Senior Resource Specialist

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Excellent medical, dental, life,vision

401(k) with matching

457 plan

PERS retirement benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Training and advancement opportunities

Public transportation reimbursements

On-site fitness center

Job summary

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is seeking a Senior Resource Specialist (Energy Market Analytics) to apply data science to energy market challenges and support its wholesale power portfolio. You will help modernize energy data management, lead analytical modeling, and collaborate with internal teams to uncover new business opportunities and optimize resource planning.

The role involves building an Energy Data Warehouse, forecasting market prices, validating models, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and eight years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree with six years of relevant experience.
• Experience with wholesale energy supply, financial modeling, and energy market analysis.
• Knowledge of wholesale electricity markets, asset valuation, risk management, and PPA structures.
• Quantitative training in data science, math, or statistics is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Apply data science to energy market challenges and support the wholesale power portfolio.
• Develop an Energy Data Warehouse, audit data quality, and establish automated data pipelines.
• Lead project teams in testing enhancements and ensure alignment with performance needs.
• Develop analytics models for forward curves, volatility, VaR, stress tests, and portfolio optimization.
• Create analytics tools and dashboards to improve financial reporting and decision making.

Skills

Energy market analytics

Data management

Forecasting

Optimization modeling

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Advanced degree in related field

Tools

Python

SQL

R

Tableau

PowerBI

Job description

At the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, we deliver reliable water to a region with 19 million people- and to accomplish this, we rely on a team of talented employees: innovators, problem-solvers, and collaborators who make it all possible.

This recruitment may result in an eligibility list*.

We are seeking a Senior Resource Specialist (Energy Market Analytics), an experienced professional that will apply data science to energy market challenges. You’ll support Metropolitan's wholesale power portfolio within specific energy-focused areas such as: Data Management, Energy Risk Management, Market Analysis, Forecasting, and Optimization Modeling. Partnering with internal teams, this role will drive the modernization of Metropolitan's energy data management processes to support the transition to an emissions-free future.

What You’ll Do:

• Collaborate with internal staff and external consultants to develop an Energy Data Warehouse, including an audit of existing data to document quality gaps, development of an energy data dictionary, and establish pipelines to automate data acquisition.
• Lead project teams in testing and validating analytical enhancements to ensure they meet performance and business requirements.
• Provide quantitative analytics expertise for Metropolitan's wholesale electric power portfolio including market price forecasting, resource optimization, and modeling complex deal structures to identify new business opportunities and enhance long-term resource planning.
• Support energy risk management analytics functions by developing analytical models for: forward curve validation, volatility analysis, Value-At-Risk and stress-testing, and portfolio optimization.
• Develop analytics tools and dashboards to improve financial reporting, portfolio performance, and decision making.

This job announcement has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this classification / job.

Schedule:

44/36, Monday through Friday /Every other Friday off. Monday through Thursday 9 hours per day, 8 hours per day every other Friday. Start times are no earlier than 6am and end times are no later than 6pm.

Hybrid:

Metropolitan’s current practice in this position is a hybrid work schedule. This typically includes two days a week in person and the other days remote. This is subject to change dependent on organizational needs. In addition, a telework policy is scheduled for negotiations and once completed and implemented, will provide final direction on the hybrid schedule.

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience:

A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, majoring in a related field and eight years of relevant experience

OR

an advanced degree from an accredited college or university, majoring in a related field and six years of relevant experience.

Relevant Experience:

Experience with wholesale energy supply and demand structures; financial modeling and analysis; evaluating wholesale electricity markets to identify trends, impacts on asset value, and risks; and valuation and energy risk management approaches for generation assets.

DESIRABLES:

• Experience in asset valuation, risk management, or trading, specifically focusing on Western US wholesale markets, renewable energy/storage assets, and PPA structures.
• Advanced degree or equivalent work experience in a highly quantitative field (e.g., Data Science, Math, Statistics).
• Experience using Python, R, or SQL to build, scale, and operationalize automated analytical models and pipelines in cloud environments.
• Demonstrated experience using data visualization tools like Tableau or PowerBI.

CLOSING

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation
• Excellent medical, dental, life, vision plans.
• Deferred compensation in the form of a 401(k) plan (with matching contribution) and a 457 plan.
• Retirement benefits under the California Public Employees' Retirement System
• Tuition reimbursement
• Training and advancement opportunities
• Excellent working environment
• Public transportation reimbursements
• Hub of public transportation: rail, subway, buses, and taxis
• On-site fitness center

About Mwd

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a state-established cooperative that, along with its 26 cities and retail suppliers, provides water for 19 million people in six counties. The district imports water from the Colorado River and Northern California to supplement local supplies, and helps its members to develop increased water conservation, recycling, storage and other resource-management programs.

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Qualified individuals with disabilities, who need a reasonable accommodation during the application or selection process, please call [phone] or email: [e-mail] .

Metropolitan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic(s).

Application Filing Period:

Closes at 4:30 pm PST on the date stated in the job announcement. However it may close prior to the filing end date if sufficient applications have been received. If sufficient applications have not been received, then the filing period end date may be extended.

Eligibility List*:

An eligibility list is a list of qualified candidates created when a job posting states that one will be established.

Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications listed in the original posting and successfully pass all stages of the recruitment process—but are not selected for the initial vacancy—may be placed on this list for future openings.

The list may be used to invite candidates to participate in a selection interview for a future vacancy in the same classification / title (if there is one). The duration of the list depends on the applicable bargaining unit.

Qualifying Experience:

Your resume must at a minimum include the month and year you began and ended employment, name of the organization, your title, and a brief description of your experience. If your employment was part-time, make sure you identify it on your resume next to the month/year.

Sponsorship:

Applicants for employment with The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States (i.e., H1-B or other employment-based immigration case).