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ENERGY JOBS UPDATE FEBRUARY 12 2015
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Lower Colorado River Authority
GenDesk System Adm I/II/Sr.
Description: At an entry level, provides support and maintenance for
the Generation Management System (GMS) used to dispatch LCRA’s
generation and load assets in the
ERCOT electricity market. Provides
support for real-time GMS applications and real-time databases, including system configurations,
monitoring of telemetry, communication protocols, and Automatic
Generation Control (AGC). Responds to real-time mission critical
generation desk requests and participates in trouble shooting, problem solving, and system restoration
tasks. This position develops competence by performing structured
work assignments and receives
instruction, guidance and direction
from supervisor, manager and/or
more experienced colleagues.
Minimum Qualifications: Four or
more years of experience in operations or administration of a SCADA/
GMS or real-time monitoring and
control system. A degree(s) in electrical engineering, computer science, information technology, or
relevant field may be substituted per
LCRA guidelines for certain years of
experience.
Resumes accepted for all three levels. Apply to:
https://jobs-lcra.icims.com/jobs/sear
ch?ss=1&searchLocation=&search
Category=&hashed=0
Energy Recruiting Specialists Inc.
Michael DeFazio, President
P.O. Box 566
Douglassville, Pa 19518
energyspecialist@msn.com
Phone: 610-385-9560
PJM Portfolio Director
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Develop and execute the
hedging and optimization
strategy for power generation and natural gas obligations for PJM assets.
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Manage day-to-day interactions with plants and coordinate actions of 3rd party energy manager.
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Work with other commercial
leaders to optimize the
generation assets and
manage risks.
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Optimize plant fuel supply
agreements and avoid imbalance penalties.
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Manage local power basis risks faced by generation assets.
Trade Compliance Director
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Director will build upon the
existing trade compliance
program ensuring it is consonant with the company
goals. Look for areas to
make improvements.
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Review and analyzing
transactions to identify potential risk. Planning, de-
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veloping and implementing train- Manager Load Forecasting
ing programs for commercial op- A key Optimus client has an immediate need for a professional foerations.
cused on Load Forecasting and
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Work with risk control to monitor Generation Modeling. The role will
compliance for all trading trans- manage a team of high performing
professionals. Strong quantitative
actions.
skills with the ability to design, build
and maintain complex models
ERCOT Market Policy Director
required. The ideal professional will
have a strong understanding of the
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Will evaluate and assess the imERCOT market and prior experipact of various ERCOT and SPP
ence managing more junior profesmarket rules and regulations for
sionals.
the commercial operations
group.
Asset Manager/Trader
A key Optimus client is seeking an
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Will evaluate the impact of new
experienced physical and financial
market products, changes in the
trader for their commercial team.
market rules and market strucThis role will focus heavily on manture. Will ensure that market
aging the fuel and resulting power
changes are integrated into the
from their generation fleet. 10 or
relevant departments of commermore years of experience is
cial operations, business develrequired. The ideal candidate will
opment, asset management and
have cash to forward trading expeoperations.
rience in ERCOT Power and ideally
Texas gas.
Please contact for further details:
Michael DeFazio, President
Commercial Lead – Transmission
610-385-9560
This role is a key part of the comenergyspecialist@msn.com
mercial team for our client. In addition to CRR and PTP trading, the
150122role will be responsible for developing the necessary bids for short and
long-term auctions as well as developing forward market views and
making recommendations with regard to new transmission line
development. The ideal candidate
OPTIMUS is a premier provider of energy
will have direct experience in CRR
recruiting and staffing services. For more
and PTP trading but also the
information on this position, please email
greater modeling and analytical
us at info@optimus-us.com. We look forskills to create forward views for
ward to working with you on your next
planning and development.
exciting career opportunity!
Marketing Manager – Natural Gas
A key Optimus client is seeking a North- Senior/Lead – Generation and
east and East marketing manager for their Gross Margin Analytics
commercial team. This role is for a strong Our client has several openings
within their growing analytics team.
individual contributor who can manage
production, manage existing and establish The client can consider a variety of
new relationships with marketing compa- experience levels beginning with at
nies, direct the optimization of the existing least 8 years of professional
assets, trade short-term gas to manage experience. The roles are highly
portfolio changes and evaluate future op- analytical with a focus on generaportunities for growth. The ideal candi- tion modeling, fuel consumption
date will bring a strong understanding of modeling and the impact of market
the Northeast, East and Midwest gas in- changes on gross margin for the
frastructure as well a significant relation- portfolio. Strong modeling and
forecasting skills with an undership base.
standing of a variety of generation
types including combined cycle,
POWERMARKETERS.COM ENERGY JOBS UPDATE FEBRUARY 12 2015
coal and simple cycle ideal. An understanding of the valuation of renewable energy a plus. Strong Excel with VBA ideal.
Power Structuring Manager and
Senior Analyst
Our client is continuing to grow its
commercial team. They are building
a new structuring team and are in
search of an experienced Manager
as well as a Senior Analyst. Experience with Full Requirements and
Load Following transactions
required. Must have the ability to
build models from scratch as well as
leverage and update existing
models.
ISO Settlements Analyst – Several
Roles (Senior to Junior)
Our client is continuing to grow their
power settlements team. This role
will focus on ISO settlements. The
client is open with regard to current
ISO experience. Strong data management skills and solid Excel skills
a needed.
Product Control Analyst – London
Our client is growing their risk management team in the UK focused on
global commodities trading and
marketing. European Power and/or
Gas experience is required. Experience with OpenLink products a plus.
Settlements Analysts – London
Our client is growing their back office capabilities for the UK office.
European Gas and/or Power
required. Experience with OpenLink
products is a plus.
Contract Administration Lead –
London
Our client is seeking to add a Lead
level professional to their contract
administration and confirmations
team in London. This role will lead a
team of up to 4 analysts. Commodity focus will be European Gas and
Power.
Senior Gas Settlements Analyst
Our client is growing its commodities
accounting team in Houston. This
role is currently focused on settlements and not actualization. Strong
natural gas accounting experience
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For more information on these positions,
please email us at
info@optimus-us.com or view more
details at www.optimus-us.com. We
look forward to working with you on your
next exciting career opportunity!
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Expand upon and implement strategies to limit basis exposure in the power
markets.
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Structure deals based on
assets to optimize power
generation profitability.
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Involvement in daily dispatch of generation assets
during peak and off-peak
hours as needed.
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Maintain and further develop business relationships with approved creditworthy trading counterparties.
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Stay abreast of trends and
developments that affect
pricing in the wholesale
power markets with the
potential to impact the
power generation business.
Power Trader – Senior
POSITION SUMMARY
Dynamic “hands on” Northeast power
trading professional, responsible for
power generation and power hedge positions up to predefined limits, and from
short to long term in nature. This position
requires extensive knowledge of financial
trading with a concentration in Northeast
power markets, particularly PJM and ISONE. Also, it requires a deep understanding
of the Northeast wholesale power markets
including PJM and ISO-NE generation
offers and ancillary markets. This individual will also be responsible for ensuring
the necessary processes, procedures,
and systems are in place to properly capture and report any risk associated with
the company’s power position.
