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Real Time Trader/Dispatcher

Houston, TX

Job Description

As an NRG employee, we encourage you to take charge of your career and development journey. We invite you to explore exciting opportunities across our businesses. You'll find that our dynamic work environment provides variety and challenge. Your growth is key to our ongoing success-take the lead in shaping your career development, goals and future!


Responsibilities:

  • Manage the real-time operations of NRG's asset portfolio, including dispatching generation based upon economic conditions and operational constraints.,
  • Take or direct timely and appropriate real-time actions in accordance with ISO rules and procedures.
  • Coordinate unit availability, outage schedules, unit startup and shutdown times, and communicate all necessary information to plant personnel, ISOs, fuel and trading groups in a timely and professional manor.
  • Monitor and ensure ancillary services schedules are met to minimize portfolio risk and facilitate system reliability.
  • Communicate operational and emergency conditions with Balancing Authorities, Reliability Coordinators, Transmission Operators and ISO on a continual basis.
  • Monitor and analyze available market information to identify dispatching and trading opportunities
  • Manage dispatching and trading decisions with a continuous focus on balancing risk versus return to produce maximum profitability.
  • Analyze and evaluate energy transactions to ensure that all relevant aspects including energy price, transmission, counter party, and contractual terms are compliant with NRG's Risk Management Policy.
  • Interact with various ISO web-based market tools and applications.
  • Effectively switch between tasks, adapt to shifting priorities while maintaining attention to detail and quality of work.
  • Exercise the responsibility and authority to implement real-time actions to ensure the stable and reliable operation of the Bulk Electric System.
  • Comply with applicable NERC Reliability Standards and regional ISO rules and tariffs.
  • Complete necessary NERC certification and continuing education requirements as applicable

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in economics, business, finance, or other relevant degree or equivalent military or industry expierence.
  • Competence with mathematics and technical concepts.
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Proven ability to take appropriate action within time constraints.
  • Capable/proficient with Microsoft Suite and web based environments.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Motivated self-starter with ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, forward moving environment.
  • Applicable experience with any of the following markets: CAISO, ERCOT, MISO, PJM, NYISO, and/or ISONE markets and/or operations
  • NERC and PJM certification are a plus.
  • If not NERC or PJM certified, candidate must complete certification within 18 months of hire.
  • Candidate must complete desk qualification within 12 months of hire.
  • Candidates will be hired at one of the positions (I, II, III.) based upon their experience, knowledge, skill, and ability to add value to the company.
  • Candidates must be able to work a 12-hour shift schedule as part of a 24 hour, 7 days a week operation.
  • Candidates must be able to fulfill storm/event duty requirements.
    • This job requires working during hurricane, winter storms and other possible catastrophic event conditions. Persons in this role may be required to report to the storm/event duty location(s) and perform the job functions as required. This may include extended shifts as necessary until storm or event conditions reside.

This job description reflects an assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Other duties and tasks may be assigned to this job at the Company's discretion.

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.

Official description on file with Talent.

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As an NRG employee, we encourage you to take charge of your career and development journey. We invite you to explore exciting opportunities across our businesses. You'll find that our dynamic work environment provides variety and challenge. Your growth is key to our ongoing success-take the lead in shaping your career development, goals and future!


Responsibilities:

  • Manage the real-time operations of NRG's asset portfolio, including dispatching generation based upon economic conditions and operational constraints.,
  • Take or direct timely and appropriate real-time actions in accordance with ISO rules and procedures.
  • Coordinate unit availability, outage schedules, unit startup and shutdown times, and communicate all necessary information to plant personnel, ISOs, fuel and trading groups in a timely and professional manor.
  • Monitor and ensure ancillary services schedules are met to minimize portfolio risk and facilitate system reliability.
  • Communicate operational and emergency conditions with Balancing Authorities, Reliability Coordinators, Transmission Operators and ISO on a continual basis.
  • Monitor and analyze available market information to identify dispatching and trading opportunities
  • Manage dispatching and trading decisions with a continuous focus on balancing risk versus return to produce maximum profitability.
  • Analyze and evaluate energy transactions to ensure that all relevant aspects including energy price, transmission, counter party, and contractual terms are compliant with NRG's Risk Management Policy.
  • Interact with various ISO web-based market tools and applications.
  • Effectively switch between tasks, adapt to shifting priorities while maintaining attention to detail and quality of work.
  • Exercise the responsibility and authority to implement real-time actions to ensure the stable and reliable operation of the Bulk Electric System.
  • Comply with applicable NERC Reliability Standards and regional ISO rules and tariffs.
  • Complete necessary NERC certification and continuing education requirements as applicable

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in economics, business, finance, or other relevant degree or equivalent military or industry expierence.
  • Competence with mathematics and technical concepts.
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Proven ability to take appropriate action within time constraints.
  • Capable/proficient with Microsoft Suite and web based environments.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Motivated self-starter with ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, forward moving environment.
  • Applicable experience with any of the following markets: CAISO, ERCOT, MISO, PJM, NYISO, and/or ISONE markets and/or operations
  • NERC and PJM certification are a plus.
  • If not NERC or PJM certified, candidate must complete certification within 18 months of hire.
  • Candidate must complete desk qualification within 12 months of hire.
  • Candidates will be hired at one of the positions (I, II, III.) based upon their experience, knowledge, skill, and ability to add value to the company.
  • Candidates must be able to work a 12-hour shift schedule as part of a 24 hour, 7 days a week operation.
  • Candidates must be able to fulfill storm/event duty requirements.
    • This job requires working during hurricane, winter storms and other possible catastrophic event conditions. Persons in this role may be required to report to the storm/event duty location(s) and perform the job functions as required. This may include extended shifts as necessary until storm or event conditions reside.

This job description reflects an assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Other duties and tasks may be assigned to this job at the Company's discretion.

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.

Official description on file with Talent.

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About NRG

At NRG, we are the power industry’s leading company and we’ve grown from a power generator into an energy provider that powers homes and businesses throughout America.


Our customer-focused mentality has led us to create technologies and tools that empower residents and organizations to think critically about their electricity, including where their power is coming from, what impact it has on the environment, and how they can become more conscious energy users.  We partner with businesses to customize innovative power and sustainability solutions that are informed by our years of experience as market leaders. And we work diligently to stay ahead of an ever-evolving energy climate with rising demands.

 

Energy is all around us, fueling our day-to-day experiences. It keeps our families safe, it keeps our businesses running and it helps our neighborhoods thrive. But we have to be willing to transform the way we approach energy and imagine new solutions that will strengthen our collective energy community. We’re proud to be leading that transformation, and we hope you’ll join us.

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