Job summary
Entity:
Trading & Shipping
Job Family Group:
Supply & Trading Group
Job Summary:
Optimizer: ERCOT is responsible for operational duties for bp's physical power obligations in ERCOT. The role's main focus is scheduling, managing, and balancing all physical schedules within bp's ERCOT Power Portfolio while being 100% compliant and maintaining internal and external customer relationships.
bp offers a hybrid working environment, allowing employees to work remotely Monday and Friday and in the office Tuesday through Thursday.
Job Description:
Key accountabilities:
- Day ahead scheduling duties for bp's physical power obligations in ERCOT for BPERC activities
- Must be aligned with all internal and external requirements
- Support the development and implementation of the Power team's business strategy
- Provide analytical support to Power traders when requested
- Assist all bp affiliate relationships
- Help optimize ERCOT assets
Essential education:
- Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience
Essential experience:
- 3-5 years proven experience scheduling and trading power
- Knowledge of ERCOT market rules and protocols
- Proven understanding of the optimization and scheduling of power assets
- Able to multi-task and manage high pressure situations in a dynamic environment
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent analytical, computational, and problem-solving skills including proficiency in Excel
- Ability to develop analytical models and interpret market data is highly desired
- Work in a fast-paced environment with critical time deadlines
- Experience with electrical systems operations, scheduling, tagging, power flows and generation technologies.
Desirable criteria:
- Multilingual; preference of Spanish or Portuguese
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
Why join us:
At bp, we believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to encouraging an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.
There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life, including a generous paid parental leave policy and excellent retirement benefits, among others!
Travel Requirement
Negligible travel should be expected with this role
Relocation Assistance:
This role is not eligible for relocation
Remote Type:
This position is a hybrid of office/remote working
Skills:
Legal Disclaimer:
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