Senior Analyst - Market Fundamentals

Apply locations: United States Of America, Massachusetts, Boston

Posted on: 7 Days Ago

Time left to apply: End Date: March 31, 2025 (24 days left to apply)

Job Requisition ID: R-15074

The base salary for this position is depending upon experience and location:

Location: Boston, MA

Salary range: $108,664.00 to $135,830.00

Avangrid Renewables is seeking an experienced nodal market analyst to join the Fundamentals group. The successful candidate will work on highly technical, quantitative, and analytical initiatives and projects including, but not limited to, powerflow analysis, market simulation, locational marginal price (LMP) analysis, renewable integration studies, and evaluation of the impact of market rule changes on these forecasts and analyses in the Eastern Interconnect and ERCOT regions. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of nodal market operations in one or both of these regions, powerflow analysis experience, and experience with or desire to learn power markets.

Responsibilities

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (power system emphasis desired), Mathematics or related quantitative field with strong preference given to candidates with solid educational background in power systems analysis or equivalent combination of education and relevant industry experience.
• 5 years of experience in transmission and market simulation modeling or equivalent experience; (the company may consider candidates with less experience at a lower level).
• Deep understanding of transmission system and power flow fundamentals, LMP formation, and relevant sensitivities.
• Demonstrated experience with ISO market operations with respect to LMP modeling and working with optimization models, including detailed knowledge of optimization and quantitative methods and data underlying market simulations, powerflow, contingency and congestion analysis, unit commitment and economic dispatch.
• Proficiency in PowerWorld Simulator or other loadflow analysis tools.
• Proficiency in use of Excel for analysis and other Microsoft office tools.
• Demonstrated understanding of the ERCOT, PJM, NE-ISO, MISO or NYISO market design, operations, and price formation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both business and technical personnel at all organizational levels.
• Must demonstrate effective resource and project planning, decision making, results delivery, team building, and the ability to stay current with relevant technology and innovations and market rule changes that impact job responsibilities.
• Ability to acquire FERC Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII) clearance and safeguard critical information appropriately.
• Ability to work independently or with a team and communicate with people from a wide variety of backgrounds.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with power market price forecasting and simulations using constrained economic dispatch models such as Aurora.xmp or similar.
• Extensive knowledge of power market simulation/optimization models and/or transmission systems analysis tools and data sources.

All offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a medical Fit for Duty exam (only if applicable to job requirements), background check, references, drug screen, verification of legal right to work in the U.S., and in some cases, a credit check.

Avangrid Renewables is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, status as an individual with a disability, or any other status or class protected by federal or state law.

Company: AVANGRID RENEWABLES, LLC

Mobility Information: Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.

AVANGRID’s employment practices and policies are geared to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture.

Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties.

Job Posting End Date: March-31-2025