Resource Planning Analyst 1,2 or Senior

Location:

Tempe, AZ, US

Date: Feb 19, 2025

Requisition ID : 18308

Join us in building a better future for Arizona!

SRP is one of the largest public power and water utilities in the U.S. providing electricity to approximately one million customers in the greater metropolitan Phoenix area. Since its founding in 1903, SRP has fostered a culture of stewardship and customer service consistently ranking as an industry leader in customer service according to J.D. Power and named one of Arizona's best employers by Forbes. SRP continues to adapt to its changing business environment by seeking innovative ways to reimagine utility service and the provision of critical resources essential to the life and economy of Arizona.

Why Work at SRP

At SRP, we foster an inclusive work environment and believe everyone should have a fair chance to work, regardless of who they are. That’s why we value teams with diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds to help SRP deliver on its mission of providing reliable, affordable and sustainable water and power.

SRP's success is rooted in our employees' happiness, health, and safety. That's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees and enhance their well-being. In addition to competitive pay and performance incentives, eligible employees can take advantage of the following benefits:

• Pension Plan (at no cost to the employee)

• 401(k) plan with employer matching

• Available your first day: Medical, vision, dental, and life insurance

• Over 200+ hours of PTO (includes vacation days, holidays, floating holidays, and sick leave)

• Parental leave (up to 4 weeks) and adoption assistance

• Wellness programs (including access to a recreation and fitness facility)

• Short and long-term disability plans

• Tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate programs

• 10 Employee Resource Groups for career development, community service, and networking

Summary

Retrieves, analyzes and summarizes business, operations, customer and/or economic data in order to develop business intelligence, optimize effectiveness and/or predict business outcomes. Identifies, analyzes, and interprets trends or patterns and prepares ongoing reports and data visualizations (e.g., charts, dashboards, heat maps) in order to support business decisions. Typically uses dedicated business intelligence applications and/or cloud services, but may also leverage the reporting capabilities of existing ERP, CRM and/or database software vendors.

What You'll Do

• Utilize production cost (PCM) and long-term capacity expansion (LTCE) modeling software to develop, maintain, and support robust energy models, ensuring they accurately reflect the power system, energy markets, and regulatory frameworks.

• Collaborate with internal cross-functional stakeholders to use business, operational, and industry data to support recommendations on planning and project strategies, fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment.

• Provide actionable insights and recommendations for business choices using business intelligence tools. Analyze structured and unstructured data with statistical, analytical, and/or programming skills.

• Utilize stochastic and deterministic analysis methods and scenario planning principles to predict outcomes and evaluate economic, operational, and statistical impacts of future business decisions.

• Perform resource investigations and viability assessments to support resource lifecycle planning decisions.

• Analyze historical and projected market data, including pricing and trends, to forecast commodity or market prices under various future conditions using techniques like market simulations.

• Identify expected utilization and associated costs of SRP assets. Provide analysis support for policies, practices, and business decisions to optimize asset portfolio and utilization.

• Perform planning studies of varying sizes that inform SRP’s long-term generation resource plan.

• Analyze the future economic and operational impacts of policy proposals, including regulatory proposals. Develop responses to these proposals on an SRP-specific and state-wide basis.

• Develop answers to complex, open-ended questions involving significant uncertainty and ambiguity with meaningful economic and operational implications.

• Communicate analytical results and recommendations to all levels within SRP as well as external stakeholders, ensuring transparency and empathy in all interactions.

What It Takes To Succeed

• Strong Analytical Skills: Ability to analyze complex data sets, including historical and projected market data, and derive actionable insights.

• Technical Proficiency: Expertise in using PCM and LTCE modeling software (e.g., PLEXOS, Aurora, PROMOD, EnCompass) and business intelligence tools.

• Collaborative Mindset: Proven ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to support strategic planning and project initiatives, contributing to a trust-based and inclusive environment.

• Problem-Solving Abilities: Skilled in utilizing stochastic and/or deterministic analysis methods to predict outcomes and evaluate impacts.

• Communication Skills: Excellent ability to communicate complex analytical results and recommendations clearly to both internal and external stakeholders, with a focus on transparency and empathy.

• Adaptability: Capacity to develop responses to policy proposals and answer complex, open-ended questions with significant uncertainty.

• Attention to Detail: Meticulous in performing resource investigations, viability assessments, and planning studies. Demonstrates a strong commitment to accuracy and quality by consistently reviewing and refining your own work.

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to support business decisions and optimize asset portfolios through thorough analysis and forecasting.

• Curiosity and Self-Drive: A natural inclination towards curiosity and self-driven work, aligned with our results-oriented culture.

• Education: BS/BA Degree in business, engineering, economics, finance, mathematics, physics or similar quantitative field.

Experience

• For an associate level, a minimum of no previous years of experience to two years related experience plus a bachelor's degree is required. (If no degree, four-six years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience totaling four years.)

• For a journey level, a minimum of two years of experience to four years related experienced plus a bachelor's degree is required. (If no degree, six years-eight of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience totaling six years.)

• For a senior level, a minimum of five years of related experience plus a bachelor's degree is required. (If no degree, nine years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience totaling nine years.)

Education

A bachelor’s degree related to the assignment from an accredited institution is preferred.

Hybrid Workplace

SRP currently offers a hybrid workplace, which allows employees whose jobs can be performed remotely, and who have sufficient technical capability, to telework up to three days per week. Although teleworking is available, all employees must live and work in Arizona. We are taking steps to protect the health and well-being of all team members, and by following a number of health and safety protocols, to reduce the risk of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

Drug/Alcohol Policy Statement

To promote the safety and well-being of our employees, customers, and the communities we serve, SRP is committed to maintaining a drug/alcohol free work environment. Although marijuana may now be legal in Arizona, except as otherwise specified under Arizona law, SRP considers it to be an illegal drug for the purpose of our drug/alcohol policy because marijuana remains illegal at the federal level. Any candidate found to be impaired during the hiring process or who has the presence of an illegal drug or unauthorized substance in their system during the pre-employment drug/alcohol test may be disqualified from further consideration in the hiring process.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Salt River Project (SRP) is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military status, or any other protected status under applicable federal, state or local law.

Work Authorization

All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Currently, SRP does not sponsor H1B visas, OPT, or other employment-related visa's.

Nearest Major Market: Phoenix