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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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Trade the EP generation power
portfolio position with financial
power futures and options in accordance with the EP Risk Management Policy and accompanying approved limits.
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Assess and improve upon the
Comprehensive Hedging Strategy in order to improve on guaranteed revenue stream from future performance of the generating assets.
Expand upon and maintain expertise regarding PJM and ISO-
needed in FERC or state
proceedings that may impact the viability or profitability of the EP power generation portfolio.
NE rules/tariffs for generating unit costing, scheduling
and dispatch to maximize
EP asset profitability and
minimize/avoid situations of
unit unavailability.
with exceptional data management skills
ideal. This role will have other reporting
requirements outside of solely settlements
accounting so it is a great way to maintain
a diverse skillset.
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Monitor FERC, PJM and
ISO-NE committee activity
regarding possible operating agreement/tariff
changes that could impact
EP energy, capacity or ancillary product revenues
and improve upon appropriate plans and strategies
for the company.
Monitor federal and state
proposals/legislation/
initiatives/RFPs (including
“green” activity) that could
impact EP generating units
and make recommendations and plans as needed
to enable EP to succeed.
Provide input to the regulatory affairs and legal functions to intervene as
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Work closely with Senior
Fuels Trader and Director
of Commercial Operations
to provide power and natural gas intelligence to executive management for
strategic planning.
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Make recommendations
and provide analytic support for business development opportunities in the
Northeast wholesale power
markets.
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Explore opportunities to
work with other counterparties to identify asset management opportunities that
are consistent with the EP
risk profile and in support of
profitable power generation
opportunities.
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Other duties as required.
WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
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Close coordination and collaboration with all members
of the Commercial Team;
help develop daily bidding
strategies, provide support
to generation facilities on
off-hours.
Work very closely with Senior Fuels Trader to determine entry and exit points
in accordance with the
Comprehensive Hedging
Strategy and the EP Risk
Management Policy.
Essential Power operations
and maintenance personnel, including control room
operators at all power stations.
Work closely with EP’s
team of executives to report
on successes and collaborate on changes to
strategies.
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Work closely with the EP Risk
team to further develop risk limits, analytics and reporting.
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All other “front”, “mid” and “back
office” staff and supporting personnel in all other company departments (including Accounting,
Contract Administration, Legal,
Engineering, Finance, Risk, etc.)
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE
month to support daily
power generation activity.
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WHO IS ESSENTIAL POWER?
Essential Power™ is an owneroperator of a portfolio of clean, efficient and responsive power generating assets located in two of the
most attractive power markets in
North America, PJM and ISO-NE.
Graduate of 4-year college pro- Our assets utilize clean-burning
gram with emphasis in business, natural gas as our primary fuel. In
economics, finance, or comput- fact, 95% of the fuel used to run our
ers preferred
power stations is natural gas — a
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5-10 years power trading experi- clean, domestic source of fuel. An
ence including PJM West Hub
important but smaller part of our
and ISO-NE Mass Hub term fu- portfolio consists of run-of-river hytures and options
dro power stations.
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Experience with IPP’s and generating asset hedging strategies As important as it is to own the right
to maximize profits from power kinds of assets in the right markets,
generation in both short term and our employees are what really make
long term.
the difference at Essential Power.
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Knowledge of PJM dispatch pro- They have a long and proud history
tocol, eMarket, eDART, eMeter, of maintaining the stations to be
etc.
available and ready to run on short
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PJM Certified or NERC certified notice. They are a vital part of the
preferred, not required.
communities in which we operate
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS
and maintain a laser-like focus on
safety, environmental stewardship
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Excellent verbal and written
and rapid response.
communication, negotiation and
team leadership skills required; Our owners are another differentiathighly motivated and able to work ing factor at Essential Power. Our
with a limited amount of direct
owners aren't in the business for
supervision.
'quick hits', but rather in it for the
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Familiar with a variety of financial long haul.
trading products including options.
Finally, at Essential Power, our only
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Understanding of PJM and ISO- business is power generation. It's all
NE wholesale power markets.
we do. It's what we love. It's a part
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Understanding of FERC rules
of our 'DNA'. Our focus is to conand regulations.
tinue to improve every week so we
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Proven track record of develop- keep providing power when it's
ing and maintaining relationships needed in a cost-effective, environin the industry.
mentally responsible and safe man•
Performs a variety of tasks. A
ner. Doing so will provide a valuable
wide degree of creativity and lati- service to our customers and strong
tude is expected.
financial returns to our owners.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
That's the Power of Essential
Power!
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Must be able to work safely in an
office environment.
BENEFIT SUMMARY
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Health, Dental, Vision, and
Voluntary LIFE/AD&D insurances
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Company sponsored Life,
AD&D, Long Term Disability, and Teledoc insurances
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Flexible Spending Accounts
for medical, dependent, and
commuter expenses
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401k Plan with Company
Match and Profit Sharing
contributions
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Opportunity for Tuition and
Relocation reimbursements
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Periodic overnight travel is required.
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May be required to be on-call one
day a week and one weekend a
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Paid Vacation, Personal,
Sick and Holiday time
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TO APPLY
Send current resume to
resume@essentialpowerllc.com.
150206
Big Rivers Electric Corporation is
seeking qualified applicants for:
Energy Services Analyst –
IRC3253
Work Location: Headquarters –
Henderson, KY
Position will evaluate and monitor
performance of strategies and
transactions within Big Rivers’ power
supply portfolio. Individual will be
responsible for short-term forecasting of Big Rivers’ system load, provide analytic support to understand
MISO market transaction implications for Big Rivers and its Members
and provide analysis to help support
the long-term sales strategy of the
organization. Must have strong Microsoft Excel skills, ability to work
well in a fast paced environment,
and be a strong team player. Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Economics, Statistics,
Mathematics or the equivalent combination of relevant education and
work experience. Understanding of
MISO market operations is desired.
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Real Time Trader Overview
The RT trader works within the EMA
(energy management agreement)
team of the Wholesale Power
group. The EMA desk is client
based, and primarily responsible for
optimization of customer owned
portfolios for power producing
assets. Twin Eagle managed assets include wind, gas, and coal
Create and maintain models and generators within MISO, PJM, ERprocesses for developing daily COT, ISO-NE and WECC.
native load forecast
Responsibilities:
Develop and monitor bidding
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Establish effective relationstrategies for Big Rivers
ships with traders, asset
managers, counterparties
Maintain monthly MISO interacand clients.
tion summary reports
The Energy Services department at Big
Rivers is responsible for the optimization
of the power portfolio, member relations,
MISO stakeholder initiatives, and the development and implementation of proposals to provide power supply. The Energy
Services Analyst will play a key role in
supporting each these varied functions.
The primary duties include:
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Provide analytical support for the
development of long term market
proposals
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Analyze both historical and fundamental market data
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Manage multiple ad hoc assignments
Qualified candidates send resume to
jobs@bigrivers.com (include job number)
or apply on-line @ www.bigrivers.com –
Careers (search keyword – energy).
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Deadline to apply is 2/19/15. No third
parties or phone calls accepted.
