Energy Risk Quant: Power & Gas Analytics

Executive Search Partners Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Executive Search Partners Inc. is recruiting for a Quantitative Risk Analyst in Houston to advance modeling and risk analytics for power and natural gas portfolios.

The role collaborates with Commercial Operations, Risk Management, and Finance to deliver actionable insights for fuel strategy, dispatch optimization, liquidity management, and project evaluation. We seek 2–6 years in energy modeling or quantitative valuation, with familiarity in PJM/ERCOT/ISO markets and proficiency in MATLAB, R,

Qualifications

• 2–6 years in energy modeling, risk analytics, or quantitative valuation.
• Understanding of power and natural gas markets (heat rates, dispatch, basis/transport).
• Ability to apply and explain stochastic or probabilistic methods.
• Experience with market data from ISOs, pipelines, and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Analyze price volatility, correlation structures, and margin drivers across fuels and power markets.
• Model plant-level earnings and variable margin at risk using deterministic and probabilistic methods.
• Run deterministic cases, sensitivities, scenario analyses, and stress tests.
• Document methods and ensure model reproducibility.

Skills

Energy modeling

Risk analytics

Quantitative valuation

Stochastic methods

PJM/ERCOT/ISO markets

Tools

MATLAB

R

@Risk

CQuant

Job description

Executive Search Partners Inc. is recruiting for a Quantitative Risk Analyst in Houston to advance modeling and risk analytics for power and natural gas portfolios.

The role collaborates with Commercial Operations, Risk Management, and Finance to deliver actionable insights for fuel strategy, dispatch optimization, liquidity management, and project evaluation. We seek 2–6 years in energy modeling or quantitative valuation, with familiarity in PJM/ERCOT/ISO markets and proficiency in MATLAB, R,