[Hiring] Dispatch Operator @EnPowered

Role Description

As our Dispatch Operator, you will be part of the team owning every market event we manage on their behalf, with one goal: maximize their savings while minimizing disruption to their operations. This includes:

• Managing market events from start to finish.
• Calling coincident peaks.
• Running demand response events.
• Managing unique, customer-specific opportunities.
• Controlling assets through our energy management system (EMS).
• Keeping customers informed.
• Training our AI tools.
• Reviewing results and finding new opportunities.

Qualifications

• Two to five years in the energy sector, such as utility operations, grid or system operations, dispatch, or energy services.
• A solid understanding of electricity markets and commercial electricity bills, including wholesale prices, capacity, coincident peaks, demand charges, and demand response.
• Comfort making decisions from forecasts, weather data, and probabilities rather than certainties.
• Calm, decisive judgment under time pressure.
• Precise written communication, because customers act on what you send.
• Daily use of AI tools, the habit of checking their output, and an interest in building your own.
• Availability for early mornings, evenings, and some weekends during peak seasons.
• A drive to become a recognized expert in market operations.

Requirements

• Dispatch experience with batteries, generators, or other distributed energy resources.
• Experience with an EMS or SCADA system.
• Knowledge of Ontario's renewed market (day-ahead market and OZP), PJM, or NYISO.
• Experience with the IESO capacity auction or Ontario's Industrial Conservation Initiative (Class A).
• Python or SQL for working with price, forecast, and interval data.
• A background in meteorology or weather forecasting.

Benefits

• Rewarding work that directly shapes how Ontario's grid uses flexible energy.
• A competitive salary and stock options.
• Health benefits.
• Flexible schedules, a work-from-home environment, and a generous vacation policy.
• Regular team events, including quarterly team onsites.

Company Description

EnPowered makes flexibility simple and profitable for businesses, supporting hundreds of large commercial, industrial, and institutional businesses in Ontario and the U.S. We control the largest fleet of behind-the-meter battery assets in Canada, providing resilience and lower energy costs without changing how businesses operate.