EOE/AA
M/F/D/V
150205
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Manage energy and ancillary service bidding, and
adjust energy offer curves
based on changing market
conditions and asset performance.
Track fuel prices, inventory
and usage to optimize asset portfolio.
Respond to unforeseen
events like forced generation outages or failed
starts, by changing unit
schedules, purchasing
power, scheduling gas,
resupplying ancillary services, or changing transmission paths.
Lead daily customer market overview calls, in order
to develop daily strategies.
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Evaluate market conditions
to optimize unit start, shut
down, and outage times.
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Analyze energy markets
and transmission alternatives to optimize physical
power flows.
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Develop and implement
real-time risk management
and trading strategies to
optimize portfolios.
Real Time Power Trader
Twin Eagle Resource Management,
located in Houston, Texas, offers an opportunity to join a customer-focused
Whole Sale Power and Midstream
Company. Twin Eagle is a leader in supply, transport, trading, storage, asset optimization, and wholesale marketing in the
North American gas/power markets. To
learn more about Twin Eagle visit:
www.twineagle.com.
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Maintain detailed records
regarding real-time desk
operations to help ensure
compliance.
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Problem solving and analytical skills to forecast and
manage operational and
risk issues.
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Attend ISO training conferences and workshops to
expand personal and group
market knowledge base.
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Work rotating 12 hour shift
including days, evenings,
nights, weekends and holidays
Requirements:
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Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, or related quantitative discipline.
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High level of communication skills.
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Ability to make critical decisions quickly, independently, and to multi-task.
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High degree of reliability
and work ethic.
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Knowledge of power system economics and energy
trading are a plus.
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Strong analytic background
and problem solving skills.
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Proficiency in Microsoft
Office with an emphasis on
Excel. Intermediate VBA is
a plus.
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Ability to obtain PJM Operator Generator Certification within 12 months of
employment.
Position offers a competitive pay
and benefits package.
Apply for this position via email
at careers@twineagle.com. Twin
Eagle Resource Management, LLC
is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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150204VPPSA seeks a Senior Analyst or
Analyst to join our Power Supply
team. Position responsibilities include:
Vermont Public Power Supply Authority
Senior Analyst/Analyst
tion related travel is generally required on an annual basis.
Required Skills:
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Regular analysis on a portfolio of power and ancillary
market positions
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Four year degree with emphasis on quantitative
coursework
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Leading contract negotiation with counterparties in
markets for wholesale electricity and Renewable Energy Credits (RECs),
among others
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Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including pivots
and lookup functions
Vermont Public Power Supply Authority
(“VPPSA”), located in Waterbury Center,
Vermont is a joint action agency that
works with municipal utilities in Vermont
and New England. Focus is on work quality and employee satisfaction, making the
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Power supply simulations
environment friendly and rewarding. The
for budgeting, planning,
company supports its employees in
analysis, and reporting
achieving a balance between work and
life. VPPSA has been a member of the
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Model long term transacNew England Power Pool for over 20
tions and generation acquiyears, and is active in the New England
sitions
power markets and with Vermont state
utility regulatory agencies on behalf of its
This position reports to the Director
member utilities.
of Power Supply and Transmission.
Candidates should have an interest
We offer a strong benefits package, inin energy markets, utility administracluding:
tion, portfolio management, power
accounting, energy commodity trad•
12 paid holidays, 12 paid sick
ing, and forecasting. The Senior
days with 10 vacation days in the Analyst/Analyst will be active in repfirst year and an additional day resenting the VPPSA member sysfor each additional year of em- tems in New England’s dynamic
ployment
electricity market. A significant responsibility for this position is rec•
Fully paid premiums for Health onciliation of aggregated charges
(Silver level), Dental and Vision and credits from the regional transwith a benefits bonus of $2,000 mission organization for New
for 2015
England. As such, the ability to
analyze numbers, recognize pat•
Up to 8% of salary contributed to terns and identify inconsistencies is
a Defined Contribution Plan (5% a critical skill. Applicants should be
guaranteed with up to an addi- comfortable speaking in public and
will be expected to present their
tional 3% match)
work to the VPPSA Board on a
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Life insurance equal to 3 times regular basis. The Analyst/Sr. Analyst may also be asked to represent
annual salary
VPPSA in state and regional matters.
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Paid training (conferences, summits) with possibility for additional
Persons with experience in the utileducation
ity industry, financial services, accounting or engineering fields are
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Short and Long Term Disability
encouraged to apply, although prior
experience is not required. VPPSA
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Flexible family-oriented working will provide on-the-job and remote
hours
training in the wholesale electricity
field to the right candidate. One to
two weeks of compensated educaPOWERMARKETERS.COM ENERGY JOBS UPDATE FEBRUARY 12 2015
Desired Skills:
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Experience with ISO-NE
administered markets or
other ISO/RTO control areas
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Experience in energy commodity markets and/or renewable energy
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Quantitative modeling experience
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Experience with Microsoft
Access, and SQL
VPPSA offers a competitive salary, a
flexible work environment and a
strong benefits package including a
health care, retirement contribution
and training benefits. Interested
individuals should send a cover
letter, resume, three references
and minimum salary requirements on or before January 30,
2015 to
directorpowersupply@vppsa.com.
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Commercial Energy Consultant
Remote locations
The competitive energy space offers
many options to commercial and
industrial consumers regarding energy supply solutions and information resources. Choosing your energy advisor is one of the most critical decisions you can make. Our
client is a highly successful fullPAGE 6
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workers engaged and aimed toservice competitive energy consulting
wards excellence.
firm…they advocate for thousands of
commercial & industrial customers with
locations throughout the U.S. Their goal is Are you ready to be part of an esto serve each customer in a focused, cus- sential, dynamic and motivating
tomized manner creating solutions.
company? Join our team – apply for
a position today.
We are currently recruiting an experienced energy consultant that has experi- Real Time Energy Trader (R15ence selling/managing C&I energy
002)
spend…natural gas or electricity sales
Location: Downtown Portland, OR
experience. Looking for consultant to both
serve existing customers and to prospect Develop, schedule and implement
and develop new ones. The primary re- PGE's interchange transactions and
sponsibilities are to interact daily with cus- generating resources on a real time
tomers and suppliers to create custom- basis to ensure the Company's daily
ized energy supply solutions. Support will energy and capacity requirements
be provided by a world-class staff and
are economically met. Assist in the
industry best leadership.
development and implementation of
PGE's short-term resource plan and
Industry-best compensation plan includes wholesale marketing strategies.
base salary, commissions and full bene- Perform work necessary to properly
fits.
account for PGE's power operation
activities.
Qualified applicants will have:
► If you are interested and wish greater
details, confidentially e-mail
resumes@brownholtz.com, and contact
Scott Brownholtz for an introduction at
916-649-3200.
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150202
APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 3,
2015
Portland General Electric values the energy of teamwork, diversity, and innovation to provide our customers with safe
and reliable power. As Oregon’s largest
provider of electric service, PGE is helping to shape Oregon’s energy future.
What is it like to work at PGE? Well, it’s
fun. It’s challenging. It’s enriching. And
with the average employee spending
nearly 14 years with us, we think you’ll
like it too.
