Job Family: Power Systems Engineering Consulting
Travel Required: Up to 25% 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 a Managing Consultant
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 productivity and accuracy. Reviewing and approving model outputs via data collection, manipulation, and analyses, which may involve spreadsheet and database creation and management.
About the Role
On our team, you'll:
Be an expert in ISO/RTO markets across North America, at the crossroads of local energy pricing, capacity auctions, ancillary services, and shifts in load composition and demand response initiatives. Be intimately familiar with the economics, policies, and players driving renewables, battery storage development, green fuels, and new power generation technologies. Supervise simulations of the future dispatch of the power transmission grid using an economic dispatch model. Review the addition/retirement of diverse generating resources using a capacity expansion model across ISO/RTO markets. Be an expert in how energy players procure power, integrate renewables, and maintain grid reliability. Help develop our Reference Case while expanding our client base. Mentor junior consultants in expanding their individual know-how and business acumen on energy markets, business development, and client management skills.
Requirements
Must be a US Citizen or US Permanent Resident due to the nature of client engagements.
Nice to Have
Preference will be given to candidates within reasonable driving distance of a core Guidehouse Office or Client Office location.
What We Offer
Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.
About Guidehouse
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Salary Range
The annual salary range for this position is $130,000.00-$216,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience, and training, security clearances, licensure, and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.