Guidehouse
Power Systems Engineering Consulting
AssociateDirector-EnergyMarkets
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“Associate Director-Energy Markets at Guidehouse. Skills: Energy Markets expertise, wholesale and retail market expertise, quantitative market models, analytical models, simulations, data analytics, data modeling, economic dispatch model, capacity expansion model, business development, client management. Originating, closing, leading large and complex client engagements. Managing staff and assisting in related business development efforts”
What You'll Achieve.
bring in new grid-scale and community renewables, storage and green fuels resources; assist utilities and large commercial companies in their ESG, decarbonization and renewable integration efforts; forecast energy market conditions across North America; generate resource additions and retirements; quantify business risks; improve productivity and accuracy
Industry & Context.
Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills; Translating clients' inquiries and challenges into actionable scopes of work
Up to 50% Travel, Must be a US Citizen or US Permanent Resident, Ability to travel, Ability to work in a Guidehouse Office or Client Office location, Currently reside in the contiguous United States
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
US Citizen or US Permanent Resident, Bachelor’s degree in a business, economics, energy finance, or engineering discipline AND seven (7) plus years of post-graduation work experience in a related field (e. g. consulting, strategy, project development); OR Master's degree in a business, economics, energy finance, or engineering discipline AND five (5) plus years of post-graduation work experience in a related field (e. g. consulting, strategy, project development), Post graduation work experience with economic dispatch models such as: Aurora, Origin, PLEXOS, BID3, or PSO, Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills, Experienced with data analytics, data modeling and visualization, Proactive and independent work style, Ability to assume ownership of significant portions of tasks while collaborating with a close-knit team, Excellent verbal and written communication skills, Ability to travel, Ability to work in a Guidehouse Office or Client Office location, Currently reside in the contiguous United States
Nice to Have
Candidates within reasonable driving distance of a core Guidehouse Office or Client Office location, Graduate degree (Masters, MBA, PhD) in business, policy, economics, energy finance, engineering, Experience in generation and storage asset management
What You'll Do.
leading large and complex client engagements
Managing staff and assisting in related business development efforts
Tracking and analyzing energy market trends
Translating clients' inquiries and challenges into actionable scopes of work
and other documents to communicate solutions
and analysis to clients
Supporting the day-to-day management of client relationships
Developing and using analytical models
and simulations to forecast market prices
conduct research and development
and create tools to improve productivity and accuracy
Reviewing and approving model outputs via data collection
Supervising simulations of the future dispatch of the power transmission grid using an economic dispatch model
Reviewing the addition/retirement of diverse generating resources using a capacity expansion model across ISO/RTO markets
Help develop our Reference Case while expanding our client base
Mentor junior consultants
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Ability to assume ownership of significant portions of tasks while collaborating with a close-knit team
Communication Scope
Excellent verbal and written communication skills; Compiling reports, presentations, and other documents to communicate solutions, strategies, and analysis to clients
Process & Methodology
leading large and complex client engagements, Managing staff
Full Job Description
**_Job Family_ :** Power Systems Engineering Consulting ** _Travel Required_ :** Up to 50% **_Clearance Required_ :** None ** _What You Will Do_ :** The Energy Markets & Systems Integrated Modeling Team’s work supports developers, operators and sponsors to bring in new grid-scale and community renewables, storage and green fuels resources. The Energy Markets & Systems Integrated Modeling Team assists utilities and large commercial companies in their ESG, decarbonization and renewable integration efforts. Our Energy Markets & Systems Integrated Modeling Team develops and maintains a suite of quantitative market models that Guidehouse’s clients, renewable and storage players, and utilities depend on for capital investment decisions, business improvement and grid reliability. Through our wholesale and retail market expertise and modeling capabilities, we forecast energy market conditions across North America, along with generating resource additions and retirements, intra-day commercial optimization of assets using different market instruments, in an effort to identify business opportunities and quantify business risks. The Energy Markets & Systems Integrated Modeling Team maintains its independent view of North American wholesale power markets in its bi-annual Reference Case. Responsibilities of an Associate Director include, but are not limited to, the following: * Originating, closing, leading large and complex client engagements. * Managing staff and assisting in related business development efforts. * Tracking and analyzing energy market trends. * Translating clients' inquiries and challenges into actionable scopes of work. * Compiling reports, presentations, and other documents to communicate solutions, strategies, and analysis to clients. * Supporting the day-to-day management of client relationships. * Developing and using analytical models, programming, and simulations to forecast market prices, conduct research and development, and create tools to improve pro
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