You’ll work with talented coworkers in a
supportive and results-oriented environment. Our progressive vision and commitment to excellence in our service and
operations will keep you and your co-
Thorough knowledge of
PGE's generation facilities,
power contracts, scheduling procedures, and
scheduling parameters with
other regional and extraregional utilities.
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Thorough knowledge of
electric bulk power generation, transmission and operating systems.
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Thorough knowledge of
regional electric utilities,
NW and SW power markets, and related regulatory
issues.
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Working knowledge of contractual relationships, contract law, power and wheeling market pricing and
practices.
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Good analytical and personal computer spreadsheet skills.
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High level of teamwork and
human relations skills.
POWERMARKETERS.COM ENERGY JOBS UPDATE FEBRUARY 12 2015
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Effective problem solving
skills.
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Excellent negotiation skills
and oral and written communication skills.
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Typically an Associate degree (or higher) in business, engineering, or a related field and five years
utility experience in power
scheduling, system dispatching, thermal/hydro
plant operations, or power
marketing.
Or
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Typically eight years of
electric utility work experience, of which at least four
years involve either experience as an Assistant Generation Dispatcher or realtime operation of power
plants or transmission systems.
PGE is committed to diversity and
inclusion in the workplace and is an
equal opportunity employer. PGE
will not discriminate against any
employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, national
origin, gender, sexual orientation,
age, religion, disability, protected
veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.
To be considered for this position, please complete the following employment application by
the deadline:
https://PGN.igreentree.com/CSS_Ex
ternal/CSSPage_Referred.ASP?Re
q=R15-002
If you have any questions, please
feel free to call us at 503-464-7250.
Interested in the extras? PGE offers
a range of competitive benefits including medical insurance, paid vacation, a company matching gift
program, tuition reimbursement and
retirement savings that includes a
401(k) plan with matching company
contributions and a PGE stock pur-
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chase plan. Additionally, PGE provides
robust on-the-job development and training opportunities, as well as incentives for
meeting company goals and encouraging
health, safety and community volunteerism.
Assisting with storms or other Company
emergencies is a part of all positions at
Portland General Electric.
Staffing Services Contact:
Danny Fajardo
503-464-7250
Email: Staffing@pgn.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dfajardo
Connect with us on Twitter
(http://www.twitter.com/PortlandGeneral),
Facebook
(https://www.facebook.com/pages/Portlan
d-General-Electric) and
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(https://www.linkedin.com/company/portla
nd-general-electric)
Back-casting - Develop
procedures for on-going
back-casting of load forecasting system, ISO invoices, and other attributes
which serve as inputs in all
models (capacity, NITS,
losses, etc.).
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Must have the ability to
build models from scratch
as well as leverage and
update existing models
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Advanced knowledge of
Excel, Visual Basic, and/or
Microsoft Access
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Position reporting to supply
counter-parties.
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Monthly fulfillment of company’s capacity obligations.
High level of attention to
detail; strong analytic,
quantitative, logical problem
solving, time management
and organization skills
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On-going analysis and reporting to management of
COGs estimates.
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Manage multiple assignments on a timely basis
with a high degree of accuracy
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Technical analysis on the
cost and market risk of different wholesale supply
options.
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Experienced Incumbent
must have excellent oral
and written communication
skills, the ability to handle
multiple priority tasks, the
ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines,
and the ability to solve
problems and make quick
decisions
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Ability to work in a small
team environment, building
processes as the need to
do so is determined
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THIS IS AN INTERNAL / EXTERNAL JOB
POSTING
150114
Supply Manager
Location: Houston, TX (Westchase)
Reporting Relationship: The position will
report to the President and Executive
Team
Description: This position is responsible
for the overall power supply operations for
a successful but relatively small retail
electric company.
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Specific Responsibilities Include:
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Recommend hedging opportunities to management
based on active monitoring
of market pricing and positions of retail book.
Responsible for the execution of wholesale purchases and swaps to optimize gross margins.
Tracking and reporting of
company’s renewable energy requirements.
Establish metrics and prepare monthly reports for
the executive management
team.
Assist and lead crossfunctional teams to address
business process improvement initiatives; development, testing and
maintenance of company’s
load data.
Retail Supply Pricing - Ensure
residential and small commercial
power pricing matrices are cre- Necessary Background and Atated daily, monitoring market
tributes:
movement and validating results
Custom-pricing - Continued refinement of custom-pricing model
components and assumptions as
necessary.
•
Experience with retail
power supply, especially
PJM and NYISO energy
and capacity markets and
processes
POWERMARKETERS.COM ENERGY JOBS UPDATE FEBRUARY 12 2015
Base Salary: Base annual salary +
bonus and benefits.
Apply To:
energynow123@gmail.com
150130
SaltHill Group is searching for
qualified candidates to fill several
open positions with our clients including global energy companies, oil
& gas majors, hedge funds, I-Banks,
IPPs, proprietary trading firms, utilities, retail energy providers, and
market research firms. We work
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with companies nationwide. Sample open Position #2: LEAD FTR Trader –
ERCOT, MISO, PJM markets
positions include:
•
ICE Trader – PJM Focus, Posi- Position leads the build-out of an
FTR trading platform/desk including
tion #1
analytics (power flow and dispatch
•
FTR Traders, Positions #2 and models) to trade in monthly and
annual auctions for a global energy
#3
company. Initial market focus will be
on ERCOT, MISO and PJM markets
•
ERCOT CRR/ PTP/Virtual
with expansion into other ISOs in
Trader, Position #4
the future. Required: bachelor's
degree (power engineering pre•
Northeast Power Trader, Posiferred), strong fundamental market
tion #5
knowledge, strong modeling and
programming skills, and prior profit•
Senior Structuring Analyst,
able trading record trading FTRs
Position #6
($7-10M minimum).
•
Senior Load Forecast Analyst Position #3: FTR Traders –
(ERCOT or PJM), Position #7 CaISO, MISO, NY, NE or Ontario
PJM Focus
•
Compliance Director, Position Position builds out an FTR trading
#8
platform/desk, including analytics
(power flow models) to trade in
•
Front-Office Market Risk Advi- monthly auctions. Required:
bachelor's degree (power engineersor, Position #9
ing preferred), strong fundamental
•
Commercial Credit Risk Senior market knowledge, strong modeling
and programming skills, and prior
Analyst, Position #10
profitable trading record trading
FTRs ($1-3M minimum).
•
Product Control Senior Manager, Position #11
Position #4: ERCOT CRR/ PTP/
Virtual Trader
•
Middle-Office PnL Senior Ana- Position trades multiple congestion
lyst, Position #12
products in ERCOT. Required:
bachelor's degree (power engineer•
ISO Senior Settlements Ana- ing preferred), strong ERCOT funlyst, Position #13
damental market knowledge, strong
modeling and programming skills,
•
Commodities Product Acand prior profitable trading record
counting Lead, Position #14
trading the ERCOT market ($1-3M
minimum).
