Production Cost Modeler

About the role

We are seeking a Production Cost Modeling Analyst to join a growing power trading and analytics team in Houston. This individual will play a key role in developing, maintaining, and enhancing production cost models used to support commercial strategy, power trading, asset optimization, and market analysis across North American power markets. The successful candidate will work closely with traders, originators, quantitative analysts, and fundamental market researchers to provide actionable market insights and forward-looking power price forecasts.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and improve production cost models for North American power markets.
• Develop short-, medium-, and long-term power market forecasts, including energy, congestion, emissions, and ancillary services pricing.
• Analyze generation fleet economics, dispatch behavior, fuel market dynamics, transmission constraints, and renewable penetration impacts.
• Support power traders with market intelligence, scenario analysis, and event-driven market assessments.
• Conduct fundamental analysis of supply, demand, weather, fuel prices, infrastructure developments, and regulatory changes.
• Generate market outlooks and presentations for internal trading and commercial teams.
• Work with large datasets to enhance model accuracy and identify market opportunities.
• Partner with quantitative and technology teams to automate workflows and improve analytical processes.
• Monitor ISO/RTO market developments including ERCOT, PJM, MISO, NYISO, SPP, and CAISO.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Energy Systems, or a related quantitative field.
• 4+ years of experience in power markets, production cost modeling, market analytics, power trading support, or fundamental analysis.
• Hands-on experience with commercial power market models such as Aurora, PLEXOS, PROMOD, Enverus, or similar production cost modeling tools.
• Strong understanding of power market fundamentals, generation dispatch, congestion, transmission, and capacity markets.
• Advanced proficiency in Python, SQL, Excel, and data analytics tools.
• Experience working with large datasets and market fundamentals.
• Ability to communicate complex analytical findings to trading and commercial stakeholders.
• Knowledge of ERCOT and other organized power markets is highly preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting a power trading, asset optimization, or commercial origination desk.
• Familiarity with renewable energy markets, battery storage, emissions markets, and natural gas fundamentals.
• Experience developing forecasting methodologies and scenario-based market simulations.
• Strong quantitative and problem-solving skills with a passion for energy markets.