Network Forecasting Lead - Remote & Flexible Benefits

WEL Networks; Hamilton; Hybrid; NZD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Flexible working options

Relocation support

Salary reviews

Job summary

WEL Networks is seeking a forecasting specialist in Hamilton to lead development and improvement of our network forecasting capability. You will create scenario modelling to give clear views of future network capacity, including constraints, timing and key drivers.

You will inform Asset Management Plan inputs, investment planning and future network development priorities, collaborating with multiple teams to enhance forecasting tools and outputs.

Qualifications

• Forecasting capability development and maintenance.
• Experience with scenario modelling and analysing complex datasets.
• Ability to translate modelling outputs into clear business insights.
• Comfort communicating technical outputs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve distribution future energy scenarios reflecting growth, electrification, DER uptake and changing customer behaviour.
• Translate complex data and scenario modelling into practical network capacity, headroom and constraint forecasts.
• Integrate network, customer, DER, smart meter, weather, spatial and operational data into forecasting models.
• Document assumptions, manage uncertainty and ensure forecasts are repeatable, auditable and trusted.
• Monitor forecast accuracy and use insights to improve models, assumptions and methodology.
• Collaborate with planning, asset management, digital, data, operations and stakeholder teams to enhance forecasting tools and reporting outputs.

Skills

Forecasting

Scenario modelling

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Education

Tertiary qualification in engineering / data science / statistics / economics / mathematics / energy / technology / planning or related discipline

Job description

WEL Networks is seeking a forecasting specialist in Hamilton to lead development and improvement of our network forecasting capability. You will create scenario modelling to give clear views of future network capacity, including constraints, timing and key drivers.

You will inform Asset Management Plan inputs, investment planning and future network development priorities, collaborating with multiple teams to enhance forecasting tools and outputs.