Engineer, Strategy and Economics (hybrid schedule)

About the role

Eversource is seeking an Engineer, Strategy and Economics to support its Transmission team. The role supports the team lead with electricity market simulation modeling, data analysis, and industry research, collaborating with engineers and analysts to provide accurate information that informs how electric transmission can enable clean‑energy growth and meet New England’s decarbonization goals. The position focuses on researching and analyzing electricity and emissions data, supporting electric power market forecasting, and interfacing with internal and external experts to gather data and knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis of electricity demand, traditional and clean energy resources, consumer cost impacts, power sector emissions trends, and the transmission grid.
• Research, analyze, and document power sector modeling input assumptions and simulation results.
• Support carbon flow modeling software development, testing, and implementation.
• Support implementation of process improvement initiatives related to economic analysis.
• Support other groups within Eversource through research and ad hoc data analysis.
• Track federal and state clean energy policies and transmission development opportunities.
• Develop reports, prepare presentations, write procedures, and perform other activities as needed.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of ISO New England wholesale electricity markets or transmission planning procedures.
• Strong analytical skills, ability to apply knowledge to solve problems and strong team building skills.
• Understanding of economic theory and wholesale electricity markets.
• Understanding of state and federal utility industry regulation.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to use Microsoft Suite, including advanced functions in MS Excel such as lookup functions, pivot tables, Power Query, etc.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience (preferred Bachelor’s in Computer or Electrical Engineering).
• Minimum of three (3) years of related industry experience.

Skills

• Experience with electric production cost modeling tools such as PLEXOS, Gridview, PROMOD, or similar software.
• If no production cost modeling experience, experience with power system analysis software such as PSS/E, TARA, Powerworld, ASPEN Oneliner, etc.
• Experience with Python, particularly for scraping web data, analyzing and transforming data, and interfacing with APIs.

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards program.
• Potential incentive eligibility.
• Refer to Eversource careers site for an overview of benefits programs.

Pay

Annual salary range: $96,590.00 – $107,320.00.

Schedule

• Hybrid work schedule: employees must work at least three days in the office, including Tuesdays and Wednesdays, with the third day set by the employee and supervisor based on department needs.
• Eligibility for hybrid schedule depends on job responsibilities, operational needs, nature of work, and team dynamics.
• Employees must be able to work up to five days in the office when required (e.g., emergencies, training, other business needs) or if the policy changes.