Sr. Operations Engineer

Senior Operations Engineer provides advanced technical support to transmission system operations and field teams to ensure the safe, reliable, and compliant operation of high-voltage assets. Acts as the subject matter expert for synchronous condenser operations, supports real-time system events and outage coordination with ERCOT, and leads operational modeling, procedures, and cross-functional collaboration to maintain system reliability and performance. Responsibilities include serving as the operations engineering SME for synchronous condenser assets, providing real-time monitoring, predictive and preventative maintenance support, troubleshooting, supporting system operators during real-time events and emergency conditions, providing technical shift support for operating parameters, voltage analysis, relay operations, and alarm investigations; acting as the technical liaison between operations and engineering/planning teams; leading ERCOT market notice reviews and coordinating responses; performing annual technical procedure reviews and coordinating stakeholder approvals; supporting NOMCR submissions and coordination with ERCOT; assisting SCADA teams with alarm functionality reviews, limit validation, and system enhancements; coordinating relay event report reviews with protection and control engineers and field technicians; participating in new project design reviews to ensure operational requirements are incorporated; supporting development and maintenance of technical operating documentation; representing operations in internal and external working groups related to system operations and network data; modeling planned outages prior to submission to ERCOT; performing real-time outage modeling as needed to support system operations; coordinating outage requests with internal and external stakeholders; identifying switching solutions for outages, contingencies, and system limitations.