Forecasting Solutions Analyst II

ENGIE Group; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 34,000 - 49,000; Part time

Job summary

ENGIE North America is seeking a Forecasting Solutions Analyst in Houston, TX, to mitigate risks from retail electric customer load and extract insights from market data. The role supports pre-deal activities, load data acquisition, QA, analysis, forecasting, and SME guidance to pricing and sales teams.

Qualifications include a bachelor’s degree, energy industry experience, strong analytics, and proficiency with Excel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Minimum two years of energy industry experience.
• Ability to deliver time-sensitive work products for internal stakeholders.
• Ability to respond promptly to dynamic requirements from internal stakeholders.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and stakeholder expectations.
• Strong analytical and statistical skills.
• Understanding of energy market fundamentals and deregulated market design preferred.
• Experience handling large quantities of electric usage data preferred.
• Ability to analyze customer account and historical usage data for forecasting, pricing, and contracting.
• Ability to work with utilities and internal stakeholders to meet deadlines and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Mitigate ENGIE’s risks from retail electric customer load and derive insights from market data.
• Support pre-deal activities including data acquisition, quality assurance, analysis, and forecasting.
• Support load data processing with SLAs and standards.
• Improve forecasts by optimizing data processes and platforms.
• Develop understanding of the assigned market and internal platforms used by the team.
• Procure historical load data and utility attributes and improve data acquisition through automation.
• Set up and process data using validation and estimation tools.
• Review deals for accuracy based on guidelines and standards.
• Support creation and maintenance of internal documentation.
• Support post-deal maintenance of customer attributes and load data.
• Support development, testing, and execution of platform, system, and process testing.

Skills

Data analysis

Time management

Problem solving

Communication

Stakeholder management

Load forecasting

MS Excel

Data manipulation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Oracle

Python

Job description

Your employment will be held by a third-party company of ENGIE’s choosing. Any offered contract role will not constitute an offer for nor guarantee of future employment with ENGIE.

Duration:

• One Year

Compensation:

• Pay Rate: $30.00/hr

Location:

• Houston, TX

What You Can Expect

The Forecasting Solutions Analyst’s primary responsibility is mitigate ENGIE’s risks deriving from retail electric customer load, and identify insights from market and customer data. The analyst will support pre-deal activities including load data acquisition, quality assurance, analysis, forecasting, and providing subject matter expertise to the C&I Pricing and Sales teams. The candidate should be able to understand and manipulate load data and quantify and explain its relationship with the customer, premises, weather and other market dynamics. Preference will be given to solutions-oriented candidates who thoroughly understand deregulated electric market load data fundamentals and can identify, create, and deliver improvements to pre-deal load forecasting processes and platforms.

• Support the pre-deal load data processing queue for assigned markets consistent with established service level agreements, guidelines, and standards.
• Support improving the customer experience by delivering the cleanest, most efficient, most accurate forecasts possible through optimization, harmonization, synchronization of our processes and platforms.
• Develop a thorough understanding of the assigned market, internal and external platforms used by the team, and the impact of the analyst’s work product on stakeholders and company performance.
• Procure historical load data and utility account attributes (e.g., service point location, profile class, rate class and meter type), and assist with maintenance and improvement of data acquisition through automation.
• Set up, evaluate, and process account and usage data using existing validation and estimation tools based on established guidelines and standards.
• Review completed deals for accuracy and potential issues based on established guidelines and standards.
• Support the creation and maintenance of internal documentation.
• Support the post-deal maintenance of customer account attributes and load data.
• Support the development, improvement, and execution of platform, system, and process testing. Bullets Start Here

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• Minimum of two years of energy industry experience
• Ability to deliver time-sensitive work products that meet the requirements of internal stakeholders.
• Ability to promptly respond to dynamic requirements from internal stakeholders.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and the expectations of internal stakeholders.
• Problem solving, strong analytical and statistical skills.
• Understanding of energy market fundamentals, including load properties, (e.g., usage, demand, load factor, voltage, losses, and read cycles) and deregulated market design preferred.
• Experience handling and managing issues with large quantities of electric usage data preferred.
• Ability to accurately process and analyze customer account and historical usage data to identify anomalies and fundamental changes to be used and reflected in forecasting, pricing, and contracting.
• Ability to perform data manipulation related to incomplete or flawed load data or related to load adjustments.
• Ability to work with utilities and internal stakeholders (e.g., sales, pricing, and IT) to meet deadlines and to comply with existing quality standards.
• Intermediate or better knowledge of MS Excel.
• Ability to extract, manage, and analyze large data sets.
• Ability to use data visualization platforms such as Power BI or Tableau preferred.
• Basic or better knowledge of Oracle or Microsoft SQL preferred.
• Familiarity with scripting languages and statistical packages (Python, SAS, R, or similar) preferred.
• This role is eligible for our hybrid work policy
• Must be willing and able to comply with all ENGIE ethics and safety policies

Why ENGIE?

ENGIE North America isn’t just participating in the Zero-Carbon Transition, we’re leading it! Join us as we develop energy that is renewable, efficient, and accessible to everyone.

At ENGIE, every talent has a role to play in the adventure of the century. Make a difference and enjoy a fulfilling professional experience. Take on exciting challenges and build a career path that reflects who you are.

Join us and be part of the adventure!

ENGIE is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, and we are firmly committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all employees. We are committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

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We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role at any time.

Business Unit: Supply & Energy Management

Division: BP B2B US

Company Name: ENGIE North America

Minimum Base Salary: 30.00 USD

Maximum Base Salary: 30.00 USD

Pay Basis: Hourly