Senior Consultant - Energy Markets

Job Family:Power Systems Engineering ConsultingTravel Required:Up to 25%Clearance Required:NoneWhat 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 also assists utilities and large load companies in optimizing their long-term power supply strategies.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 Senior Consultant include, but are not limited to, the following:Supporting large and complex client engagements.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.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.On our team you’ll:Develop expertise 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 initiativesBe 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.Understand how energy players procure power, integrate renewables, and maintain grid reliability.Help develop our Reference Case while expanding our client base.What You Will Need:Must be a US Citizen or US Permanent Resident due to nature of client engagements.Bachelor’s degree in a business, economics, energy finance, or engineering discipline AND three (3+) 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 two (2+) 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.What Would Be Nice To Have:Preference will be given to 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.#LI-RE1The annual salary range for this position is $89,000.00-$148,000.00. 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.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.Benefits include:Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision InsurancePersonal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid HolidaysPosition may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonusParental Leave and Adoption Assistance401(k) Retirement PlanBasic Life & Supplemental LifeHealth Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending AccountsShort-Term & Long-Term DisabilityStudent Loan PayDownTuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning OpportunitiesSkills Development & CertificationsEmployee Referral ProgramCorporate Sponsored Events & Community OutreachEmergency Back-Up Childcare ProgramMobility StipendAbout GuidehouseGuidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at or via email at All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.All communication regarding recruitment for a Guidehouse position will be sent from Guidehouse email domains including @guidehouse.com or Correspondence received by an applicant from any other domain should be considered unauthorized and will not be honored by Guidehouse. 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All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.SummaryLocation: US - TX, Austin; US - IL, Chicago; US - NY, New York; US - Remote (Any location); US - VA, Arlington; US - MA, BostonType: Full time Guidehouse