Grid Operations Specialist I, II, III or Senior

Responsible for providing direct technical support to control center personnel. Perform power flows, transient stability, and contingency analyses to identify transmission constraints during planned and forced outages. Assists in the areas of operational real-time load and generation forecasting. Responsible for the maintenance of crucial advanced applications software associated with the Tri-State Energy Management System (EMS). This includes Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Automatic Generation Control (AGC) functionality, State Estimator (SE) software, Contingency Analysis and Security Analysis (CA/SA), and the Operator Training Simulator (OTS). Special applications such as the Generation Plant Allocator integration are also in the scope of this position. This position also requires the creation of real-time power system calculations. This position is tasked with authority and responsibility to comply with all applicable NERC (North American Electric Reliability Corporation) standards and Regional Entity Reliability Standards.

Note: There is one position available, and this position will be filled at one of four job grade levels: Grid Operations Specialist I, job grade 8; Grid Operations Specialist II, job grade 9; Grid Operations Specialist III, job grade 10 or Senior Grid Operations Specialist, job grade 11. This decision will be based on the qualifications and experience of the selected candidate and Tri-State business needs at the time of hire.

Tri-State recognizes the value of a highly engaged and committed workforce and provides an excellent benefits program that includes : Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Flexible Work Schedules including compressed work week and telecommuting opportunities to work remotely up to 40%, Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Tuition Reimbursement, Life Insurance, Retirement Option, Long Term Disability (LTD), Short Term Disability (STD), Employee Assistant Program (EAP) and Paid Leave Benefits.

Senior Grid Operations Specialist

Hiring Salary Range: $118,000-$151,000

Grid Operations Specialist III

Hiring Salary Range: $106,000-$135,000

Grid Operations Specialist II

Hiring Salary Range: $96,000-$121,000

Grid Operations Specialist I

Hiring Salary Range: $86,000-$108,000

Actual compensation offer to candidate may vary outside of the posted hiring salary range based upon work experience, education and/or skill level.

• Responsible for performing real-time contingency analyses for forced and planned outages.
• Performing next-day and real-time power flow and transient stability analyses.
• Support the entire suite of Tri-State advanced network applications including the SE, CA/SA, OTS, AGC, and Generating Plant Output Allocators.
• Ensure high quality and accurate network application solutions, achieved by tuning the network model and correcting issues with real-time telemetry, model parameters, and other appropriate measures.
• Analyze transmission system failures and work with other Tri-State support personnel to identify corrective actions and implement changes as necessary. This includes extensive coordination with Tri-State System Metering, Maintenance, EMS, and Transmission System Operations Personnel.
• Coordinate load shedding plans with the BAs and RCs as identified in NERC Standard EOP-003.
• Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures and attain knowledge and remain knowledgeable of regulations, laws, standards, and best practices applicable to functional area.
• Interface with the EMS functional area regarding state estimator, contingency analysis, real-time model, and training simulator.
• Assist in the development of the specifications, related software and hardware, and documentation for the training simulator.
• Coordinate Transmission SystemOperations needs with Power Marketing, Transmission Maintenance, Transmission Engineering, and Transmission Planning functional areas. 
• Maintain the transmission line data catalog for Transmission System