Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) is committed to delivering reliable and sustainable electricity for Ontario. The Analyst Operational Assessments MTI / Operability role involves assessing operational events for compliance, supporting operational assessments, and collaborating with stakeholders to enhance efficiency and reliability in the electricity sector.
Responsibilities
- Assist in the assessment of operational events for their compliance with legislation, regulations and standards including the market rules and market manuals, NERC standards and NPCC criteria
- Where needed, assist in conducting root cause analysis to develop appropriate mitigation plans to contain IESO’s compliance risk exposure
- Assist in conducting ex-post and ex-ante operational assessments to identify operating and ancillary services’ needs to mitigate any reliability and operability risks
- Support senior department staff in performing analysis by gathering and screening data, providing input where appropriate, and drafting related materials as assigned
- Work with senior department staff, SMEs within and outside Operations as necessary to assist in integrating new technology/market design into IESO Operations
- Contribute to internal and external working groups and provide Operations perspective by participating in various stakeholder engagements that impact the operation of the IESO administered markets
- Assist in developing appropriate processes to support Operations activities
- Identify the objectives of business processes, assess the risk of not meeting those objectives and identify process controls to mitigate risk as appropriate
- Document process objectives, tasks, risks and controls in summary documentation (e.g. risk-control matrices)
- Work with senior department staff, subject matter experts (SME) from different business units to produce business process documentations including procedural instructions for Operations activities
- Liaise with Operations staff to understand issues with the performance of existing operational tools and processes, and follow-up with relevant groups including Information Technology (IT) to facilitate their resolution
- Assist in developing end user computing tools as necessary to support Operations tasks, including operation of the IESO controlled grid and operation of the IESO administered markets
- Work towards developing knowledge of Operations processes (including but not limited to day-ahead scheduling, control room procedures, real-time scheduling) for the purposes of interpreting and assessing the priority of issues regarding Operations tools and processes
- Assist senior department staff in assessing the effectiveness of new programs and potential solutions to address operational and market inefficiencies in coordination with SMEs from other business units
- Prepare materials for meetings, reports and presentations made by senior operations staff
- Support, as required, specialized system and market efficiency studies
- Provide support, as required to other business units, agencies, and market participants to fulfill strategic plans
- Assist senior department staff as required on key tasks and assignments
- Perform other duties as required
Skills
- Requires an engineering knowledge of electrical theory, power system analysis and control, mathematics, computer science, economics and other specialty related courses to undertake engineering, economic or analytical studies related to the management and control of the bulk power system
- Requires knowledge of technical writing to prepare effective reports and data analysis to conduct quantitative assessments
- Requires exposure to the overall power system operation
- Requires an overall understanding of the IESO-Administered Markets, their operation and the characteristic of the interconnected systems to support the activities of the IESO
- Requires excellent facility in written and oral communications, including the ability to prepare effective documentation, recommendations and reports
- Requires exposure to develop a good overall understanding of system and market operation practices and procedures, including legislation, regulatory standards, resource utilization, and system control orders and an ability to undertake complex market or system event analysis
- Requires working with multiple stakeholders including customers and good judgement in dealing with multiple priorities
- Requires computer experience including exposure to statistical and database software, desktop software applications, computer data conversion, various PC-based query and calculation tools, and computer system interfaces
- Requires experience in applying, testing and considering the merits of alternatives
- Requires good customer service skills
- Experience Will Be Related To The Fields Of: The IESO Administered Markets and interconnected power system operations, Reliability and operability assessment, NERC, NPCC and IESO Market Rules compliance assessments
- Background Experience Will Include: Electrical engineering design concepts as they relate to the functions and characteristics of power system components, Familiarity with power system operation, practices, and policies, Familiarity with energy and forward market operations, practices, policies, and Market Rules, Competitive market operations
Benefits
- Defined benefit pension plan
- Best-in-class benefits
- Dynamic learning and development opportunities
- Compensation packages that are regularly reviewed to remain competitive
Company Overview
It takes a network of professionals to plan and operate the power grid. It was founded in 1998, and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, CAN, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.ieso.ca/en/Get-Involved/Funding-Programs/Grid-Innovation-Fund/Overview.