For information on these open positions,
please contact chynes@salthillgroup.com Position #5: Northeast Power
Trader
by e-mail and visit our website
http://www.salthillgroup.com/career-opport Power trader with a strong track
record in PJM market responsible
unities.
for asset optimization and speculaSaltHill Group
tion through a combination of prod191 North Wacker Drive, Suite
ucts including ICE, Virtuals, Day2300
Ahead/Real-Time, heat rates, and
Chicago, Illinois 60606
spreads. Involved with managing
chynes@salthillgroup.com
REC portfolio and hedging of asPhone 312-422-1392
sets. Required: bachelor's degree,
Position #1: ICE Trader – PJM focus
Position trades Bal Day, Next Day, Weekly strong fundamental market knowland Monthly products on ICE. Required: edge, strong modeling skills, and
prior profitable trading record tradbachelor's degree, strong fundamental
market knowledge, modeling skills, and ing.
prior profitable trading record trading ICE
products ($1-3M minimum).
POWERMARKETERS.COM ENERGY JOBS UPDATE FEBRUARY 12 2015
Position #6: Senior Structuring
Analyst
Position is responsible for modeling
power assets and complex transactions. Candidates must have a
quantitative undergraduate degree;
3-5 years of structuring and pricing
experience in the power markets;
strong market knowledge in PJM,
NY and NE; very good communication skills; advanced knowledge of
asset and generation valuation; ability to quantitatively structure and
price complex deals.
Position #7: Senior Load Forecast
Analyst (ERCOT or PJM)
Position develops and manages
load forecasting models, and analyzes and reports drivers for change
in load metrics. Required: Masters
or PhD in Statistics or Economics
with Statistics emphasis; load forecasting experience in a retail energy
company (focus on electricity is desired); experience with Neural Networks, SAS, R, Stata, regression
techniques, data mining, large databases and strong Excel, Access,
VBA and SQL skills are desired.
Position #8: Compliance Director
Position will run a trading surveillance program for a North American
physical and financial gas & power
trading business (Basis, FTRs, Virtuals, congestion products) to identify risks, detect non-compliant behavior and practices, and to ensure
compliance with regulatory requirements of FERC, ISOs/RTOs and
Dodd-Frank legislation. Position will
also monitor and ensure compliance
related to exchange-traded transactions with regulatory requirements
from NYMEX, CFTC and ICE. Required: bachelor's or legal degree
(J.D. is a plus but not required); extensive experience developing and
running surveillance programs in the
energy markets; knowledge of the
physical and financial gas & power
markets (required); experience with
the regulatory bodies including
FERC, ISOs/RTOs, CFTC, NYMEX,
and/or ICE; and advanced skills
with surveillance applications
(SMARTS.broker, Actimize, etc.).
Position #9: Front-Office Market
Risk Advisor
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entries and monthly reporting. RePosition supports North American
quired: bachelor's degree in Acphysical/financial gas & power trading
business. The Advisor works closely with counting or Finance; CPA designation; 10+ years of professional prior
the commercial organization and is responsible for reporting the risk of the gas experience in a Financial Control,
& power trading portfolios including high- Product Control or an Accounting
lighting key portfolio risk metrics, summa- position within a commodity trading
environment, Big 4 accounting firm
rizing the themes and strategies of the
trades and portfolios versus the broader or an energy company; strong team
energy markets, quantifying impact of new leadership skills; strong knowledge
and material trades on the trades books of energy industry (power, natural
and identification of risks not captured in gas and/or oil); and knowledge of
systems and traditional risk metrics. There US GAAP and IAS/IFRS is preis heavy interaction with trade desks and ferred.
executives in market risk and the trade
organizations. Required: bachelor's de- Position #12: Power Middlegree in Engineering or other quantitative Office PnL Senior Analyst
field with strong academic performance Position produces the daily PnL
(Masters preferred); strong analytical and flash and undertakes control and
communication skills; and 1-5 years of
analysis activities for a high-volume
energy trading industry experience in an energy trading business that inanalytical role (i.e., fundamentals, trade cludes both physical and financial
strategist, portfolio analysis, or front-office power trading. Responsibilities inrisk experience desired).
clude daily flash PnL, risk management reporting; price curve validaPosition #10: Commercial Credit Risk tion, and close activities. Market
experience in ERCOT and/or PJM
Senior Analyst
is highly desired. Required: bachePosition provides credit evaluation and
lor’s degree in business; experience
risk assessment of complex structured
finance and derivative transactions in a in finance, product control or PnL
deal-oriented environment; interacts with within an energy trading organizatrading desks for each transaction; nego- tion; strong knowledge of power
tiates contract, collateral and credit terms markets; experience with ETRM
systems (OpenLink preferred) and
with trading and other counterparties;
monitors credit exposure including mark- strong Excel, Access, VBA and
to-market exposure and net accounts re- SQL.
ceivable and accounts payable exposure;
and participates in global credit meetings Position #13: ISO Senior Settleand committees within the firm. Required: ments Analyst
bachelor’s degree in Finance or related Position performs invoicing and
field; 5-7+ years of credit risk experience settlements with power ISOs and
in a downstream energy company (energy bilateral counterparties for a hightrading preferred); and well-versed in the volume North American trading
credit terms of standard energy industry business that includes both physical
master agreements (i.e. ISDAs, NAESBs, and financial power transactions.
EEIs, etc.) as well as credit support an- Responsibilities include reconcilianexes; experience with physical transac- tion and settlements of power ISOs,
tions and traded product exchanges (ICE, bilateral counterparty checkout,
NYMEX, Nodal) and margin requirements. reconciliations, and close activities.
Required: bachelor’s degree in
Position #11: Product Control Senior business; experience in finance,
accounting or trade support within
Manager
an energy trading organization;
Position will be responsible for product
strong knowledge of power markets,
and financial control of North American
physical and financial trading activities in and front- to middle/back-office
processes; experience with ETRM
oil, gas and power. Responsibilities insystems (OpenLink preferred) and
clude developing standardized P&L reporting; ensuring compliance with control strong Excel, Access, VBA and SQL
policies; reconciling accounting and trade skills desired. Positions available at
P&L; assisting with month-end close and multiple levels (3-5 years’ experiother legal entities; and preparing journal
POWERMARKETERS.COM ENERGY JOBS UPDATE FEBRUARY 12 2015
ence for Senior Analyst, 1-3 years’
experience for Analyst).
Position #14: Commodities
Product Accounting Lead
Position ensures trading activity is
properly valued and reconciled to
the general ledger. Responsibilities
include reconciliation of the frontoffice PnL to the general ledger;
month-end close for trading assets
and liabilities, as well as joint ventures; review of all trading transactions and derivative contracts for
power, gas and crude oil to ensure
proper accounting treatment and
compliance with IFRS/GAAP accounting standards; process improvement and automation projects;
and technical accounting research
and guidance for non-standard and
structured derivative transactions.
Required: bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field (CPA preferred); 5-10 years' experience in
financial control or accounting in a
commodity trading organization;
knowledge of physical energy products (power, natural gas, and/or
crude oil); understanding of derivative instruments and hedging techniques; experience with month-end
close and the accounting general
ledger; and experience with Endur/
Openlink is preferred.
