Planner Scheduler-Level 2

This position will have the responsibility and authority to schedule and dispatch FPL generation resources to economically balance load and generation in order to meet real-time system conditions and to comply with applicable regulatory requirements and NERC reliability standards. This position is also responsible to evaluate and approve OASIS requests and Tags and for performing energy accounting functions. Also, has capability to perform next-day generation planning function and can perform, on a temporary basis, certain system operator functions whenever the on-shift System Operator is away from desk (bathroom breaks, etc.). Responsible for planning, scheduling, and tracking, ensuring compliance with operational and regulatory requirements. Develops work orders, ensures coordination between operations, and leads scheduling processes for maintenance, compliance, and project execution. Evaluates and improves work management execution, participates in event response, and leads root cause analysis for operational efficiency improvements. Coordinates committing, decommitting, and outages of power plants with FPL?s System Operator and PGBU. Ensures rapid recovery from loss of generation to comply with NERC requirements. Performs hourly and on-peak/off-peak energy accounting functions with adjacent balancing authorities.Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering or professional certification required.Relevant Experience: 6 - 10 years of experience in scheduling, operations, or power system planning.Responsibilities: Develops and maintains work orders, ensuring regulatory compliance and efficient execution. Assists with event response and emergent issues, coordinates scheduling for maintenance, compliance, and project execution. Performs load forecast in order to optimize the FPL generation dispatch mix, ensuring sufficient generation resources are available to meet requirements.Other: Experience in load forecasting, transmission and distribution operations, and real-time system planning; Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification required.

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