At First Gen, we take pride in our work of energizing the Philippines through clean power generation technologies. As we grow to become the best in the industry, we are continuously searching for talent who are driven, empowered, and passionate about making a positive difference in the world.
We provide employees with ample opportunities and resources that enable them to perform at their best, contribute value, and help us achieve our Mission of forging collaborative pathways for a decarbonized and regenerative future.
Job Description
1. Real Time Dispatch and Load Management:
- Real-time load of power plants to ensure compliance with WESM RTD schedule.
- Coordinate with power plants regarding activities affecting plant capacities
- Coordinate with NGCP regarding factors affecting the delivery of power to the grid & deviations from schedule.
- Coordinate with customers regarding activities affecting their demand
- Coordinate with PEMC on Market updates affecting the loading of power plants
- Coordinate with Trading Group on changes in plant capabilities
- Ensure optimization of plant dispatch considering WESM prices, grid status, system frequency, etc.
- Monitor the 5-minute generation of plants during Market Suspension events to ensure that sufficient power is delivered to all GCGI/EDC customers
- Anticipate power needs such as those caused by changes in weather, outages of other generating plants, transmission and & distribution lines, substations, and feeders.
2. Power Plant and Grid Data Management and Analysis:
- Record readings from CDO SCADA.
- Record relevant operational events/activities/communications for reference
- Prepares explanation and supporting documents for WESM Compliance Monitoring (MORM, OCC, DCS, and LAS) probable breaches.
3. Other Functions:
- Initial coordination with plant operations regarding scheduled shutdowns and derations.
- Preparation of regular reports as required.
- Preparation of purchase requisitions and work orders is necessary to maintain the high reliability of the SCADA hardware system and meters
Minimum Education Requirement: Graduate of Mechanical/ Electrical/ Electronics Engineering
Minimum Qualifications: At least two (2) years) Experience in the power industry.
Must have knowledge in system operations and power grid analysis, plant load and dispatch management, and multiparty coordination and relationship management.
With working knowledge on a computer programming or scripting like MS Excel, C# and SQL.