141218
Real-Time Power Marketer
The Real-Time Power Marketer position is in the Power Operations &
Marketing group whose mission is to
reliably and cost effectively serve
Seattle City Light's electric load by
scheduling the operations of its hydro resources and power purchase
contracts while meeting environmental considerations. This includes
marketing surplus energy, transmission, and capacity into the wholesale energy market to maximize
value and minimize rates for our
customers. The Real-Time Power
Marketer position is responsible for
marketing the Utility’s excess genPAGE 10
ENERGY JOBS UPDATE FEBRUARY 12 2015
eration capacity, energy, and transmission
paths on an hourly (real-time) basis, in
addition to meeting the power demand of
Seattle customers at the lowest possible
price.
Duties include: Buy and sell energy,
transmission and capacity type products
in compliance with Seattle City Light’s
Risk Policies and Procedures. Schedule
transmission, reserves & energy; maintain
accurate log of events & transactions.
Bachelor’s degree in business administration, mathematics, finance, economics,
engineering, or a related field (or a combination of education and/or training and/
or experience which provides an equivalent background required to perform the
work of the class).
•
Candidate should possess
a college degree in an appropriate discipline. Preferences given to business
(Economics, Accounting,
Finance, etc.), Mathematics, Computer Science, or
Engineering related fields.
•
3+ years of industry experience. Preference given
for experience in the electric utility industry including
energy commodities and
physical markets.
•
Statistical analysis,
mathematics and technical
concepts, transmission
system and LMP based
markets, industry’s operating procedures and requirements regarding interconnected regions (NERC).
•
Expertise in a congestion
market.
•
Demonstrated application
of statistics, finance,
mathematics, ability to manipulate data and build
complex models involving
interrelated factors and
market movement, ability to
identify and create new
projects to enhance the
group, analyzing commodity values, financial transmission right (FTR) values
and congestion costs
across RTOs is a plus.
►For full description and to apply, please
visit www.seattle.gov/jobs.
150128
ACES provides a broad suite of energy
trading and risk management services.
ACES has the following exciting opportunities available.
TO APPLY:
http://www.acespower.com/available-p
ositions
FTR/Congestion Modeler
Location: Carmel, IN
This position is responsible for managing
ACES' clients' congestion management
portfolios as well as certain portfolios’
physical network and point-to-point
transmission portfolios. The congestion
management process includes statistical
and model analysis of ARR/FTR/CRR/
TCR paths and congestion data. To properly understand the interworking of the
congestion management process, this
position requires an understanding of fuels markets, capacity markets, transmission expansion, RTO pricing methodology,
RTO seams management, and physical
transmission markets.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
•
High degree of analytical
skill, effective writing, and
verbal communication
skills.
•
Demonstrated strong public
speaking and presentation
skills.
•
Demonstrated trading
skills.
•
Demonstrated ability to
apply statistical analysis to
market processes.
POWERMARKETERS.COM ENERGY JOBS UPDATE FEBRUARY 12 2015
•
Demonstrated ability to be
self-motivated and plan and
manage multiple assignments to meet. deadlines,
entrepreneurial mindset,
strong work ethic, team
player and willingness to
work in a group environment.
Hourly Trader
Locations: Carmel, IN / Maple
Grove, MN / Benson, AZ / Raleigh,
NC
This position will be responsible for
the management of generation and
native load requirements of any participating member or client. This
position will be accountable for generation and load scheduling, demand side management, transmission purchases, energy transactions, market interaction, hourly
sales of member’s generation or
contract resources and purchasing
as required.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
•
Candidate should possess
a college degree in an appropriate discipline with at
least 1 years experience in
power system operations
and wholesale energy
transactions or related utility experience.
•
Experience at buying and
selling energy and capacity,
including transactions involving multiple control areas and transmission service.
•
Working knowledge of
structured energy markets
and standard energy products.
•
Working knowledge of risk
management.
•
Experience in deal origination and price negotiation.
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ENERGY JOBS UPDATE FEBRUARY 12 2015
•
Ability to develop and build a
network of marketing and trading
counter parties.
•
Working knowledge of risk management.
•
Excellent knowledge of the industry’s operating procedures and
requirements regarding interconnected regions (NERC).
•
•
Competence with mathematics,
commercial marketing, fuels conversion and technical concepts.
•
Effective technical writing
and communication skills
as well as demonstrated
proficiency in Excel and
Word; programming experience a plus.
•
Knowledge of the transmission system and LMP
based markets.
Strong interpersonal and
organizational skills.
•
Team player willing to work
in a group environment
Experience with a Commodities Trading business
desired.
•
Familiar with the industry’s
operating procedures and
requirements regarding
interconnected regions
(NERC).
•
Ability to effectively manage multiple assignments.
•
Ability to lead projects from
the analysis phase thru to
the support phase.
•
Customer service orientation.
•
•
High degree of analytical skill.
Transmission Analyst
Location: Carmel, IN
Effective written and oral communication skills as well as com- This position will be responsible for
analysis and management of the
puter skills.
physical and financial transmission
rights of members and service cusSoftware Engineer
tomers with responsibility for sevLocation: Carmel, IN
This position is responsible for application eral portfolios in multiple markets.
and database analysis, design, development, modification, implementation, and The Transmission Analyst will coorsupport. This position will need experi- dinate their work and analysis with
several ACES departments includence with the application development
ing trading, portfolio modeling,
tools and databases that exist in ACES
including Visual Studio .NET, Crystal Re- scheduling, and regulatory. The
analyst will be a key point of contact
ports, Oracle and SQL
Server. Responsibilities include creating with members and customers
and maintaining a stable and functional whose portfolio they manage. This
applications environment by working with position requires an entrepreneurial
external vendors, internal staff, external mindset along with a strong understanding of economic fundamentals
support staff and ACES staff.
and work ethic. This role will be
required to meet frequent member,
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
customer, and market deadlines.
The analyst’s time will be divided
•
Bachelor of Science in Computer approximately as follows: 40% tradScience or related degree.
ing, 50% analytical work, 10% consulting work.
•
Three or more years of application development and implemen- REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
tation experience.
•
•
Experience with Microsoft .NET
technology.
•
Proficiency with the application
development tools and relational
database management systems.
•
Proficiency with analysis, design,
development, testing, implementation, and support of applications and/or enhancements to
applications.
•
•
Candidate should possess
a college degree in an appropriate discipline with
experience in the electric
utility industry including
energy commodities and
physical markets.
Competence with statistical
analysis, mathematics and
technical concepts and a
high degree of analytical
skill.
POWERMARKETERS.COM ENERGY JOBS UPDATE FEBRUARY 12 2015
TO APPLY:
http://www.acespower.com/availa
ble-positions
150106
PGE values the energy of teamwork, diversity, and innovation to
provide our customers with safe and
reliable power. As Oregon’s largest
provider of electric service, PGE is
helping to shape Oregon’s energy
future.
What is it like to work at PGE? Well,
it’s fun. It’s challenging. It’s enriching. And with the average employee
spending nearly 14 years with us,
we think you’ll like it too.
Are you ready to be part of an essential, dynamic and motivating
company? Join our team – apply for
a position today.
