This position is part of the Western Area Power Administration. As a Power Operations Advisor the successful candidate will serve as the senior technical and policy advisor to SNR.'s Power Systems Operations Manager. Serve as a project manager for special and continuing projects. Forms teams and groups to develop, organizational policies and procedures to comply with regulatory and utility industry changes. Please see additional information *

Duties

Serves as SNR's Power Systems Operations Advisor (Advisor) and as the senior technical and policy advisor to SNR.'s Power Systems Operations Manager. Serves as a project manager for special and continuing projects, and forms teams and groups to develop, organizational policies and procedures to comply with regulatory and utility industry changes.\ Mastery knowledge and understanding of the electric utility business, including the interrelationship of transmission, ancillary services, power contracting or commercial interests, regulatory agency policies, and real time power system operations to serve as a subject matter expert for the Region. Expert knowledge of the electric utility reliability standards and their applicability to SNR, including documentation requirements, compliance monitoring processes, and their interrelationship with self-reporting, self-certification, spot check, readiness, evaluation and compliance audits. Extensive knowledge of legislation, regulations, and electric utility policies and practices governing power marketing and transmission in the Federal, state, and local sectors.

Requirements

Qualifications

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the next lower grade level GS-13 in the federal service, and must meet all 3 of the following experiences: Power system operations. Energy marketing and participation in energy markets. Performing technical studies regarding resource needs and deliveries. Manage Open Access Transmission Tariff and transmission and ancillary services to transmission customers on a non-discriminatory basis. Preparation, negotiation, and administration of contracts for interconnection, joint transmission projects, customer funded projects, transmission service, or ancillary services. Time-in-Grade: Current career or career-conditional GS employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional GS employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to current career or career-conditional federal employees applying for a Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. OPM Qualification General Policies Websitewww.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-policies/#url=app All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

Education

For this position, education cannot be substituted for experience.

Contacts

• Address Western Area Power Administration 12155 W. Alameda Pkwy Lakewood, CO 80228 US
• Name: MID-ATLANTIC SERVICE BRANCH
• Email: NORFOLKMAIL@OPM.GOV