Senior Production Cost Modeling Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Utah.

📋 Description

• Lead, propose, and carry out WECC/NERC reliability assessments in response to emerging trends and issues, utilizing commercially available modeling and analysis software.

• Implement deterministic, probabilistic, or alternative model types to facilitate adequacy studies and other reliability evaluations.

• Offer technical leadership and collaborate with national laboratories, regulators, governmental agencies, NGOs, academic institutions, and various industry groups.

• Recognize the necessity for and assist in the creation of new software tools and processes aimed at evaluating data and power system reliability.

• Present information clearly and succinctly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Provide support and technical leadership to WECC and NERC committees, task forces, and working groups.

• Engage with stakeholders to pinpoint and evaluate reliability challenges over short- and long-term horizons.

• Supply technical expertise and assistance for standards development, oversight, event analysis, and situational awareness.

• Collaborate with colleagues in the ERO Enterprise to plan reliability assessments, extract lessons learned, and implement best practices.

• Mentor engineers and analysts while identifying opportunities for involvement in industry initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics, economics, or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.

• An advanced degree in engineering, statistics, economics, or business administration is preferred.

• A minimum of eight years of experience in production cost modeling, resource adequacy modeling, resource planning, or capacity expansion modeling.

• Proven history of identifying emerging reliability risks and leading related analyses.

• Extensive experience with production cost or resource adequacy tools such as Astrape SERVM, Energy Exemplar Plexos, ABB GridView, and GE MARS.

• A track record of conducting assessments and creating technical reports.

• Strong comprehension of reliability risks affecting the Bulk Power System.

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate with stakeholders and member groups having diverse interests.

• Demonstrated decision-making and problem-solving abilities.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.

• High levels of self-motivation, initiative, intellectual curiosity, and accountability.

• A desire to take on a leadership role and share expertise with staff and other departments at WECC.

🏝️ Benefits

• Discretionary pay

• Medical insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Life insurance

• Health reimbursement accounts

• Flexible spending accounts

• 401(k) plan

• Generous paid personal time

• Remote-eligible work arrangement

• Professional and industry initiative opportunities