Description
Director Load Forecasting
Location: Houston - Hybrid
Who We Are
Just Energy is a consumer company focused on essential needs, including electricity and natural gas; health and well-being, such as water quality and filtration devices; and utility conservation, bringing energy efficient solutions and renewable energy options to consumers. Currently operating in the United States and Canada, Just Energy serves both residential and commercial customers. Just Energy is the parent company of Amigo Energy, Filter Group Inc., Hudson Energy and Tara Energy.
Energy, Opportunity, and Growth are core to your way of being and are essential to succeed with us.
Energy - Energy is at the core of everything we do. Whether it's our products or our enthusiasm to excel, we are driven by a firm sense of action to achieve exceptional results, underscored by a distinct family and community spirit.
Opportunity - Just Energy is synonymous with opportunity. Our dynamic and diverse group of companies offers unparalleled opportunities to contribute to our corporate success with a host of initiatives, projects, and resources designed to promote personal and professional development and growth.
Growth - Take your career to the next level with a leading North American energy company poised to lead the retail and green energy industry well into the twenty-first century. Just Energy's range of premier training programs support employee learning and development - a cornerstone of our growth and success.
Overview
The Director Load Forecasting will lead the Load Forecasting team and ensure forecasting models and metrics, timely and accurately, predict load for residential and commercial customers. Strong, results oriented leader with the ability to continuously recommend, assess, and implement models focused on improving Just Energy’s Gross Margin performance through reduction in Load Forecasting error. This job reports to the Vice President, Gross Margin Performance.
The successful candidate will have the ability to work with cross-functional teams and incorporate complex statistical, and mathematical concepts into practical, viable business models. Your initiative and competitive drive coupled with the ability to stay focused on results despite changing conditions. Innovation and creatively generating ideas while constantly problem solving.
Responsibilities
- Lead a group of professionals responsible for managing the load forecast performance across all retail markets and support their development plans
- Development and preparation of long term and short-term forecasting models for electricity and gas retail books in North America
- Design framework to identify, quantify forecast variance drivers and improve the overall accuracy of short and long-term forecasts including use of backcast vs actuals analyses
- Responsible for ensuring correct and appropriate Load Forecasting data sources and methods of analysis are validated, utilized, maintained, and disseminated through the organization
- Providing timely and meaningful reporting as required by the executive management
- Ongoing modelling of market rules, assets and customer delivery requirements
Qualifications
- University degree in quantitative discipline such as Mathematics, Economics, or Statistics. Advanced degree preferred
- 10 years of experience with at least 5 years in the energy industry with a preference towards experience with both electricity and natural gas and 5 years managerial experience.
- Understanding of ISO operations and utility tariffs preferred, is considered an asset
- Demonstrable history of developing successful teams
- Well-spoken and a clear communicator with a demonstrated ability to communicate complicated concepts and ideas in a clear, concise manner.
Benefits:
Just Energy offers a robust benefits plan for staff members, as well as Employee Assistance Programs that offer a wealth of tools and resources to enrich the employee experience. The company also provides a number of cost-free, self-development courses for those that wish to build on their skills and competencies. In addition, a variety of awards offer another opportunity to recognize and reward employees.
We offer:
- Competitive compensation
- Performance based bonuses
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Work from home (WFH) and Hybrid Model
- Health and wellbeing tools and resources and more…
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Just Energy and its subsidiaries are an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace. We invite all interested individuals to apply.