Origination & Structuring Specialist (R15-010)
Location: Portland, OR
Support the commercial and strategic objectives of the PGE Power
Operations & Resource Strategy
group. Act as the liaison between
Power Operation’s trading functions,
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Qualifications:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Excellent communication and
presentation skills required. Experience in negotiating complex
and large-scale energy and capacity resource agreements
strongly preferred.
legal, contracts and operational staff to ensure that
contract terms and conditions meet requirements.
ideas, concepts and strategies to staff at all levels
(including Executive Management) both inside and
outside of the company.
Finance and Accounting and Rates and
Regulatory Affairs during implementation
of long term contracts and Commercial
Operating Date of assets.
•
Excellent written and oral
communication skills.
•
Demonstrated entrepreneurial and competitive
mind-set. Ability to flourish
in a competitive and selfdirected commercial
environment.
Strong leadership and teamwork
skills required. Experience leading cross-functional teams and The successful candidates would
have the experience or demonstrate
projects preferred.
the capabilities to learn the followMust demonstrate the ability to ing:
market and sell complex risk
•
Develop and apply commanagement products and servplex risk and valuation
ices to internal and external cusmodels to evaluate and
tomers and stakeholders.
price the costs and benefits
associated with structured
Comprehensive understanding of
products.
financial concepts including options, swaps, futures, forward
•
Analyze assets within
contracts and asset valuation
PGE's energy portfolio and
methods.
optimize the deployment of
new and existing generaElectric utility industry experience
tion and other resources.
desired; experience in wholesale
energy markets preferred.
•
Commercial and analytical
background in gas markets
Proficiency in the creation and
highly desired.
evaluation of complex financial
models in MS Excel. Background
•
Work closely with other
in statistical concepts is a plus.
PGE Staff members to
identify and implement
Typically 10 years of applicable
strategies and products to
experience or a degree plus 5
meet future energy / capacyears of applicable experience in
ity supply and riskenergy industry.
management needs.
Typically a four-year degree in
•
Lead cross-functional
business, finance, economics,
commercial deal / project
computer science, mathematics,
teams in evaluating and
engineering, or related areas.
negotiating complex transMS in Economics or related fiactions to acquire new ennancial discipline preferred.
ergy and capacity resources.
Ability to reason and solve complex issues related to the man•
Execute bilateral mid and
agement of electric utility relong-term contracts to meet
source portfolios.
PGE's future supply and
price-risk needs as defined
Polished presentation and perby forecasts and IRP procsuasion skills. Ability to commuesses. Work with credit,
nicate and present complex
POWERMARKETERS.COM ENERGY JOBS UPDATE FEBRUARY 12 2015
•
Design and market structured products to meet
PGE's wholesale power
supply objectives.
•
Proactively perform outbound marketing with
wholesale market participants. Some travel
throughout the western energy markets will be required.
PGE is committed to diversity and
inclusion in the workplace and is an
equal opportunity employer.
To be considered for this position, please complete the linked
application:
https://PGN.igreentree.com/CSS_Ex
ternal/CSSPage_Referred.ASP?Re
q=R15-010.
PGE offers a range of competitive
benefits including medical insurance, paid vacation, a company
matching gift program, tuition reimbursement and retirement. Additionally, PGE provides robust on-the-job
development and training opportunities, as well as incentives for meeting company goals and encouraging
health, safety and community volunteerism.
Staffing Services Contact:
Danny Fajardo
503-464-7250
Staffing@pgn.com
www.linkedin.com/in/dfajardo
150127
Business Systems Analyst, Electric and Gas
Utility Industry
Qualifications:
Equivalent of 5-8 years of working
experience in Analysis, Design, DePAGE 13
ENERGY JOBS UPDATE FEBRUARY 12 2015
proven experience develvelopment,
oping applications and
Implementation and Support of OMS,
managing data in the ESRI
EAM, SCADA, GIS, DMS, CIS type applienvironment.
cations in Electric and Gas Utility
•
Knowledge of DBMS/Data
Industry. Expertise in business system
Warehouse concepts such
analysis for Electrical Network Data Modas Oracle, MS SQL, OSI PI
eling, Substation Asset Management,
or similar.
Network Topology Building, Network Data
•
Exposure to Methodolodictionary Building for integration and migies: OOAD (Object Origration projects. Expertise in translating
ented Analysis and Debusiness requirements and user expectasign), SDLC, UML, Design
tions into detailed specifications employPatterns, Pair programing designing applications
ming, Agile Development
like OOAD techniques and Unified ModelMethodology.
ing Language (UML). Use of requirements
management tools like Requisite Pro, Ra- To Apply:
Email:
tional Rose for managing requirements
karen.coco.contractor@spacetimein
and analyzing Use Case development.
Expertise in running Joint Application De- sight.com.
velopment (JAD) sessions with end-users,
150126
SMEs’ and development team for project
meetings, walkthroughs and customer
interviews. Expertise in analyzing and
creating, Use Cases diagram, Sequence
diagrams, Activity diagram, Data flow diagrams, Business flow diagram using MS Quantitative Analyst – ER&T
Visio or Axure. Experience in creating
user interface mock-ups and designs to PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE
create intuitive user experiences. Support GROUP (PSEG) is a publicly traded
test planning and automated. Experience (NYSE:PEG) diversified energy
developing training materials and deliver- company headquartered in the
ing end-user training. Ability to communi- downtown business district of Newark, New Jersey, and one of the ten
cate with key technical and business
stakeholders for business and technical largest electric companies in the
U.S. PSEG, with over $28 billion in
requirements.
assets, consists of the following four
companies: Public Service Electric
Education:
and Gas Company (PSE&G), PSEG
Bachelor’s Degree in a related field
Power, PSEG Energy Holdings and
PSEG Services Corporation. PSEG
Technical Skills:
•
Exposure to Programming Con- is one of the nation’s leading wholecepts: working in an environment sale energy producers and most
reliable electric and gas transmisthat includes web based technologies such as Java, C/C++, sion and delivery utilities. PSEG has
received numerous recognition
SQL, XML, XSLT, PL/SQL,
awards for performance, safety,
HTML, DHTML.
community support, diversity and
•
Exposure to Application/Web
Servers such as IBM WebSphere the environment.
(V5.1, V 6.0, V6.1), Apache tomDescription:
cat V5.0 or similar.
•
Exposure to use of management The successful candidate will work
closely with marketers, traders, risk
tools
managers, project developers, and
Typical Requirements
•
Background should include Ra- quantitative analysts to analyze
tional Rose, Visio, UML or similar. complex market structures, develop
new high margin products, design
•
Exposure to Scripting Languages: Background should in- viable hedging strategies for portfolio management, perform financial
clude JavaScript, CSS, UNIX
analysis required for project finance,
SHELL Scripts, Ant or similar.
and develop quantitative analysis
•
Knowledge of geospatial data
models required in forecasting,
and technologies including
POWERMARKETERS.COM ENERGY JOBS UPDATE FEBRUARY 12 2015
structuring, and capital budgeting.
Also, the successful candidate will
be expected to analyze embedded
option products that are offered to
PSEG ER&T and contribute in designing new profitable product structures that ER&T can sell to customers for hedging purposes.
