Market and Pricing Analyst (Operations Research Analyst)

Summary

This position is located with Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), in Market Analysis & CAISO Settlements (PTMA) organization in Market Analysis and Pricing (PTM) group, Bulk Marketing (PT), Power Services (P).
A successful candidate in the Market and Pricing Analyst (Operations Research Analyst) position will serve as a senior analyst of energy market fundamentals to support BPA policy decisions, influence marketing strategies, and inform BPA's power operations.

Duties

As a Operations Research Analyst, you will:

• Independently conduct or lead research into energy market fundamentals and policy initiatives in the Pacific Northwest, West Coast, and nationally to address economic, strategy and policy questions.
• Lead the development of experimental approaches to determining total power portfolio benefit/costs based on projected operational and market strategies. This includes the economic evaluation of the impacts from different power system operations, different levels and types of power sales or purchases, and different levels and types of additional balancing capacity need to cost effectively support the integration of variable generation resources.
• Lead analysis required to implement complex contracts or support BPA policy decisions (i.e. Pacific NW Coordination Agreement, Non-treaty Storage, Contracts with optionality, etc.)
• Serve as a subject matter expert on teams responsible for the development and production of analytical studies.
• Maintain contact and work collaboratively with Power Services employees, corporate employees, and consultants as needed.
• Communicate verbally and in writing on assigned responsibilities, including technical studies and project reports.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

In accordance with Executive Order 14170, applicants are encouraged to respond to four short, free-response, essay questions in the questionnaire. Answer to these questions is not scored or rated. Your answers will be reviewed by the hiring manager and agency leadership if you are referred for selection consideration.
When you apply you will be asked a series of questions to determine your eligibility for employment and your qualification for this position specifically. You must answer all of these questions completely and truthfully.
Key Requirements:

• You must be a United States Citizen.
• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
• Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements.
• You will be required to report in person to the official duty location.

• Position has supervisory functions.

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
Degree: in operations research; or at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics. At least 3 of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
A qualified candidate's resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-12) in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience 1) developing and utilizing computer models to analyze factors affecting electrical power systems, such as market fundamentals, resource operations, or price forecasting; 2) providing data-driven reports and recommendations to management or subject matter experts; and 3) Conducting economic/financial analyses of utility-scale energy generation resources or wholesale power contracts to evaluate portfolio costs and performance.
There is no substitution of education for experience at the GS-13 grade level.
"Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Time-in-Grade: Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration.
CTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section.
You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

This vacancy has a positive education requirement. In order to be rated as qualified, you must provide copies of your college transcripts. Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Department of Education Accreditation Search to verify school accreditation.
Foreign education must be reviewed by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website.DO NOT email or mail in any of your application documents. Documents will not be accepted outside of the online application system.
Failure to provide college transcripts may result in a rating of 'Ineligible'.

Additional information

• This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional similar vacancies across DOE

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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