Update (10/2/2014)
Director, Load Forecasting
Nearest Major Market: Houston
Nearest Major Market: Houston
The Analyst position is available again.Update (9/4/2014)
Both positions have been filled.I'm posting two jobs for NRG. Both positions are in the same team. One is the team leader role, while the other is an analyst role. Please contact Patricia via email if you are interested.
Director, Load Forecasting
Date: Jul 2,
2014
Location: Houston,
TX, US
Director, Load Forecasting
Details About this Career Opportunity:
Overview:
NRG is leading a customer-driven change in the U.S. energy industry by delivering cleaner and smarter energy choices, while building on the strength of the nation’s largest and most diverse competitive power portfolio. A Fortune 250 company, we create value through reliable and efficient conventional generation while driving innovation in solar and renewable power, electric vehicle ecosystems, carbon capture technology and customer-centric energy solutions. Our retail electricity providers serve almost 3 million residential and commercial customers throughout the country. More information is available at www.nrgenergy.com. Connect with NRG Energy on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @nrgenergy
This candidate is key interface responsible for NRG’s entire retail and wholesale load forecasting operations. The position will entail supporting all load forecasting activities for revenue generating, costing, trading, and supply organizations across multiple markets and focus on load impacting industry/market trends, driving work streams to incorporate these changes to reduce load and earnings variability.
Responsibilities:
- Design framework to identify, quantify forecast variance drivers and improve the overall accuracy of short and long-term forecasts.
- Implement new performance metric for quantifying economic impact of load variance.
- Manage the load forecast performance across multiple markets at the retail segment level, i.e. Residential, Small Business and Commercial/Industrial segments.
- Communication to Senior Management, Trading, and Supply Group of retail electric business drivers and market fundamentals, both macro and micro indicators. Develop and manage an integrated load forecasting support framework for current and future requirements of QSE Operations, Marketing, Costing, and Commercial Operations (Trading & Structured Deals).
- Database industry trends that could impact future load consumption. Conceptualize, Initiate and Drive projects to incorporate new trends/changes into load forecasting
- Provide continuous feedback that enables improvement lifecycle load forecasting, existing forecasting methodologies and/or development of new methodologies.
- Work with external entities like ERCOT, PJM to provide organization’s view on market matters that impact load forecasting.
- Implement new systems, tools, research to continuously improve load research and processing capabilities.
- Guide professional development of team members, ensuring they obtain necessary skills and capabilities to deliver committed outcomes.
- Develop acquisition, attrition and weather impact models.
Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four year college or university with major in quantitative discipline such as Engineering, Mathematics, Finance, Economics, or Statistics. Master’s degree preferred.
Experience: A minimum of 10 years experience; 5+ years in energy industry with a preference toward electricity; Strong - 5+ years of managerial experience. Load forecasting experience preferred. Mass markets retail electricity experience preferred.
Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Strong analytical skills
- Strong leadership skills capable of driving change across the organization
- Capable of building, growing, and mentoring a high performance team
- Ability to communicate and interact effectively at all levels of the organization
- Able to manage competing interests and drive to a resolution
- Ability to execute multiple projects at a high level of quality
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks while adapting to changing environment
- Excellent quantitative and analytical skills including framework and execution
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to synthesize analysis into recommendations and management presentations
- Performs well with ambiguity and incomplete data
- Strong knowledge of retail electric markets
- Operational to advanced knowledge of Excel is required.
- Personal computer proficiency with word processing, presentation software and database skills
Working Conditions:
- Fast-paced professional office environment.
- Occasional travel.
NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing.
EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability
Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant’s experience or skills.
Official description on file with Human Resources
Details About this Career Opportunity:
Overview:
NRG is leading a customer-driven change in the U.S. energy industry by delivering cleaner and smarter energy choices, while building on the strength of the nation’s largest and most diverse competitive power portfolio. A Fortune 250 company, we create value through reliable and efficient conventional generation while driving innovation in solar and renewable power, electric vehicle ecosystems, carbon capture technology and customer-centric energy solutions. Our retail electricity providers serve almost 3 million residential and commercial customers throughout the country. More information is available at www.nrgenergy.com. Connect with NRG Energy on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @nrgenergy
This candidate is key interface responsible for NRG’s entire retail and wholesale load forecasting operations. The position will entail supporting all load forecasting activities for revenue generating, costing, trading, and supply organizations across multiple markets and focus on load impacting industry/market trends, driving work streams to incorporate these changes to reduce load and earnings variability.
