyze available market information to identify asset optimization and trading opportunities.
• Coordinate real-time unit availability, outages and derates, schedules, unit startup and shutdown times, and communicate all necessary information to plant personnel, ISOs, and day-ahead traders.
• Create tools and develop strategies to facilitate asset optimization as well as assist real-time desk in day-to-day operations management.
• Exercise the responsibility and authority as needed to implement real-time actions to ensure the stable and reliable operation of the Bulk Electric System or local reliability, as applicable.
• Comply with applicable NERC Reliability Standards.
• Monitor and analyze available market information to identify dispatching and trading opportunities.
• Manage dispatching and trading decisions with a continuous focus on balancing risk versus return to produce maximum profitability.
• Complete necessary NERC certification and continuing education requirements.
• Coordinate and execute compliance activities to ensure relevant portfolio remains compliant with applicable RRO or NERC Reliability Standards.
• Act as Subject Matter Expert for NERC regulatory compliance audits.
• Manage training needs of real-time operators including the PER-005 NERC Training Program.
• Manage Energy Management System updates and new tool development.   

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in economics, business, finance, other relevant degree, or military or direct industry related experience
• 5 years or more of real-time generation dispatching experience

Qualifications:

• NERC certification required
• Competence with mathematics and technical concepts
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Capable/proficient with Microsoft Suite and web based environments
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to supervise and effectively communicate with employees
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external counterparts
• Proven ability to take appropriate action within time constraints
• Motivated self-starter with ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work rotating shifts as necessary
• Candidates must be able to fulfill storm/event duty requirements.
  • This job requires working or coordinating efforts during hurricane, winter storms and other possible catastrophic event conditions.  Persons in this role may be required to report to the storm/event duty location(s) and perform the job functions as required.  This may include extended shifts as necessary until storm or event conditions reside.

This job description reflects an assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.  Other duties and tasks may be assigned to this job at the Company's discretion.

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Protected Veteran Status/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.

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