Sr Resource Modeling Analyst WL

NextEra Energy • Juno Beach, FL

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About The Position

NextEra Analytics offers energy consulting services using industry-leading scientific analysis for planning, siting, forecasting and optimizing all forms of energy projects. Our optimization and analytics platforms integrate open-source technologies to leverage massive, diverse sets of utility operating data. This enables rapid development of operational solutions. Applying expertise in advanced mathematics, data and physical sciences, we solve some of the hardest problems facing the energy industry. The Portfolio Design Optimization team is currently seeking an Analyst to contribute to the design and development of new energy centers. In this role, your primary responsibilities will be to work among multi-disciplinary project teams to evaluate novel project designs, collect and integrate customer feedback into project proposals, and identify strategic opportunities to maximize project value and outcomes while communicating these results and recommendations to upper management in support of investment decisions. This position offers high-visibility opportunities through cross-collaboration with internal stakeholders on both short- and long-term process improvements and new product development. The ideal candidate will have excellent analytical problem-solving skills, strong commercial acumen, demonstrated strategic decision-making skills and the drive to grow professionally.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ years of experience

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree
• Significant experience with AI modeling techniques

Responsibilities

• Reviews on-site meteorological data from various sensing devices
• Sets up, monitors and analyzes numerical weather models (both meso- and micro-scale) to accurately understand the long-term energy resource across a given area
• Sets up and executes in-house software and prediction tools to translate the long-term resource into energy production optimizations for a wide variety of equipment configurations
• Performs geospatial analysis using ArcGIS software and other industry-standard tools to identify locations with maximum energy output and minimal impact to local land use
• Collects and filters operational data
• Reviews electrical and structural drawings of commercial and/or utility scale wind and/or solar farms
• Analyzes system energy loss due to wiring, transformers, soiling, snow etc.
• Diagnoses operating assets for plant optimization
• Provides investment due diligence and financing support
• Designs AI-driven models for energy modeling
• Incorporates AI tools for improved operational and design risk analysis
• Applies technical knowledge in support of new AI-based product development and problem solving
• Provides site intelligence and field services, including construction screening, on-site instrumentation audits and shading analyses
• Provides meteorological instrumentation and siting recommendations
• Prepares written reports and presentations for both internal and external customers
• Travels to project sites to collect data, assists in permitting and community outreach, and participates in industry conferences; travel expectancy is between 5% and 25% of time
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Utilities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree