Work Location: National Capital Region (Gatineau/Ottawa)
Reference Number: 08-TM-04

Reporting to the Short Term Trader for the New England market, the incumbent’s responsibilities will be to coordinate and schedule all energy related products. The Scheduler will interact with Brookfield’s Operators, Real Time Traders, Independent System Operators, Transmissions Providers and trading counterparts to ensure the accurate and timely delivery of such products.

More specifically, the Scheduler will have the following responsibilities:

• Under the directive of the Short Term Trader, prepare and validate a daily generation schedule by taking into consideration market information and transmission related constraints;
• Following the Daily Meeting with Operators, submit and validate bids for all energy related products with the help of a bidding tool;
• On a daily basis, coordinate and schedule all physical power, ancillary services, capacity, physical transmission with control areas or trading counterparts;
• Keep track of trading positions, both financial and physical;
• Help with risk management associated with physical deliveries and transmission from, to or across Ontario, Quebec, New England and New York;
• Coordinate with the Short Term Planner the communication of information on transmission and transactions associated with power plants.

Candidate profile – Experience and qualifications

• Working knowledge of current and pending rules and issues within the administered markets;
• Thorough knowledge of electric power generation and transmission systems;
• Previous experience in scheduling, real-time trading, operations or another area in which strong analytical and relationship skills have been developed is preferred;
• Basic knowledge of internal and external scheduling systems such as OASIS and OATI;
• Knowledge of the assets certification process (ICAP/UCAP and GADS) in the market;
• Teamwork and ability to communicate are critical;
• Must be highly accurate and detail oriented; English is essential and working knowledge of French is an asset.