The successful candidate will be
expected to directly participate with
Regional Marketers on external customer calls in order to understand
and address customer needs with
transaction structures. The expectation is to value complex market
structures such as tolls (physical
and financial), load following transactions, exotic options, unit contingent generation, locational spreads,
etc.
Basic Qualifications:
•
Graduate degree in
mathematics, statistics,
physics or finance
•
At least two years’ experience working in financial
related products (commodities strongly preferred)
Required Competencies:
•
Candidate must possess
analytical and problemsolving skills, strong communication and interpersonal skills, be results oriented, creative and innovative, be a team player, show
leadership and decisionmaking abilities
•
Must be conversant and
hands on with state-of-theart statistical techniques
and the mathematics of
option theory
•
Ability to perform at sustained high energy and performance level and generate innovative and creative
ideas/concepts
•
Candidate must foster an
inclusive work environment
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and respect all aspects of diver- The California ISO has a really
Strong Benefits Package
sity
- Great Medical, Dental, Vision in•
Successful candidate must dem- surance
onstrate and value differences in - 401K matching AND additional
others' strengths, perspectives, contribution
- Join an innovative company that is
approaches, and personal
working hard at keeping its reputachoices
tion as a leader in the energy industry!
Desired Qualifications:
•
•
Excellent Excel skills and programming skills in VBA and
Math-related packages such as
SPLUS or Matlab
Your Work Would Consist Of:
Power and Gas pricing experience
•
•
►Interested candidates are encouraged
to apply online at pseg.com/careers to job
#17011BR.
PSEG is proud to be an EEO/AA employer, including race, gender, veterans,
and individuals with disabilities.
•
150106
•
Market Monitoring Analyst
Location: Folsom, CA
The Market Monitoring Analyst is responsible for conducting analysis of overall market performance and efficiency,
impact of market rules and behavior of
market participants. Develops and evaluates appropriate options for prevention or
resolution of potential market design problems, inefficiencies, gaming or noncompliance with market rules.
Job Description
An opportunity to work on interesting and
challenging assignments involving the
economic analysis of the California ISO
markets. You will play a key role in the
strategic vision of the California ISO. Alternative work schedules are available
(every other Friday off). You will get to
work in an extremely comfortable and
collaborative work environment in our
brand new “green” LEED certified
campus.
•
•
•
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Designs and calculates
indices and metrics for
monitoring market performance and market participant behavior.
Monitors and analyzes
market performance, market participant behavior
and compliance with market rules.
Prepares and analyzes
data queries, reports,
charts and slide presentations to support special
studies, investigations,
Board meetings, and annual and quarterly market
monitoring performance
reports.
Supports the development
and management of market
analysis.
Assists in the design, development and management of surveillance/
monitoring systems used in
identifying, analyzing and
investigating market performance, efficiency, participant behavior and compliance with market rules.
Participates in the development of enhanced Tariff
provisions or other options
for improving market design and efficiency, preventing and sanctioning
market gaming, abuses
and non-compliance with
the ISO Tariff or other relevant contracts and market
rules.
Provides economic analysis related to market design
issues.
Performs investigations of
market performance, behavior and design issues
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and creates special analytical reports as needed.
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Maintains a highly secure
and protected market investigation process.
Job Requirements
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Two or more years of related experience.
**We are also considering candidates for a Senior Market Monitoring Analyst position. This position
requires a bachelor's degree in
Economics or related field and at
least five years directly related
experience.**
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Experience in one or more
of the following
areas: econometrics, statistical analysis, industrial organization, market performance monitoring, utility
operations and planning,
energy trading, regulatory
and policy analysis.
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Experience with large data
sets, econometrics, computer modeling, and analysis of electric market performance is desirable.
Strong computer programming skills required. Demonstrated skills directly related to or transferable to
market monitoring.
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Familiarity with the analysis
of electric market operations and performance,
and/or design and operation of California or other
Western energy markets
desirable.
Additional Details
Strong quantitative skills with a
strong emphasis on statistical
analysis. Must be able to work effectively in a team environment as
leader, facilitator and team member.
Must be able to handle a dynamic
and changing work environment,
and work well independently. Excellent analytical, verbal and written
communication skills required.
To Apply:
APPLY HERE for Job #IRC9462.
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JOB TITLE: Market Resource Trader
REQUISITION: POW000B
LOCATION: Topeka General Office
PAY GRADE: ET2 – ET3
PAY RATE: $67,400 - $103,300
Westar Energy’s Power Marketing
group offers a high energy, team-oriented
work environment with an attractive base
salary and benefits package. Total compensation includes an incentive opportunity with the potential for significantly increased earnings.
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Develops a thorough understanding of RTO market
protocols.
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Interprets RTO market operations and results in order to assess market accuracy.
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Assists Management in
developing and maintaining
proper policies and procedures for participation in
RTO markets and contract
administration.
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Responsible for NERC
tagging functions and procuring transmission.
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Conducts intra-day energy
transactions with wholesale
customers, RTO’s, and
other suppliers.
Work Hours: 12 Hour Rotating Shift
Summary of Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
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Directly responsible for updating
RTO market submittals for intraday changes to unit commitment
and dispatch schedules based on
resource operations and market
conditions.
Ensures CROW outage system is
updated with outage and de-rate
information.
Monitors the day ahead and real
time Reliability Unit Commitment
process and communicates results with generation system operators and energy management
customers.
Demonstrates a basic understanding of risk management tools and concepts.
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achieving results.
Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
Required
The incumbent in this role will need
to perform with a high degree of
competence in the following areas:
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Communication – share
information and ideas up,
down and across; effectively foster relationships
through dialogue; keep
people informed
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Attention to detail – job requires being careful about
detail and thorough in completing work tasks
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Customer service – Add
value and build enduring
relationships with customers; value each customer
and treat them with respect
and courtesy
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Inputs transactions into
Westar’s deal capturing
system and ensures accurate accounting practices.
Dependability – The employee can be trusted and
is reliable for good work;
accountable for his or her
work
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Forms recommendations
for intraday strategies to
mitigate resource and load
deviations.
Execution – Achieve objective and goals through tenacity and endurance; get it
done
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Initiative – Lead actions
through personal drive; step
up before being asked
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Stress tolerance – deal
calmly and effectively with
high stress situations such
as time constraints
Education and Experience Requirements
Optimizes generation and load
This position requires at least one
related power supply contracts in
year of direct power marketing
the RTO market.
experience. The preferred candidate will possess a Bachelor’s deDevelops and maintains strong gree in business, engineering,
relationships through continuous mathematics, economics or related
interaction with system operators, field in addition to knowledge of
energy management customers, wholesale markets, RTO operacounterparts, and power market- tions, power plant operations and
ing personnel to optimize energy excellent customer relations skills.
products.
Superior quantitative and analytical
skills are required with an aptitude
Communicates changes to gas for making calculated decision with
requirements to support intraday strong risk tolerance is critical for
activity to fuel trading group.
this role. Must be team oriented
and have the proven capability to
work in a fast paced, high energy,
high stress environment, while still
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IF INTERESTED PLEASE APPLY
ONLINE AT:
www.westarenergy.com
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