Resource Planning Predictive Analytics Principal Analyst

Salt River Project; Tempe (AZ); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

401(k) plan

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

PTO

Parental leave

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Job summary

Salt River Project (SRP) is seeking an experienced data/analytic professional to lead mid-term production cost modeling and advance resource planning for Arizona's energy mix. The role involves building models to forecast the impact of solar curtailment, battery optimization, and gas fleet operations, using advanced analytics and visualization to guide executive decisions.

Hybrid workplace with partial telework available; candidates must live in Arizona.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with production cost modeling and resource planning is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads SRP’s mid-term production cost modeling efforts.
• Designs models to determine the future impact of solar curtailment and other resource decisions.
• Utilizes stochastic and deterministic analysis to predict outcomes and evaluate financial and operational impacts.
• Develops modeling methodologies and trains team members in implementation.
• Collaborates with internal stakeholders to maintain data management systems and update model assumptions weekly.

Skills

Business intelligence

Data visualization

Forecasting

Resource planning

Economic analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ERP systems

CRM software

Cost modeling tools

Job description

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Location: Tempe, AZ, US

Date: Aug 21, 2026

Requisition ID: 20467

Join us in building a better future for Arizona!

SRP is one of the largest public power and water utilities in the U.S. providing electricity to approximately one million customers in the greater metropolitan Phoenix area. Since its founding in 1903, SRP has fostered a culture of stewardship and customer service consistently ranking as an industry leader in customer service according to J.D. Power and named one of Arizona's best employers by Forbes. SRP continues to adapt to its changing business environment by seeking innovative ways to reimagine utility service and the provision of critical resources essential to the life and economy of Arizona.

Why Work at SRP

At SRP, we foster an inclusive work environment and believe everyone should have a fair chance to work, regardless of who they are. That’s why we value teams with diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds to help SRP deliver on its mission of providing reliable, affordable and sustainable water and power.

SRP's success is rooted in our employees' happiness, health, and safety. That's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees and enhance their well-being. In addition to competitive pay and performance incentives, eligible employees can take advantage of the following benefits:

• Pension Plan (at no cost to the employee)
• 401(k) plan with employer matching
• Available your first day: Medical, vision, dental, and life insurance
• Over 200+ hours of PTO (includes vacation days, holidays, floating holidays, and sick leave)
• Parental leave (up to 4 weeks) and adoption assistance
• Wellness programs (including access to a recreation and fitness facility)
• Short and long-term disability plans
• Tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate programs
• 10 Employee Resource Groups for career development, community service, and networking

Summary

Retrieves, analyzes and summarizes business, operations, customer and/or economic data in order to develop business intelligence, optimize effectiveness and/or predict business outcomes. Identifies, analyzes, and interprets trends or patterns and prepares ongoing reports and data visualizations (e.g., charts, dashboards, heat maps) in order to support business decisions, inform generation resource selections, and ensure system reliability and adequacy. Presents results of analysis and recommended courses of action to executive management, the SRP Board, external stakeholders, and industry groups involving resource decisions valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Typically uses dedicated business intelligence applications and/or cloud services, but may also leverage the reporting capabilities of existing ERP, CRM and/or database software vendors.

• Leads SRP’s mid-term production cost modeling efforts.
• Designs models to determine the future impact of solar curtailment, battery optimization, SRP’s excess capacity position, retail natural gas volumes, SRP’s gas fleet starts and hours planning, generation and transmission planning and others as needed.
• Familiar with stochastic and deterministic analysis methods techniques to predict outcomes and evaluate economic, operational, and statistical impacts of future business decisions.
• Develops strong internal relationships under SRP’s Operational Readiness umbrella and is viewed as SRP’s mid-term modeling expert.
• Conducts specialized analysis utilizing SRP’s long-term production cost model and other advanced modeling tools that require a depth of expertise in resource planning and economic decision-making.
• Develops analysis methodologies that utilizes cutting edge and industry-leading techniques and theories and trains other team members on implementation.
• Proactively identifies and solves problems relating to resource adequacy, including SRP’s involvement in emerging regional markets, regional transmission operators, and reliability sharing organizations.
• Works with internal stakeholders and external organizations to develop and maintain a breadth of industry knowledge necessary to ensure data management systems are in place to update model assumptions.
• Works with cross-disciplinary teams requiring a breadth of industry experience to solve complex multidisciplinary issues related to resource planning.
• Supports evaluation and planning of SRP’s participation in regional programs to meet resource and reliability needs.
• Works with internal stakeholders to ensure data management systems are in place to update model assumptions weekly.
• Presents results in a clear concise manner that decision makers can act on with confidence.
• Trains less experienced employees in production cost modeling to build mid-term modeling expertise and bench strength.

Education

A bachelor's degree relevant to the assignment from an accredited institution is required.

Experience

Minimum 10 years of relevant experience is required.

Hybrid Workplace

SRP currently offers a hybrid workplace, which allows employees whose jobs can be performed remotely, and who have sufficient technical capability, to telework up to three days per week. Although teleworking is available, all employees must live and work in Arizona.

Drug/Alcohol Policy Statement

To promote the safety and well-being of our employees, customers, and the communities we serve, SRP is committed to maintaining a drug/alcohol free work environment. Although marijuana may now be legal in Arizona, except as otherwise specified under Arizona law, SRP considers it to be an illegal drug for the purpose of our drug/alcohol policy because marijuana remains illegal at the federal level. Any candidate found to be impaired during the hiring process or who has the presence of an illegal drug or unauthorized substance in their system during the pre-employment drug/alcohol test may be disqualified from further consideration in the hiring process.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Salt River Project (SRP) is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military status, or any other protected status under applicable federal, state or local law.

Work Authorization

All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Currently, SRP does not sponsor H1B visas, OPT, or other employment-related visa's.