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Lead Engineer - Market Support Salary range: $112,240 - $145,810

Overview

The Lead Engineer is responsible for developing a detailed understanding of market concepts, analyzing market data, and performing market clearing engine sensitivities. This position is specifically focused on the market clearing engine, which will include advising on market design, defining system requirements, testing, and implementing market software changes. This position will focus on market clearing engine performance and optimization and drive improvements in the clearing engine quality and solve time. The Lead Engineer is responsible for supporting major market initiatives and recommending changes to improve market efficiency. This position is expected to independently lead projects with little to no guidance from management while actively communicating project status to management. The Lead Engineer is expected to independently facilitate problem resolution with multiple departments and members while working towards consensus. This position is responsible for training staff on market concepts and market analysis.

Core Responsibilities

• Create advanced database queries and perform complex market clearing engine sensitivities to support market analysis.
• Independently lead and manage cross departmental projects with little to no guidance from management while actively communicating project status to management.
• Independently provide support to Regulatory and Legal functions including FERC Orders and witness testimony.
• Delegate tasks to other SPP staff and manage the delegated tasks.
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of the SPP Market Protocols and Attachments AE, AF & AG of the SPP Open Access Transmission Tariff.
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of the functionality and data interfaces of applications used by market operations.
• Facilitate problem resolution with multiple departments and members while working towards consensus.
• Actively initiate process improvements to increase efficiency and reduce staff time.
• Train and mentor other SPP staff on market concepts and market analysis.
• Support Market Operations with market reviews, repricing, monthly model upload validations, resolution of market study issues.
• Support the development, testing, and implementation of market software changes.
• Respond to customer issues, analyze issues, provide responses, and coordinate internal discussion if needed.
• Support market analysis established processes that run daily, monthly, quarterly, and annually.
• Develop and maintain daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual market reports to meet established deadlines.
• Support SPP working groups, committees, and task forces with market analysis and presentations.
• Perform commercial modeling with a high level of data integrity, and support development and implementation of commercial model software changes.
• Monitor and maintain the highest level of accuracy for wind and solar forecasting tools.
• Provide support, analysis, and review of the Post Operations Processing System (POPS) results and data transfers to Settlements ensuring the SOC1 financial control is met.
• Support changes to the public data posting by creating, updating, and reviewing database queries as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree of Science in Engineering, this degree should:
• Be from a university that meets the requirements to sit for the Professional Engineering exam (in Arkansas, that is most typically a degree from an ABET accredited university or a graduate degree from a college that has an ABET accreditation)
• Degree should be in a calculus-based engineering field and preferred degree programs are Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Systems Engineering


• 12 years of relevant Engineering experience, or
• 11 years' of relevant Engineering experience with a Master's Degree in Electrical, Computer, Industrial, Mechanical or Systems Engineering, or
• 10 years' of relevant Engineering experience with a Doctoral degree in Electrical, Computer, Industrial, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in related field

Other Requirements:

• Strong inter-personal and team work skills
• Excellent planning and organization skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Understanding of and compliance with SPP Policies and Procedures

Travel Requirement:

• This position requires minimal travel (approximately 0-20%)