Energy Market Economist - US & LATAM

Company Description

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Job Description

AECOM is seeking an Energy Market Economist (aka Business Transformation Consultant) to join the Energy & ESG Advisory team (various locations and hybrid). This team works on a variety of grid modernization, smart city, resilience, and decarbonization related initiatives for municipal, utility, and private clients. Example topics covered by this team include building and transportation decarbonization, microgrids, distributed generation, energy efficiency, district energy systems, net-zero buildings & communities, monitoring base commissioning infrastructure, energy-water nexus, and coordinated infrastructure investment. 

The business transformation consultant will report to the VP Energy Advisory US & LATAM and the collaborate closely with the team Strategy and Engineering Leads to drive forward solutions for clients and partners in the energy industry and with government.  

Success in this position requires a dynamic individual with high energy and motivation with an acute passion for developing creative client solutions and growing a collaborative team. 
 

Responsibilities for the position include, but may not be limited to, the following: 

• Develop business use cases for the implementation and cost benefit analysis of decarbonization strategies
• Advise clients on capital planning and funding strategies for implementation of decarbonization strategies
• Research local, regional, and national economic issues and policies, funding and financing strategies, and planning documents
• Identify and keep abreast of funding and financing sources for sustainability, resilience, and other practices and technologies. Funding and financing strategies could include, among others, grants, loans, debt financing, internal revolving funds, operating and capital budgets, public private partnerships, power purchase agreements, renewable energy credits, offset purchasing, and other innovative or non-traditional strategies
• Conduct utility rate and market impact analyses
• Summarize research and analysis into written case studies, memos, or reports
• Prepare maps, graphics, or other visual representations of analysis performed
• Analyze economic and/or demographic data to draw conclusions on key trends

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• BA/BS degree and 8 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Experience applying economic assessment models (e.g. cost benefit analysis), life-cycle costing, as well as financial analysis and developing business cases for sustainability and resilience measures
• Experience using GIS software and datasets
• Previous experience related to the requirements of State and Federal government funding processes
   

 Preferred Qualifications

• Undergraduate Degree in economics, finance, engineering, or related technical field and 10+ years work experience preferred
• Experience with MS ACCESS and econometric programs such as SPSS, Limdep, logit, and EVIEWS
• Graduate Degree in economics, policy, business, finance, environmental economics, urban planning, engineering, or related field is helpful
• Previous experience in advisory/consulting roles, perhaps from the 'Big 4' or one of the 'strategy houses'.
• Previous work experience and/or background in energy, sustainability, resilience, smart city technology, climate, utility cost of service or rate analysis, renewable energy credits, power purchase agreements, decarbonization strategy cost estimation, capital planning, cost benefit analysis, project management, applied economics, econometrics, market research, or advanced forecasting preferred
• Excellent data management quantitative skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, and ability