Lead Energy Market Analyst ​(Support)

About Energy Exemplar

In an era where the world is rapidly advancing towards a cleaner future through decarbonization, Energy Exemplar’s mission lies in ‘Empowering Transformative Energy Decisions’. Founded in 1999 in Adelaide, Australia, our award-winning software portfolio encompassing the modeling and simulation platform PLEXOS®, Aurora, and Adapt2, is trusted by innovative organizations across the globe. Through our technology and people, we strive to enable stakeholders from across the entire energy value chain to revolutionize the energy ecosystem and to collaboratively plan and execute for a sustainable energy future with unprecedented clarity, speed, and innovation.

About the Position

Energy Exemplar is the leader in energy market/system simulation software, with its two platforms: PLEXOS and AURORA. These software platforms have a significant presence in global markets. We are seeking a confident, self-motivated and professional person for the role of Lead Energy Market Analyst in our Support Division. The company has consistently grown its global client base and the successful candidate will have many opportunities to interface with a diverse mix of clients with the goal of enhancing their software user experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Learn our software to an advanced level.
• Provide technical support to customers and track support cases from start to finish
• Work with clients to resolve issues related to our SaaS/Cloud offerings and our Desktop version
• Collaborate with Cloud Developers and Engine/GUI Developers to ensure issues are resolved and development requests are properly documented
• Provide onsite and web-based trainings to existing and potential clients
• Maintain and update training materials
• Compose articles and produce videos to educate clients and to market our software.
• Construct tools and examples that clients can utilize to more effectively utilize our software
• Assist in maintaining software user documentation and help platforms
• Maintain a high level of power market knowledge, news, trends and developments
• Communicate market trends and customer requirements with the development team as needed
• Assist Account Management with Retention calls and visits with clients
• Assist in preparation and presentations for energy related tradeshows and conferences
• Travel to client sites as required.

Candidate Requirements & Qualifications

• Minimum 8 Years of experience in power markets, power systems, power plant operations, etc.
• Will lead a team of Energy Market Analysts. 2+ years of experience with people management responsibility.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to research and learn new techniques
• Ability to articulate the business problem to be analyzed, quickly identify the critical elements of the problem, achieve a high-quality answer in a timely fashion, and synthesize answers to resonate with decision makers.
• Excellent communication skills, including strong verbal, presentation, and technical writing abilities.
• Team player, with the ability to be a self-starter and work independently as needed.
• Knowledge of fundamental energy market analysis, capacity markets, environmental markets, demand side management/energy efficiency, electric utility resource planning approaches
• Demonstrated working knowledge of SaaS products and experience troubleshooting issues with Cloud offerings.
• Demonstrated capability of effectively communicating complex ideas and analysis verbally, in document format (Word), and in presentation format (Power Point).
• Experience with computer and database management languages such as VBA, Python and SQL
• Working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.)
• Experience with power market production cost and expansion planning models
• Degree or certificate specializing in Power Markets.
• Bachelor’s degree: Electrical Engineering, Another Engineering Degree, Statistics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Economics, Applied Math, Physics, or related field.