Responsibilities:
- Design framework to identify, quantify forecast variance drivers and improve the overall accuracy of short and long-term forecasts.
- Implement new performance metric for quantifying economic impact of load variance.
- Manage the load forecast performance across multiple markets at the retail segment level, i.e. Residential, Small Business and Commercial/Industrial segments.
- Communication to Senior Management, Trading, and Supply Group of retail electric business drivers and market fundamentals, both macro and micro indicators. Develop and manage an integrated load forecasting support framework for current and future requirements of QSE Operations, Marketing, Costing, and Commercial Operations (Trading & Structured Deals).
- Database industry trends that could impact future load consumption. Conceptualize, Initiate and Drive projects to incorporate new trends/changes into load forecasting
- Provide continuous feedback that enables improvement lifecycle load forecasting, existing forecasting methodologies and/or development of new methodologies.
- Work with external entities like ERCOT, PJM to provide organization’s view on market matters that impact load forecasting.
- Implement new systems, tools, research to continuously improve load research and processing capabilities.
- Guide professional development of team members, ensuring they obtain necessary skills and capabilities to deliver committed outcomes.
- Develop acquisition, attrition and weather impact models.
Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four year college or university with major in quantitative discipline such as Engineering, Mathematics, Finance, Economics, or Statistics. Master’s degree preferred.
Experience: A minimum of 10 years experience; 5+ years in energy industry with a preference toward electricity; Strong - 5+ years of managerial experience. Load forecasting experience preferred. Mass markets retail electricity experience preferred.
Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Strong analytical skills
- Strong leadership skills capable of driving change across the organization
- Capable of building, growing, and mentoring a high performance team
- Ability to communicate and interact effectively at all levels of the organization
- Able to manage competing interests and drive to a resolution
- Ability to execute multiple projects at a high level of quality
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks while adapting to changing environment
- Excellent quantitative and analytical skills including framework and execution
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to synthesize analysis into recommendations and management presentations
- Performs well with ambiguity and incomplete data
- Strong knowledge of retail electric markets
- Operational to advanced knowledge of Excel is required.
- Personal computer proficiency with word processing, presentation software and database skills
Working Conditions:
- Fast-paced professional office environment.
- Occasional travel.
NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing.
EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability
Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant’s experience or skills.
Official description on file with Human Resources
Nearest Major Market: Houston
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Date: Jul 8,
2014
Location: Houston,
TX, US
Load Forecast Analyst
Req ID: 2014-13564
Location Name: NRG Pavilions Corporate Office
Category: Risk Management
State/City: US-TX-Houston
Type: Full-Time Salary
# Openings: 1
Details About this Career Opportunity:
Overview:
NRG is leading a customer-driven change in the U.S. energy industry by delivering cleaner and smarter energy choices, while building on the strength of the nation’s largest and most diverse competitive power portfolio. A Fortune 500 company, we create value through reliable and efficient conventional generation while driving innovation in solar and renewable power, electric vehicle ecosystems, carbon capture technology and customer-centric energy solutions. Our retail electricity providers serve almost 3 million residential and commercial customers throughout the country. More information is available at www.nrgenergy.com. Connect with NRG Energy on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @nrgenergy
Summary:
This position is primarily responsible for maintaining / developing load forecasting models, and load variance reporting. Excellent communication skills, statistical skills and advanced knowledge of SAS, R, Stata or similar software package is preferred.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Develop new load forecast models for residential, and mid market segments
- Accountable for the accuracy of the load forecasting models
- Calculate hindsight metrics of forecast performance
- Understand the factors that influence the load across different customer segments
- Make recommendations to improve overall forecasting capabilities
- Interface with various databases to gather needed information for appropriate functions as well as interfacing with personnel who maintain these various systems
- Other work assignments as assigned
Qualifications:
Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering or related field required. Masters degree preferred.
