Senior Power Resource Modeling & Forecasting Analyst

City of Tacoma; Tacoma (WA); On-site; USD 106,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Coverage

Dental Coverage

Vision Coverage

Paid Leave

Retirement Plan

Deferred Compensation

Job summary

City of Tacoma’s Tacoma Power is seeking a Senior Power Resource Planning Analyst to contribute to running and developing our Python-based modeling codebase used for energy planning, risk management, and optimization. This role supports delivering reliable, affordable power while navigating regulatory and market changes.

You will perform model runs, manage inputs/outputs, review results, and help the team with coding, testing, and documentation as part of a dynamic resource planning group within

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, economics, statistics, mathematics or directly related field.
• 2 years of experience in statistical analysis, forecasting, or financial/operational modeling
• Relevant education and experience may substitute for one another on a year-for-year basis

Responsibilities

• Perform model runs. Manage model input and output data. Critically review and interpret model results.
• Develop and maintain modeling code including statistical/ machine learning models, linear optimization models, and heuristic-based models, which are used for simulations and forecasting. Evaluate models and quantify uncertainty.
• Visualize and present results to decision-makers. Participate in modeling team meetings and group planning sessions. Communicate with team members about progress and challenges.
• Update and improve the model codebase through GitHub. Troubleshoot, develop, test, and document code.

Skills

Python

R

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, economics, statistics, mathematics or directly related field

Tools

Git

Python

R

Job description

City of Tacoma’s Tacoma Power is seeking a Senior Power Resource Planning Analyst to contribute to running and developing our Python-based modeling codebase used for energy planning, risk management, and optimization. This role supports delivering reliable, affordable power while navigating regulatory and market changes.

You will perform model runs, manage inputs/outputs, review results, and help the team with coding, testing, and documentation as part of a dynamic resource planning group within