Energy Analytics Supervisor Jobs

Position Summary

The Energy Analytics Supervisor supports NBU's wholesale power supply operations, portfolio management, and commodity risk management functions. Quantitative skill, knowledge of statistical analysis and attention to detail is imperative for this role. The Energy Analytics Supervisor should have an understanding of the ERCOT energy market and will be responsible for backing up the Power Supply Manager in the ongoing development and maintenance of NBU's power supply program.

Specific job functions include: analytic data modeling, economic analysis and financial valuation of NBU's electricity requirements, renewable resource generation, and wholesale energy and congestion market prices. Additionally, this position will be responsible for recommending hedging strategies that align with NBU's overarching program goals, participating in ERCOT CRR auctions, and recording transactions into NBU's trade risk management system.

The ability to make sound decisions during high stress situations and successfully meet deadlines is an essential skill set for this role. Prior experience in energy markets, regression forecast models, electric power generation, or economic decision-making preferred but not required.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

SUPERVISORY FUNCTIONS

•Support and mentor Energy and Congestion Analytics staff

•Responsible for completing performance reviews, counseling, performance improvement plans and recommending disciplinary action for direct reports

•Prepares staff schedules, approve & monitor leave requests to ensure adequate coverage, backs up duties when needed

•Manage Energy Analytics staff to produce accurate and timely products and reports

•Assists staff with escalated issues or special projects as needed

•Promote open communication with direct reports to enhance teamwork

•Promote support and participation in meeting NBU Performance Measure goals

•Recommend and implement approved policies/procedures

•Ensure personnel are safety conscious and adhere to NBU safety guidelines and practices at all times and in all situations

•Attend supervisor meetings and report appropriate information to direct reports

•Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.

•Possess ability to use higher level cognitive skills required to plan, organize, and strategize

•Public speaking skills to address team, Board, and public if required

POWER SUPPLY FUNCTIONS

•Serving as a back-up trader for the Power Supply Manager.

•Developing and maintaining analytic models and databases to assist in portfolio planning and economic decision making such as: creating load forecasts, analyzing wholesale power prices, estimating resource operations, analyzing market congestion and CRR procurement and valuing current and future hedge positions.

•Evaluating purchase opportunities for energy and congestion portfolio optimization and recommending strategies that align with NBU's power supply program goals and policies.

•Sharing responsibility for daily processes including but not limited to short-term position analysis and participation in ERCOT's Day-Ahead Market.

•Identifying and interpreting data trends and patterns to inform decision making.

•Analyzing historical market prices, energy market outlooks, financial reports, and legal documents.

•Preparing reports, presentations, and memorandums that effectively communicate market outlooks, data trends, patterns, and predictions to senior leadership.

•Adhering to appropriate deadlines for submitting, scheduling, and confirming accuracy of wholesale energy and congestion transactions and settlements.

•Performing duties related to confirmation of accurate data and transaction information flowing into analytical models and portfolio trade risk management systems.

•Supporting data management for developing, storing, maintaining, and distributing data sets related to load, weather, resource generation, historic/forward market price curves, congestion, and market settlements.

•Recommending new data sources and reporting, as necessary.

•Continuous development and understanding of the energy market and electric grid.

•Undertaking research to identify relevant energy market changes and determining potential impacts to NBU's Power Supply program, as necessary.

•Monitoring and participating in relevant regulatory activities, stakeholder working groups and other related energy market activities, as necessary.

•Defining and implementing effective operations, processes, and documentation of procedural work flows to support ongoing business activities.

•Working in concert department personnel and managers in the implementation of work flow and business processes.

•Working in high pressure situations while successfully handling multiple demands under tight time constraints.

•Back-up Congestion Analyst as needed

•Other duties as assigned.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

•Maintain regular attendance; leave schedule should be managed so as to not interfere with ability to accomplish tasks, including special projects and assignments with deadlines

•Adhere to NBU safety guidelines and practices at all times and in all situations

•Maintain a clean and safe work area, office, field site, and vehicle as applicable

•Develop & maintain effective customer service skills for communications with co-workers, customers, and the public in general

•Maintain strict confidentiality of business, employee, and customer information in written and oral communications and safeguard sensitive documents

•Adhere to NBU policies and procedures

•Exemplifies NBU Core Values of Safety, Integrity, Team, Culture and Stewardship

•Participate in and support initiatives to reach annual NBU Performance Measures

Formal Education and Work Experience Requirements

Degree/Diploma Obtained: Bachelors

Work Experience Time Frame: Three Years or More

Field of Study: Economics

Other: Other degrees in related field: Finance, Statistics, Energy Markets, etc. - 5 Years of relevant experience may substitute for degree requirement

Other Minimum Qualifications

· Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel required

· Demonstrated experience working with large datasets

· Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

· Understanding of business processes and work flows

· Proficiency with numbers, attention to detail and a solution-oriented mindset is essential