Energy Innovation Analyst

We want you to grow. We want you to learn. We want you to expand with us

Location: Denver, CO

Excellence Through People! Take your engineering career to the next level by working with energetic, talented, and forward-thinking colleagues and clients who invest in the collective good, take a balanced approach to sustainable solutions, are flexible to the realities of complex changes, and provide genuine effort to do the right by others.

Who We Are:

Power System Engineering (PSE) is an electrical energy expert that provides relationship-driven engineering and consulting services for forward-thinking partners who pursue long-term energy solutions. Check out our website at: www.powersystem.org

Our Point of View:

- People We foster strong relationships with our clients, colleagues, and community through integrity and our spirit of teamwork to further our collective well-being, safety, and success.

- Problem-Solving We thrive on the unique challenges that stretch our skills and expertise, where we can turn complex challenges into opportunities for collaborative achievements.

- Progress We create safe spaces for experimentation, treating each relationship and project as an opportunity to positively shape the culture and collective advancement.

What We Are Looking For:

PSE is seeking an analyst to provide analysis and consulting services to PSE clients for various economic and financial engagements. This role works closely with senior staff and project teams, mainly focused on assisting in developing demand-side management programs and assessing the feasibility of solar and battery projects. This role may also be involved in developing utility pricing and cost allocation studies and other economic and financial analyses. Clients vary but are generally Generation and Transmission cooperatives and Distribution cooperatives.

The position requires a desire and ability to grow in critical thinking skills while producing reliable and accurate analysis that helps provide consulting solutions to a variety of “challenges” brought to us by our clients. A successful candidate must excel in time management and be able to efficiently manage multiple assignments to meet project and team schedules and budget commitments. PSE focuses on achieving high levels of client satisfaction; therefore, candidates must have a desire to exceed client expectations and be proficient and willing to advance in areas of client communications and relationship capabilities.

What You Will Be Doing:

- Core Values: Embrace, uphold, and live out PSE’s core values around People, Problem-Solving, and Progress

- Participate in the completion of various economic, financial, and business studies in a project team environment.

- Create cost-benefit models to assess the development of new demand side management (energy efficiency or demand response) programs or to evaluate the cost effectiveness of existing programs.

- Build economic feasibility models to assess the financial viability for solar, battery, or hybrid projects for clients with various goals.

- Help prepare cost allocation studies to assess and design utility wholesale and retail rates for various services provided.

- Prepare a comparison of utility rates between a variety of utilities for various types of electrical uses.

- Assist in preparing analyses and exhibits as needed to support expert testimony for filings.

- Process, clean, analyze, and summarize large datasets to identify trends, benefit streams, and cost streams in the development of models.

- Assist in developing and promoting service offerings around innovative rates, pricing programs, customer segmentation, operational improvements, etc. Such services are expected to require the use and development of skills related to; data processing, measurement and verification of impacts, short-term and long-term forecasting, modeling/predicting participation, pattern recognition and machine learning, survey design and administration, and related skills.

- Managing and documenting progress on assigned tasks, deadlines, and budgets for multiple projects simultaneously.

- Gathering, processing, and visualization of substantial amounts of data in Microsoft Excel, R and/or RStudio, Python, and Microsoft PowerBI.

- Possess the ability to work as a team and independently

What You Will Need:

Education and Experience

- A bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, or mathematics is strongly preferred.

- 2 – 8 years of related experience in consulting and/or a utility industry.

Knowledge and Skills

- Possess strong organizational skills needed to participate in multiple project teams simultaneously while completing tasks on time, on target, and within budget.

- Possess the ability and drive to produce excellent work products, analyze and learn new concepts, develop skills, and be a strong team player.

- Value client relationships.

- Possess integrity, honesty, accountability, and strong moral principles.

- Must have a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

- Experience with R, RStudio, and Python is a plus.

- Ability to work with large data file sets and manipulate them into workable formats

- Basic knowledge of electric utility systems and an interest in data analytics are a plus.

- General experience in the utility sector or experience with utility rates or distributed energy resources is a plus.

Compensation & Benefits:

- Salary Range: $78,167 - $99,719 annually.

This salary range reflects the anticipated base salary for two minimum relevant years of experience to eight maximum relevant years of experience. The successful candidate will be placed at a level that is commensurate with the candidate's relevant years of experience, education, and technical expertise.

- Discretionary annual performance-based profit-sharing bonus

- Cell phone reimbursement

- 401(k) retirement plan and employer safe harbor contribution

- Comprehensive health, health savings account (HSA), dental, vision, flexible spending account (FSA) & dependent care reimbursement account

- Life insurance, short & long-term disability, and other voluntary coverages

- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

- Paid time off, including holidays and volunteer time off (VTO) to serve our communities.

- Professional development opportunities and educational assistance

PSE is an equal opportunity employer that encourages all its employees to grow, learn, and expand their roles in ways they can be creative and best accomplish the client’s needs. We assess qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

Disclaimer:

We are committed to fairness and transparency in our hiring process. Compensation may be adjusted based on the candidate’s experience, education, qualifications, market conditions, and internal equity.

PSE

People. Problem-solving. Progress