DSM Consultant

Deadline:
Open

Title:
Senior Consultant

Location:
Cincinnati, OH, USA

Category:
Miscellaneous

Web Site:
www.integralanalytics.com

Qualifications/Job Description

This position supports DSM related consulting services, particularly with respect to DSM cost effectiveness analysis and energy impact analysis. You will be supporting clients in their use of Integral Analytics proprietary and sophisticated software applications, and assisting in the enhancements, development, and application of IA software to DSM and other customer focused issues. Candidates must have strong analytical skills and excellent interpersonal skills. The position requires at least three years of experience in analysis and/or forecasting, ideally in energy related applications, and a basic understanding of forecasting, econometrics, or statistics. This position requires excellent computer skills, especially with statistical and MS Office applications, with some preference afforded to candidates with some proficiency in programming languages. Candidates should possess a broad understanding of the regulatory, legislative, and market environments faced by electric utilities, especially related to energy efficiency, demand response, and resource planning issues. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, including the ability to prepare written reports and presentations, and verbally present complex technical information in non-technical language. The successful candidate will be a self-starter with a high level of initiative and the ability to work independently within a high growth, collegial atmosphere. The position requires the ability to work on multiple projects concurrently, and re-focus efforts quickly based on shifts in regulatory or business conditions and management priorities.

• Writing DSM related consulting proposals, developing measurement and verification criteria and guidelines for demand resource projects, evaluating and designing DSM programs using DSMore, and conducting DSM impact evaluations.
• Working with Integral Analytics clients to facilitate the use of DSMore in the DSM program design, including sales support, training, data collection, and data preparation.
• Analysis of regional load and price relationships using statistical software.
• Preparing written materials, making executive level presentations, organizing and facilitating meetings, supporting the development of regulatory filings and testimony, and participating in technical conferences related to demand resource planning and design.
• Supporting other Integral Analytics projects including but not limited to T&D load flow analysis, commodity and energy asset valuation, utility supply risk assessment, nodal marginal cost analysis, spatial load profiling, marketing research, and customer satisfaction analyses and studies.

• BA or MS in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Economics, Mathematics, Business, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in the design and implementation of energy efficiency, load management, and demand response projects in residential, commercial, and industrial facilities.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating the performance of energy efficiency, load management, demand response, and distributed generation projects and programs.
• Familiarity with the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocols (IPMVP).
• Experience analyzing performance data (including interval meter data) from energy efficiency, load management, and demand response programs including applying statistical methods and techniques.
• Demonstrated experience in leading an initiative from start to finish, making executive level presentations, navigating stakeholder and regulatory processes, and working with a diverse group of market stakeholders to reach consensus on issues.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Desired, but not required: some experience in programming languages, including SAS, SPSS, Ox, C++, GAUSS, MatLab, VBA, or related languages.