Principal Analyst - Energy Market Analysis

Electric Power Engineers • Austin, TX

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About The Position

Electric Power Engineers (EPE) is seeking a seasoned Principal with a background in North American electricity markets. The role works closely with senior leadership to support the company’s growth strategy and provides subject matter expertise internally through coaching and staff development, as well as externally to clients. The Principal supports project delivery, organizes work, and manages client interactions.

The position leads and oversees energy market and transmission planning projects, serves as a technical lead and trusted advisor, interprets modeling results, and communicates findings and recommendations to clients and stakeholders. It also manages project delivery and client relationships, improves service offerings and analytical practices, contributes to business development, and mentors engineers and analysts. The role is based in the US, with occasional travel of 10% or less.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Economics, Energy Systems, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of experience in economic transmission planning, market analysis, resource planning, or system planning within a utility, ISO/RTO, or consulting environment.
• Strong experience with PROMOD or comparable production cost modeling tools, such as PLEXOS, EnCompass, or UPLAN.
• Working knowledge of power flow analysis tools such as PSS®E, TARA, PowerWorld, or equivalent platforms.
• Ability to serve as a technical lead and trusted advisor on complex utility planning and market analysis engagements.
• Experience developing study methodologies, defining analytical frameworks, and establishing quality assurance and quality control processes.
• Ability to mentor technical staff and build organizational capability through coaching, training, and knowledge sharing.
• Ability to manage multiple projects while balancing technical quality, schedule, budget, and client expectations.
• Experience supporting proposal development, scope definition, project budgeting, staffing plans, and level-of-effort estimation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree.
• Recognized expertise in one or more areas such as production cost modeling, resource adequacy, capacity expansion, transmission planning, or integrated system planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee projects involving production cost modeling, economic transmission planning, and transmission economic evaluations.
• Serve as the technical lead and subject matter expert for assigned service areas, guiding study methodologies, assumptions, scenarios, and analytical approaches.
• Interpret modeling results and translate technical findings into actionable insights, strategic recommendations, reports, and presentations for clients.
• Advise utilities, ISOs/RTOs, regulators, and other stakeholders on planning studies, stakeholder processes, and strategic decision-making.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, staffing, quality, and client expectations.
• Own and improve service offerings by advancing methodologies, workflows, QA/QC procedures, templates, automation tools, and best practices.
• Support proposal development, project scoping, level-of-effort estimates, technical marketing, thought leadership, and industry engagement.
• Build and maintain client relationships, identify opportunities to expand existing services, and support business growth.
• Collaborate across transmission planning, reliability, market analysis, and regulatory strategy to deliver integrated planning solutions.
• Mentor and develop engineers and analysts through technical leadership, coaching, training, and knowledge sharing.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits with 100% premium coverage for the employee.
• Generous paid time off.
• Paid holidays.
• MyShare Employee Ownership Program.
• 401(k) with up to a 4% match, 100% vested from day one.
• Opportunity to work with industry leaders.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior