What are the responsibilities and job description for the Resource Planning Specialist III - 518616 position at Tennessee Valley Authority?
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Resource Planning Specialist III - 518616
Organization: Finance
Department: Planning & Investor Relations
Work Location: Chattanooga, Memphis, Knoxville, or Nashville, Tennessee or Huntsville, Alabama
Relocation: Relocation benefits are not offered for this position.
Posting Open: 06/29/2026
Posting Close: 07/07/2026 at 11:59 PM EST
Salary: Competitive
The ideal candidate is highly analytical and brings experience in resource planning or related utility operations. They are a strong communicator who enjoys solving complex problems, can adapt quickly in a dynamic environment, and work effectively across teams. This candidate is self‑motivated, resilient, and demonstrates solid project management skills to deliver accurate, high‑quality work on time. Overall, this person combines technical depth, intellectual curiosity, strategic thinking, and strong interpersonal skills to support TVA’s long‑term resource planning needs and operational decision‑making.
Position Purpose
Serves as an intermediate-level specialist, providing technical support in the area of resource planning for TVA’s power system for the near-term up to 20 years, with an emphasis on financial evaluations and engineering analyses that result in capacity and energy decisions to retire, build, acquire, lease, or sell power resources, along with evaluations of demand side management, energy efficiency purchased power and sale decisions involving $10s to $100s of millions of dollars. Develops flexible operating and purchase/sale strategies tailored to the appropriate timing and structure of competitive generation markets. Analyzes operational impacts of strategic projects and alternative resource plans. Provides detailed calculations needed to support customer negotiation strategies and rate making decisions. The incumbent will assist in developing TVA’s Power Supply Plan, Generation Plan, and Optimized Asset Resource Plan, Asset Outage Schedule, and Resource Adequacy Reviews.
Principal Accountabilities
Education . – B.S. degree in Economics, Engineering, Business Management or comparable related field of study, or equivalent education, training & experience is required. An advanced degree in Engineering or an MBA is desirable.
Experience . – Minimum of five (5) years work experience. Experience in system resource planning, system operations, or other related work experience with in-depth knowledge, skills and abilities in system planning techniques is desirable.
Certification/License, etc — None
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities — The incumbent must possess extensive knowledge of statistics and computer science, and must understand the basic principles of accounting, engineering, finance, management, and electric utility planning and operations. Proficiency in oral and written communications is also necessary. Candidate may be required to obtain and maintain a security clearance based on position / access requirements and essential job functions
Equal Employment Opportunity
TVA is an Equal Opportunity employer and complies with all applicable laws and regulations regarding equal employment opportunities. Any applicant or employee who believes s/he has a discrimination claim (including harassment or retaliation) must contact TVA’s Equal Opportunity Compliance office within 45 calendar days of the event or action s/he believes to constitute discrimination, harassment, or retaliation.
Drug-Free Workplace
All TVA Non-Nuclear employees are covered by TVA's Federal Drug-Free Workplace Program Plan, in accordance with Executive Order 12564, Public Law 100-71 and the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing. Information regarding the Drug Free Workplace Program can be found at www.samhsa.gov/workplace . TVA Non-Nuclear employees in Testing Designated Positions, including those performing safety-sensitive duties are also subject to random drug testing. TVA Nuclear employees are subject to random alcohol and drug tests in accordance with 10 CFR Part 26 as mandated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
How To Claim Vet Preference
If you are requesting to be considered as a preference-eligible veteran as outlined in the application process, you must submit your military documents before the posting close date indicated above. Be sure to include all supporting documentation: Form DD214 (member 2 or member 4 copy), a Veterans Disability Rating Letter from the VA (if applicable), and a completed form TVA 3595. If you will not get your DD214 until you are separated or retired, you can request a Statement of Service through your military personnel office. The Statement of Service must list your dates of military service, character of service, expected date of separation and any service-connected disability rating that you have been awarded from your branch of military service. Please submit your military documents each time you apply for a position.
How To Submit Documentation
Resource Planning Specialist III - 518616
Organization: Finance
Department: Planning & Investor Relations
Work Location: Chattanooga, Memphis, Knoxville, or Nashville, Tennessee or Huntsville, Alabama
Relocation: Relocation benefits are not offered for this position.
Posting Open: 06/29/2026
Posting Close: 07/07/2026 at 11:59 PM EST
Salary: Competitive
The ideal candidate is highly analytical and brings experience in resource planning or related utility operations. They are a strong communicator who enjoys solving complex problems, can adapt quickly in a dynamic environment, and work effectively across teams. This candidate is self‑motivated, resilient, and demonstrates solid project management skills to deliver accurate, high‑quality work on time. Overall, this person combines technical depth, intellectual curiosity, strategic thinking, and strong interpersonal skills to support TVA’s long‑term resource planning needs and operational decision‑making.
