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City of Austin - JOB DESCRIPTION

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Energy Market Supervisor
FLSA: Standard/Exempt EEO Category: (20) Professionals
Class Code: 17753 Salary Grade: ZR8
Approved: Last Revised: September 11, 2017

Purpose:
 
Under minimal direction, supervise staff and functions in one or more areas associated with energy market and operations.
Duties, Functions and Responsibilities:
  Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
  1. Supervise staff and functions that may include wholesale energy marketing and dispatching, energy market systems development and implementation, wholesale market analysis, and energy risk management.
  2. Supervise Qualified Scheduling Entity (QSE) trading and operations functions, including day-ahead, real-time and forward market activities.
  3. Supervise staff participation in proposed ERCOT market design, rule making changes and the development process.
  4. Ensure compliance with ERCOT and NERC protocols and guides, and other applicable regulations.
  5. Serve as representative of Austin Energy and the City of Austin to ERCOT, generation partners, resource owners, energy marketers, and energy industry counterparties.
  6. Develop and implement policies, processes, procedures and tools to support wholesale market operations.
  7. Monitor and engage in wholesale market activities, including fuel purchasing and power marketing, analyze QSE bid/offer practices, fuel price forecasts, and market trends, to minimize costs, maximize asset and resource value, and meet the operational needs of our resources.
  8. Implement and evaluate programs such as generation dispatch and generation management systems, wholesale energy market analysis, energy risk management, fuel procurement, and power marketing.
  9. Develop electric system generation simulations and production costing models.
  10. Evaluate the economics of projects related to renewable energy conservation and other projects.
  11. Develop technical specifications and standards, and review, analyze, and interpret plans, specifications, and other related documents.  
  12. Manage and negotiate contracts, review progress reports, verify final quantities and costs, review change orders and audit as-built records.
  13. Serve as liaison between consultants, contractors, manufacturers, suppliers, and the City of Austin with respect to energy market operations.
Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:
 
  • Responsible for the full range of supervisory activities including selection, training, evaluation, and recommendation for dismissal.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
  • Knowledge of supervisory and management techniques.
  • Knowledge of ERCOT and NERC operating protocols and guidelines.
  • Knowledge of power plant and transmission system dispatch operations,  and power and fuel markets.
  • Knowledge of energy risk management practices.
  • Skill in the use, development or support of software and equipment used to manage energy market operations.
  • Skill in effective oral and written communication.
  • Skill in analyzing data and the use of analytical software.
  • Ability to lead, train and supervise subordinates.
  • Ability to work independently and in teams.
Minimum Qualifications:
 
  • Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, plus six (6) years of related work experience
  • Master’s degree may substitute for experience up to one (1) year
  • PhD may substitute for experience up to two (2) years
Licenses and Certifications Required:
  None.

This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty required of the position given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of management to assign, direct and control the work of employees under supervision. The listing of duties and responsibilities shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind or level of difficulty.