Planner Scheduler-Level 2 – Experienced

Job Description

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 for evaluating and approving OASIS requests and tags and for performing energy accounting functions. It has the capability to perform next‑day generation planning and can perform, on a temporary basis, certain system operator functions whenever the on‑shift System Operator is away from desk (e.g., bathroom breaks, etc.).

The role is responsible for planning, scheduling, and tracking, ensuring compliance with operational and regulatory requirements. The incumbent develops work orders, ensures coordination between operations, and leads scheduling processes for maintenance, compliance, and project execution. They evaluate and improve work management execution, participate in event response, and lead root‑cause analysis for operational efficiency improvements. The position coordinates committing, decommitting, and outages of power plants with FPL’s System Operator and PGBU and ensures rapid recovery from loss of generation to comply with NERC requirements.

It performs hourly and on‑peak/off‑peak energy accounting functions with adjacent balancing authorities.

• Develop and maintain work orders, ensuring regulatory compliance and efficient execution.
• Assist with event response and emergent issues, and coordinate scheduling for maintenance, compliance, and project execution.
• Perform load forecast to optimize the FPL generation dispatch mix, ensuring sufficient generation resources are available to meet requirements.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or professional certification required.
• Relevant
  
  Experience:
  
  6–10 years of experience in scheduling, operations, or power system planning.
• Experience in load forecasting, transmission and distribution operations, and real‑time system planning.
• Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification required.

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