This position is within Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Power Services (P), Generation Asset Management (PG), Schedule Planning (PGS), Power Generation Short-Term Planning (PGSP). Lead a high-performing team of 11 technical experts planning regional power system capability and integrating energy resources to ensure grid reliability.
You will direct operational strategies, evaluate complex energy trade-offs, and collaborate with regional partners to optimize clean energy generation.
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Power the Pacific Northwest: Lead the Team Engineering the Clean, Reliable Energy Grid of Tomorrow The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is a vital engine for the Pacific Northwest, delivering clean, reliable power while protecting the region's natural resources. As a Supervisory Operations Research Analyst, you will stand at the critical intersection of environmental stewardship, advanced analytics, and grid reliability.
In this key leadership role, you won't just oversee operational strategies-you will empower an elite team of technical experts to solve complex energy challenges, integrate expanding renewable resources, and optimize North America's largest hydroelectric power system.
What You Will Do: Key Duties & Responsibilities Lead & Cultivate Top Talent: Provide strategic vision, mentorship, and career development for a high-caliber team of 11 scientists, operations analysts, and utility experts, fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing workplace culture.
Balance Energy Production with Environmental Priorities: Direct complex operational planning for the Federal Columbia River Power System, successfully balancing clean electricity generation with critical non-power objectives like fish conservation, flood risk management, and river recreation.
Drive Renewable Energy Integration: Spearhead operational strategies that seamlessly integrate clean, variable energy resources-such as wind power-into the grid while maintaining flawless system reliability. Pioneer Next-Generation Analytical Tools: Drive the development, refinement, and implementation of cutting-edge predictive computer models and IT systems to solve complex water flow, energy supply, and system performance challenges.
Optimize Multi-Asset Power Portfolios: Conduct high-level trade-off analyses across diverse energy assets-including hydroelectric, thermal, and pumped storage-to maximize energy availability and protect system flexibility under changing environmental conditions. Shape Regional Energy Collaboration: Serve as a key technical leader coordinating with major federal and regional partners-including the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation-to align multi-agency water management and grid priorities. Bridge Technical Insights with Energy Markets: Translate complex modeling output into actionable guidance for real-time grid operators and wholesale power marketers to optimize electricity sales, purchases, and supply decisions.
Manage High-Impact Regional Power Agreements: Oversee the operational execution of major regional contracts and storage agreements that govern energy coordination and distribution across the Pacific Northwest.
This vacancy has a positive education requirement. In order to be rated as qualified, you must provide copies of your college transcripts. Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Department of Education Accreditation Search to verify school accreditation. Foreign education must be reviewed by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website.DO NOT email or mail in any of your application documents. Documents will not be accepted outside of the online application system. Failure to provide copies of your college transcripts may result in a rating of "Ineligible".
glvaughan@bpa.gov · 360-947-5342
This position is with Bonneville Power Administration, Department of Energy.
The posted pay range is $135522 – $176183/yr.
Applications close on 2026-09-10.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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