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Job Field: Office Jobs
Location: Portland, OR
Salary: $120,749.00 - $181,500.00 / Per Year
Job Type: Full-Time - Permanent
Phone: 202-586-4745

JOB SUMMARY:

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About the Agency

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), U.S. DOE, Portland, Oregon, is seeking a highly-qualified candidate for an exciting full-time position of Vice President for Generation Asset Management.  The BPA is a federal nonprofit agency based in the Pacific Northwest. Although BPA is part of the U.S. DOE, it is self-funding and covers its costs by selling its products and services. BPA markets wholesale electrical power from 31 federal hydro projects in the Columbia River Basin, one nonfederal nuclear plant and several other small nonfederal power plants. The dams are operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation. About one-third of the electric power used in the Northwest comes from BPA.  BPA operates and maintains about three-fourths of the high-voltage transmission in its service territory. BPA’s service territory includes Idaho, Oregon, Washington, western Montana and small parts of eastern Montana, California, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming.  BPA promotes energy efficiency, renewable resources and new technologies. The agency also funds regional efforts to protect and rebuild fish and wildlife populations affected by hydroelectric power development in the Columbia River Basin.  To learn more about BPA log on to WWW.bpa.gov.

The successful Vice President, Generation Asset Management candidate will be a highly motivated industry leader who possesses a demonstrated track record of leading a large group of professional employees through the management and execution of significant initiatives in power generation scheduling, planning, hydro operations, nuclear operations, or other large electrical power generation operations. The successful candidate will also demonstrate their ability to remain on the forefront of emerging power generation market and industry issues, such as renewable resource integration, resource adequacy planning, multi-party resource agreements, generation asset management, or intra-hour products. Additionally, this candidate will possess a successful record in negotiating and administering significant multi-party agreements characterized by competing and disparate interests and priorities, including demonstrated knowledge of the laws and regulations and provisions of agreements related to water management, power planning/scheduling, and non-power issues, such as fishery and flood risk management.
 

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

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• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Position involves occasional travel.
• Designated and/or Random Drug Testing required.
• New appointees must successfully complete a 1 year probationary period.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a "Q" Clearance.
• Executive Personnel Financial Disclosure required.