Experience:
- Minimum 2 years of work experience in load forecasting/modeling
- Minimum 2 years of data mining, data extraction and data analysis required; SAS, SQL or ORACLE experience
- Good understanding of deregulated retail electricity markets is required
- Excellent modeling skills, detail oriented and able to produce accurate work products. Demonstrate ability to work with and analyze large volumes of data from several databases
- Good Analytical skills using Excel pivot tables, graphs, macros, array formulae, VBA preferred
- Experience with time series modeling of electric load
Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA's):
- Advanced analytical/quantitative skills to conduct forecast variance analysis
- A high degree of initiative and capability to work independently and cross-functionally is a required aspect of this job as well as strong interpersonal communication skills
- Must be able to anticipate and stay ahead of business decisions; follow-through is critical
- Must be a proven self-starter - High integrity, energy, enthusiasm, and tenacity
- Highly motivated, exhibiting a strong attention to detail
- Superior attention to detail in analytical assessments; thrives on developing and maintaining high quality reports and assessments and considers effects of decision in upstream or downstream information flows
- Demonstrates ability and desire to master integration of model results and load forecasting data/metrics
- Highly motivated, exhibiting a strong attention to detail
- Must manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously and effectively in fast-paced, pressure environment with ability to adapt quickly to new and/or changing situations without compromising integrity or quality of initiative
- Collaborative approach to issues and problems
Working Conditions:
- Fast-paced professional office environment
NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing.
EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability
Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant’s experience or skills.
Official description on file with Human Resources.
J2W:CB1
Req ID: 2014-13564
Location Name: NRG Pavilions Corporate Office
Category: Risk Management
State/City: US-TX-Houston
Type: Full-Time Salary
# Openings: 1
Details About this Career Opportunity:
Overview:
NRG is leading a customer-driven change in the U.S. energy industry by delivering cleaner and smarter energy choices, while building on the strength of the nation’s largest and most diverse competitive power portfolio. A Fortune 500 company, we create value through reliable and efficient conventional generation while driving innovation in solar and renewable power, electric vehicle ecosystems, carbon capture technology and customer-centric energy solutions. Our retail electricity providers serve almost 3 million residential and commercial customers throughout the country. More information is available at www.nrgenergy.com. Connect with NRG Energy on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @nrgenergy
Summary:
This position is primarily responsible for maintaining / developing load forecasting models, and load variance reporting. Excellent communication skills, statistical skills and advanced knowledge of SAS, R, Stata or similar software package is preferred.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Develop new load forecast models for residential, and mid market segments
- Accountable for the accuracy of the load forecasting models
- Calculate hindsight metrics of forecast performance
- Understand the factors that influence the load across different customer segments
- Make recommendations to improve overall forecasting capabilities
- Interface with various databases to gather needed information for appropriate functions as well as interfacing with personnel who maintain these various systems
- Other work assignments as assigned
Qualifications:
Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering or related field required. Masters degree preferred.
Experience:
- Minimum 2 years of work experience in load forecasting/modeling
- Minimum 2 years of data mining, data extraction and data analysis required; SAS, SQL or ORACLE experience
- Good understanding of deregulated retail electricity markets is required
- Excellent modeling skills, detail oriented and able to produce accurate work products. Demonstrate ability to work with and analyze large volumes of data from several databases
- Good Analytical skills using Excel pivot tables, graphs, macros, array formulae, VBA preferred
- Experience with time series modeling of electric load
Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA's):
- Advanced analytical/quantitative skills to conduct forecast variance analysis
- A high degree of initiative and capability to work independently and cross-functionally is a required aspect of this job as well as strong interpersonal communication skills
- Must be able to anticipate and stay ahead of business decisions; follow-through is critical
- Must be a proven self-starter - High integrity, energy, enthusiasm, and tenacity
- Highly motivated, exhibiting a strong attention to detail
- Superior attention to detail in analytical assessments; thrives on developing and maintaining high quality reports and assessments and considers effects of decision in upstream or downstream information flows
- Demonstrates ability and desire to master integration of model results and load forecasting data/metrics
- Highly motivated, exhibiting a strong attention to detail
- Must manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously and effectively in fast-paced, pressure environment with ability to adapt quickly to new and/or changing situations without compromising integrity or quality of initiative
- Collaborative approach to issues and problems
Working Conditions:
- Fast-paced professional office environment
NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing.
EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability
Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant’s experience or skills.
Official description on file with Human Resources.
J2W:CB1
Nearest Major Market: Houston
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