Resource Planning Engineer II-III

Arizona G&T Cooperatives • Benson, AZ

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About The Position

The Resource Planning Engineer works within Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (AEPCO)’s Resource Planning and Analytics area, which is responsible for short- and long-term strategic planning of existing and future power supply resources. The role works with leadership to plan for AEPCO, its Cooperative Members, and electric-industry partners in areas including load growth and power supply, while considering relevant regulatory, environmental, and economic issues affecting power supply portfolios.

The position performs technical and engineering-oriented analysis of resource energy production costs, forecasted electric demand, resource dispatch and unit commitment plans, power supply acquisition, transmission rights, fuel supply, and energy management strategies. Work is highly analytical and includes data analysis, modeling, and reporting across load forecasting, production cost modeling and financial planning, power supply contracts and options, capacity and energy planning, energy and natural gas market forecasting, and other departmental and customer-service needs.

The role models and evaluates power supply options in the context of the AEPCO system; supports dispatch and hedging strategies; contributes to resource planning and regulatory filings; analyzes energy, generation, and transmission strategies; and supports financial forecasts, loan applications, load forecasting, power cost studies, and strategic projects. The posting identifies an Engineer II level with a minimum of three years of related utility experience; it does not specify a separate experience threshold for Engineer III.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Economics, Mathematics, or another technical field.
• Strong understanding of the power industry and generation operations.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing and to work in teams.
• Experience with complex mathematical programming in Excel, VBA, Matlab, R Suite, or similar tools.
• Ability to work independently, with a high degree of deductive reasoning, creativity, and problem-solving ability.
• Experience in technical writing, preferably involving utility-related products such as Integrated Resource Plans, hedging plans, or regulatory compliance reporting.
• For Engineer II: at least 3 years of related utility experience.
• Equivalent combinations of related education, training, and/or experience may be substituted for the listed requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in generation resource planning.
• Experience in electric load forecasting.
• Experience in power supply operations and analysis.
• Experience in production cost or resource capacity expansion modeling.
• Experience in transmission rights and analysis.
• Experience in electric utility regulatory affairs and strategy.
• Experience in utility finance and ratemaking.
• Experience in energy marketing and trading.
• Experience interacting with an Independent System Operator (ISO) or Energy Imbalance Market (EIM).

Responsibilities

• Model and investigate power supply options and opportunities for the AEPCO system, including generation financing, transmission deliverability, regulatory and environmental requirements, fuel supply, and resource dispatch and operations.
• Work with AEPCO Energy Services and ACES Power Marketing to design, analyze, and implement generation dispatch parameters and hedging strategies, including physical and financial gas and power purchases.
• Create and support development of Integrated Resource Planning filings and other regulatory data filings for the Arizona Corporation Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and California ISO.
• Analyze and recommend energy, generation, and transmission strategies for AEPCO’s cooperative distribution Members, both individually and for the AEPCO system as a whole.
• Support financial forecast creation, loan application requirements, load forecasting, load-versus-resource comparisons, and power cost studies, including associated documentation, analyses, and reporting.
• Support and manage projects and analyses of strategic importance to the Cooperatives’ generation portfolio.
• Recommend optimal operating strategies or generation plans.
• Perform analytical modeling and reporting, including load forecasting, production cost modeling, financial planning, modeling power supply contracts and options, spreadsheet analysis, capacity and energy planning, and energy and natural gas market forecasting.
• Handle administrative, data, information, filing, and other requests, as well as customer-service functions, as needed for departmental success.

What This Job Offers

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