Power Market and Technical Diligence Analyst

Huntington National Bank•Cincinnati, OH

3d•$93,000 - $208,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Power Market and Technical Diligence Analyst supports Huntington’s Project Finance & Infrastructure (PFI) team as part of its Technical Diligence and Asset Management team. The role provides technical, operational, commercial, and market analysis for renewable energy debt and tax equity financing; financing in conventional power generation, midstream energy, public-private partnerships, and electrical transmission; and monitoring the operations of financed projects. Projects may include solar, battery storage, wind, geothermal, natural gas power generation, LNG facilities, midstream facilities, and P3 projects. The analyst performs technical due diligence, evaluates project risks and opportunities, assesses power markets, and supports investment decisions across energy infrastructure assets. The work includes quantitative, economic, and technical market analysis; review of project designs, technologies, production, construction, operations, maintenance, contracts, environmental factors, and useful life; support for financing negotiations and scenario development; and ongoing monitoring of portfolio project performance. The role requires experience with solar, wind, and natural gas projects, including their contracts, construction, production modeling, operations, and independent engineers. The position may be located at any Huntington corporate location. The listed workplace type is Office; specific work arrangements are provided by the hiring team.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Economics, Energy Systems, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field.
At least 5 years of experience in renewable energy, conventional power generation, energy infrastructure, energy consulting, or power market analysis.
Knowledge of power markets, generation dispatch, congestion management, basis risk, and curtailment dynamics.
Experience evaluating conventional and renewable energy projects, LNG facilities, midstream infrastructure, transmission projects, and/or P3 projects.
Experience analyzing independent engineer and market consultant reports.
Experience developing and interpreting power market simulations and dispatch models.
Knowledge of asset valuation, project finance, due diligence, and investment analysis.
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Strong organizational and project management skills.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to explain complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively independently and within multidisciplinary teams.
Strong attention to detail, initiative, and commitment to client service.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Engineering, Energy Systems, Economics, or a related discipline.
Advanced quantitative and analytical modeling skills.
Understanding of U.S. wholesale power markets, market design, transmission systems, resource adequacy, and generation economics.
Experience with power market simulation and forecasting tools such as PROMOD®, PLEXOS®, Aurora®, PSLF®, or similar platforms.
Experience conducting basis, congestion, and SCED analysis, congestion studies, capacity market assessments, and price curve development.
Intellectual curiosity and desire to continuously learn about energy markets and emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

Perform quantitative, economic, and technical analyses of U.S. power markets using commercial market models, proprietary tools, and large datasets.
Analyze third-party market consultant assumptions and forecasts, including Security-Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED) studies and simulations.
Conduct nodal and basis risk analyses and congestion and curtailment assessments.
Perform scenario and sensitivity analyses for changes in fuel prices, load forecasts, generation buildouts, transmission upgrades, policy, and capacity market conditions.
Develop independent market views to support investment recommendations.
Assess project feasibility and technical risks, including project design, technologies, energy production, construction, operations and maintenance, contracts, environmental factors, and estimated useful life.
Provide commercially reasonable solutions to technical and market-related challenges.
Assist with negotiating financing agreements from technical, operational, and market-risk perspectives.
Support development of downside, upside, and stress-case scenarios.
Manage relationships with independent engineers, market consultants, technical advisors, and industry experts.
Monitor financed projects across renewable, conventional, LNG, midstream, transmission, and infrastructure sectors, evaluating operational performance against underwriting assumptions.
Maintain technical, operational, and market performance databases.
Monitor and report on production, availability, outages, congestion, basis exposure, curtailment, and market revenues.
Participate in regular client meetings about project operations and performance.