Sr Power Trader - Gen Desk

Responsibilities

Basic Purpose

Facilitates power and gas trading activities through the development of hourly transaction plans and economic/ capacity position reporting. Trends and projects hourly demand, and economically dispatches generation resources for current and forward hours. Evaluates and determines optimal utilization of available energy resources in response to changing operating conditions, power and gas markets and contractual obligations on a real-time basis. Submits base schedules for available capacity and ancillary services for participation in the CAISO Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Develops and implements operational plans for meeting customer demand while optimizing available resources.

Reviews EIM performance data to identify dispatch anomalies and identify new strategies and opportunities for improvement.

Provides training as required for less experienced traders.

Maintains logs and other related documentation as required. Produces reports and responds to data requests as needed.

Ensures all compliance aspects of position are known and followed; understands and complies with all policies, codes and regulations applicable to position and company.

Performs related duties as assigned.

Requirements

Essential Education, Skills, and Environment

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school and 4 years of experience in energy trading, balancing operations, or relevant experience.

Candidates that do not possess a bachelor’s degree must have a minimum of 8 years of related work experience.

Specialized Knowledge and Skills

Demonstrated knowledge of:

Demonstrated skills such as:

Equipment and Applications

PCs, word processing, spreadsheet and database programs

Work Environment and Physical Demands

May require working a rotation shift schedule to cover 24x7 operations which includes nights, weekends, and holidays. General office environment. No special physical demands required

Compensation

Annual Salary: $119,400 (Min) to $140,400 (Mid); Up to 25% Short Term Incentive Plan target opportunity at the discretion of the company. This is a non-represented position.

Benefits

We offer the following benefits for non-represented employees. For represented employees, we offer many similar benefits plans and programs with specific terms negotiated in the collective bargaining agreement.

EOE/Veteran/Disability

At NV Energy, we celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion. NV Energy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law.

If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, and you wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment at our company, please contact Human Resources via email at HumanResources@nvenergy.com or call our HR Help Desk at (702) 402-5500 and select '0' or Fax your request at (702) 402-0031. TTY Sensory Impaired - 711

Note

Depending on qualifications of applicants, this position may be filled at a lower level than that which is posted such as Power Trader