The Power Planning Supervisor posting opens Thursday, April 27, 2023, and will remain open until filled.

Do you have a passion for strategic planning power resources? Do you want to work in a team environment that values your strengths, development, and ideas while serving your community? If so, please consider growing your career with Eugene Water & Electric Board!

The Eugene Water & Electric Board seeks a skilled Power Planning Supervisor to direct, plan, and organize all activities related to analytical capacities and tools to assist the utility in making informed and financially robust decisions regarding the utility's resource portfolio. This position assures that EWEB has solid grounding in current and emerging wholesale market issues and policies that affect EWEB's resource choices and customer-facing decisions and that this information is usefully and timely available to decision makers. The Power Planning Supervisor has responsibility for EWEB's contracts and relationship with the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), including responsibility for complying with BPA contractual requirements and reviewing/ influencing BPA strategic direction in regional policy discussions.

The Power Planning Supervisor will also:

• Direct efforts of highly skilled professional staff and provide clear work unit goals, performance standards, work procedures, safe work practices, and for ensuring internal as well as external regulatory compliance. This position reports to the Manager of Energy Resources and participates as a member of the Risk Management Committee.
• Assure that professional staff perform all analytical tasks associated with the utility's integrated resource planning process in coordination EWEB stakeholders. This includes developing and maintaining planning and forecasting models, acquiring and/or selling long-term supply-side resources, optimizing the long-term power supply portfolio, influencing regional policy and regulatory matters to protect or enhance customer value in EWEB's portfolio, leading large retail and wholesale contract negotiations, and contract administration.
• Serve as Power Contracts Portfolio Administrator for PPAs, including development and implementation of power contracts and associated compliance systems. Responsible for overseeing development and accuracy of statistical forecasting models, including but not limited to: customer demand, market price, hydro generation supply, and retail revenue forecasting. Responsible for EWEB's power portfolio hedging strategy and execution. Manage the development, budgeting, staffing and delivery of internal and external information reporting.
• Act as lead interface for EWEB in all state, regional, and national energy policy-related forums where EWEB has an interest in energy policy decisions, and coordinates internally as necessary to assure organizational knowledge and involvement in policy outcomes.

The successful candidate will have a strong supervisory background in integrated resource planning, trading of energy and environmental commodities, regional and regulatory representation, and contract development & management with solid knowledge of the Pacific Northwest, CA, and WECC generation and transmission systems and regional market dynamics.

The ideal candidate will embody and demonstrate the following competencies:

Business Effectiveness: Operational understanding and technical expertise required for department oversight. Skilled in complex problem-solving and decision-making; Uses logic, analysis and key stakeholder feedback to evaluate problems; Looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first or easiest solution; Makes sound decisions based on a combination of analysis, experience and judgment.

Personal Effectiveness: Personally organized, high-functioning, and productive. Creates a structure and environment designed for consistent accountability and performance; Recognizes and acknowledges success of direct reports and appropriately and promptly intervenes when correction is necessary; Models perseverance and a drive for results; Encourages and directs process improvement and motivates others to achieve better outcomes.

Interpersonal Effectiveness: Approachable, respectful, relates well, and builds rapport with others throughout the organization. Understands the importance and value of workforce diversity; Seeks to understand the perspectives of others and the origin of their thinking; Open to the viewpoints and contributions of others; Supports and participates in efforts to build cultural competency and personal development; Sets clear expectations for respectful conduct and models appropriate behavior.

Supervisory Effectiveness: Clearly assigns responsibility for tasks and decisions; Sets clear objectives and measures; Provides direct and actionable feedback; Exercises consistency in decision making and accepts responsibility for decisions. Anticipates consequences and future impacts of decisions; Translates mistakes into learning opportunities; Communicates directly and truthfully; Acts with integrity; Models honest and ethical conduct; Fosters open dialogue and collaboration.

The starting annual salary for this position is $134,999.03 – $179,998.71, commensurate with knowledge, skills, education, and experience as it relates to the position.

Please note: This posting includes supplemental questions. Your responses will be scored and used to determine if you will proceed to the next step of the selection process. Please provide detailed answers to each question. Please do not reference your resume or application in your responses. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

WORKING AT EWEB

EWEB values total worker health both at work and at home and provides a robust compensation & benefits package – Read more about our benefits.

Why EWEB?

EWEB offers employees a progressive work culture devoted to providing excellent public service. Our employees work in a fast-paced environment where creativity, innovation, involvement, teamwork, and professional development are supported and encouraged. EWEB is also committed to providing a work environment conducive to the safety, health, and well-being of its workforce, and offers great benefits, including but not limited to health care, vacation and sick leave, pension, holidays, and employee credit union. We are currently one of the top three healthiest employers in Oregon and consistently rank within the top 100 healthiest employers in the nation!

Founded in 1911, EWEB is Oregon's largest customer-owned utility. We provide water and electricity to the Eugene community, as well as parts of east Springfield and the McKenzie River valley area.

As a public utility, we do not operate to earn a profit or to serve the investment needs of stockholders. Instead, EWEB is chartered by the City of Eugene to serve the interests of its citizens. We are owned by the people of Eugene and it's our job to provide reliable, affordable water and electricity for our customers.

Our mission is to enhance our community's vitality by delivering drinking water and electric services consistent with the values of our customer-owners. And our vision is to do so while being a local utility that inspires our customers to invest in and rely on us.

Our core values:

• SAFETY: We value the physical and psychological health and safety of our workforce and the public.
• RELIABLITY: We value the continuous, on-demand delivery of quality drinking water and electricity.
• RESPONSIBLITY: We value the prudent and sustainable stewardship of our customers' financial and natural resources, including our impact on affordability and role in reducing the greenhouse gases (GHGs) contributing to climate change.
• COMMUNITY: We value our local governance and obligation to transparently serve our community.

MINIMUM TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Minimum Training and Experience Required
Minimum Experience: Eight years of progressively responsible work experience in the following: resource planning, risk management, statistics, strategic planning, regional policy, rate design, contract management & negotiations, DSM program evaluation, budgeting and reporting, project management, load forecasting or load research. Experience must also include four years of direct supervision in a multi-functional work environment OR an equivalent combination of professional, senior, lead, or project management experience may satisfy the supervisor requirement.

Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a directly related technical field or an equivalent combination of education plus additional job related experience may be qualifying. Equivalent combination of education and experience considered

Post-offer background check required: Yes

Post-offer physical / functional test required: No

Equal Employment Opportunity

EWEB takes pride in our commitment to diversity and inclusion among our employees. We embrace and value differences of culture, education, experience, physical ability, and unique perspectives in our workplace. We invite applications from qualified candidates who share our commitment to diversity. Attracting, retaining, and advancing talent from all sources strengthens our bond with the multifaceted community we serve.

Tobacco, Smoke, and Vapor - Free Campus Policy

EWEB fosters an environment promoting good health for both employees and the public. We want to enhance the quality of air, appearance, and employee health in and around EWEB facilities and equipment. Employees, contractors, volunteers, and visitors may not use, distribute, or sell tobacco while participating in EWEB functions, on EWEB property, or while performing right-of-way tasks.

Other Requirements

Note: This Job Posting is intended to represent key areas of responsibility. It is not meant to be all inclusive and does not prescribe or restrict the work that may be assigned. Nothing in this description restricts EWEB's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Job descriptions may occasionally be updated, as necessary, to reflect evolving business needs.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)