Job Title: Business Analyst 3 - System Operations Control Center/Field Coordination
Job Number: 11930
Location: Vancouver, WA
HYBRID: 1 - 2 days onsite per week. Additional onsite work may be required during training or as requested
Overtime: 10%
Travel: Up to 10% local and field travel
Length: 5 years
MUST be US Citizen to be eligible to apply for Federal Background Check
Requires Real ID and or Valid Passport to interview
SUMMARY
This full-time contract Business Analyst 3 assignment will provide data and research expertise and assistance to the delivery & Performance group, a part of the Internal Operations Management Office organization of the Transmission business line.
This assignment will work with the division Project Manager (PM) and a variety of subject matter experts (SMEs) to assist the corporation with verifying that all applicable regulatory requirements are met and projects with potential impacts to the grid are successfully managed to allow the safe and reliable operation of the corporate Transmission grid.
This BA position is regularly assigned multiple projects related to changing or adding new systems or equipment which will be integrated into the corporate transmission grid. It is anticipated that critical, highly visible projects will be coming through the queue including many generation interconnection efforts in the next 1-3 years
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support and facilitate corporate manager-assigned project or multiple projects, relating primarily to operational requirements for Transmission Grid changes, from beginning to end in collaboration with senior management, external industry entities, subject matter experts, and stakeholders by:
- Analyze existing data across multiple data sources and update source systems for energization date changes.
- Collect, compile and report on data discrepancies from multiple data sources.
- Research business intelligence reporting output and relate it to design and construction milestones for in-flight capital projects.
- Facilitate working sessions, collaborate, document, and participate in discussions with various groups within the Control Center, Transmission Technology, Asset Management, the Outage Office, project management team, and other interested parties to gather project requirements, develop and recommend project work plans, schedules, milestones, deliverables, etc.
- Facilitate and maintain consistent communication with the project sponsor, performance managers, subject matter experts, and clients on the progress of projects versus the plans. Manage and maintain tools to track project progress and task completion to support control center activities with design, construction, and system / equipment testing schedules when projects are placed into the work plan.
- Coordinate, arrange, facilitate, and document business requirements gathering sessions
- Research, collect, and document project documents, drawings, relevant links and modeling information to support the needs of control center Energy Management Systems (EMS) programmers and System Administrators.
- Ability to review and analyze standard engineering drawings and project explanations to coordinate whether or not there are control center impacts related to the projects.
- Update project specific data with input from project SMEs to determine/update project specific data
- Interface with other organizations within the corporation to evaluate Transmission project needs for System Operations, and to validate requirements and tasks on projects are properly identified, tracked, and completed
- Verify Control Center activities are coordinated with other corporate project teams to maintain schedules
- Track construction status from an operations perspective, both for Control Center progress and for field/external progress that impacts the Control Center
- Provide support to develop and track targets; and update project milestone documentation
- Assist corporate management to define, draft, and recommend project success criteria and disseminate to involved parties; monitor and track progress, update stakeholders, sponsors, customers, etc.
- Alert the corporate manager of and obtain appropriate authorization for any potential changes to project cost, schedule or performance.
- Facilitate the Bi-Weekly Control Center / Field Project Coordination team meeting.
- Coordinate and facilitate Project Team(s), including milestone management and communication of deliverables across multiple projects.
- Facilitate as needed GRDT monthly meetings with Power Services
- Support development of written and verbal sponsor and stakeholder communication
- Scope definition, tracking, and management.
- Facilitate “kick off” and other project meetings with managers, sponsors, stakeholders, and partners
- Schedule and facilitate project team meetings and coordinate activities of sub-teams.
- Coordinate with the Transmission Technology and Internal Operations Management organizations to verify operational and data requirements to support the safe and reliable operation of the Bulk Electric System (BES).
REQUIREMENTS
Education & Experience:
- A degree in Business Administration, Management, Accounting, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Management, Organizational Development, or a closely related discipline is preferred.
- With an applicable Bachelor’s degree, 8 years of experience is required.
- With an applicable Associate’s degree, 10 years of experience is required.
- Without an applicable degree, 12 years of experience is required.
Required Technical Skills & Experience
- Direct work experience and knowledge of data management principles and methodologies with a solid understanding of how a capital program and processes are executed and how data flows through the various operational systems
- Experience in strong written and verbal communication to disseminate electrical information to various audiences
- Technical interview skills sufficient to facilitate group process design/requirements gathering sessions in a business environment.
- Intermediate proficiency in Visio (flowcharts), MS Project, Access, and SharePoint (or similar software
Preferred Skills & Experience
- Experience implementing asset strategies and developing related asset plans.
- Experience planning, implementation and/or operation of Control Center systems (SCADA, AGC, ICCP).
- Knowledge of the NERC & WECC Planning Standards as they apply to Power Systems Control (PSC) equipment
- Knowledge of Reliability Coordinator requirements for modeling compliance
- Knowledge of transmission and operational power systems controls and equipment
- Knowledge of SharePoint automation tools (e.g., NINTEX)
- Knowledge of Communication network operation concepts, methods, performance and planning
- Knowledge of Communication network architecture principles and concepts
- Knowledge of the Planning of communications, control and data systems for network transmission, network interconnections and customer service projects
Pre-Employment Requirement
All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of our pre-employment screening that may include drug testing, background/criminal check, and if applicable, must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
APR Staffing is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
About APR Staffing
APR Staffing was born from the merger of two well-respected technical staffing firms in Portland. ieSolutions and Data Resource Group. Both companies have recently been award winners for the Portland Business Journal's Fastest-Growing Private Companies. The two firms, now as APR Staffing, make for one of the fastest-growing and most-respected professional and technical staffing companies in Oregon and Southwest Washington.
Collaborating with our customers, we augment their workforce with technical and administrative professionals. We provide only high-caliber, professional-grade resources throughout the Pacific Northwest.