Position Purpose
Serves as an intermediate-level specialist, providing technical support in the area of resource planning for TVA’s power system for the near-term up to 20 years, with an emphasis on financial evaluations and engineering analyses that result in capacity and energy decisions to retire, build, acquire, lease, or sell power resources, along with evaluations of demand side management, energy efficiency purchased power and sale decisions involving $10s to $100s of millions of dollars. Develops flexible operating and purchase/sale strategies tailored to the appropriate timing and structure of competitive generation markets. Analyzes operational impacts of strategic projects and alternative resource plans. Provides detailed calculations needed to support customer negotiation strategies and rate making decisions. The incumbent will assist in developing TVA’s Power Supply Plan, Generation Plan, and Optimized Asset Resource Plan, Asset Outage Schedule, and Resource Adequacy Reviews.
Principal Accountabilities
- Provides support and technical expertise in the financial evaluations and power system engineering analyses of projects or processes which involve participants from numerous TVA organizations and result in decisions to change TVA operating practices, decisions to build, acquire, lease or sell generation and transmission assets, along with power purchase and sale decisions involving significant dollars (often $100s of millions).
- Provides analytical expertise in planning studies for TVA participation in competitive generation and wholesale power markets. This includes development and continual refining, and optimization of operating plans, incorporating risk management parameters, performing risk analysis, market analyses, historical and future trend analyses, transmission strategies, etc. utilizing asset allocation techniques. This includes the development of a solution for improving the current bulk power supply additions and retirements.
- Provides resource plans to transmission planners for use in system studies.
- Provides operational and financial evaluation of short term outage and maintenance coordination and optimization
- Provides support in the development of TVA’s Generation Plan, using optimum production costing methods.
- Develops optimized near-term and season-ahead Asset Resource Plan for handoff to real-time Operations
- Assists the Asset Portfolio Manager for the TVA fleet from the near-term up to 20 years.
- Assists the Outage Schedule Optimization for periods ten days or more into the future
- Supports the development of operational strategies to match operational resource plans.
- Represents TVA objectives and interests to TVA customers, competitors, elected officials, other public power organizations, and other stakeholders.
- Provides technical expertise for the modeling efforts (financial, engineering, and mathematical) needed to accomplish the above.
- Assists management and staff by providing technical expertise in support of task teams and special projects.
Education . – B.S. degree in Economics, Engineering, Business Management or comparable related field of study, or equivalent education, training & experience is required. An advanced degree in Engineering or an MBA is desirable.
Experience . – Minimum of five (5) years work experience. Experience in system resource planning, system operations, or other related work experience with in-depth knowledge, skills and abilities in system planning techniques is desirable.
Certification/License, etc — None
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities — The incumbent must possess extensive knowledge of statistics and computer science, and must understand the basic principles of accounting, engineering, finance, management, and electric utility planning and operations. Proficiency in oral and written communications is also necessary. Candidate may be required to obtain and maintain a security clearance based on position / access requirements and essential job functions
Equal Employment Opportunity
TVA is an Equal Opportunity employer and complies with all applicable laws and regulations regarding equal employment opportunities. Any applicant or employee who believes s/he has a discrimination claim (including harassment or retaliation) must contact TVA’s Equal Opportunity Compliance office within 45 calendar days of the event or action s/he believes to constitute discrimination, harassment, or retaliation.
Drug-Free Workplace
All TVA Non-Nuclear employees are covered by TVA's Federal Drug-Free Workplace Program Plan, in accordance with Executive Order 12564, Public Law 100-71 and the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing. Information regarding the Drug Free Workplace Program can be found at www.samhsa.gov/workplace . TVA Non-Nuclear employees in Testing Designated Positions, including those performing safety-sensitive duties are also subject to random drug testing. TVA Nuclear employees are subject to random alcohol and drug tests in accordance with 10 CFR Part 26 as mandated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
How To Claim Vet Preference
If you are requesting to be considered as a preference-eligible veteran as outlined in the application process, you must submit your military documents before the posting close date indicated above. Be sure to include all supporting documentation: Form DD214 (member 2 or member 4 copy), a Veterans Disability Rating Letter from the VA (if applicable), and a completed form TVA 3595. If you will not get your DD214 until you are separated or retired, you can request a Statement of Service through your military personnel office. The Statement of Service must list your dates of military service, character of service, expected date of separation and any service-connected disability rating that you have been awarded from your branch of military service. Please submit your military documents each time you apply for a position.
How To Submit Documentation
- Upload documents in Step 7 of the application process.
- Email documents to [email protected]