Renewable Energy - Sr. Nodal Advisory Consultant

Renewable Energy - Sr. Nodal Advisory Consultant positions are offered by Hitachi Energy USA Inc. (Atlanta, GA). The role enhances Hitachi Energy's strategic consulting capabilities within the renewable developer community by providing best‑practice consulting advice. The consultant will establish contacts at a senior level (e.g. Managing or Technical Director), work with customers at a strategic level and coach them, and provide insight to Hitachi Energy product managers for software tool improvements and roadmaps for client use in best practices and valuable reports.

The consultant will support high‑complexity consulting projects including modeling renewable assets, energy storage, and hybrid and/or colocated resources; develop Nodal Simulation Ready Date updates each year; support PROMOD‑related modeling tasks for zonal studies; prepare results and reports for external clients and present findings; perform load‑flow analyses and contingency studies; monitor large datasets and engage in production cost modeling; develop long‑term price projections for energy, capacity, renewable‑energy credits, and ancillary services;

and identify and manage project issues and risks, including mitigation strategies and plans.

• Requires a bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in engineering, economics, operations research, energy science, or a related field and three years of experience performing PROMOD Production Simulation Modeling.
• In lieu of the above, a master’s or foreign equivalent degree in the same fields and one year of experience in the stated tasks will be accepted.
• Must have one year of experience in each of the following:
  • Working with and analyzing power‑flow data for modeling electric transmission networks.
  • Assessing electrical transmission circuits and the impact on energy flows on transmission networks.
  • Evaluating electrical transmission limits, constraints, outages, and contingencies for modeling electric transmission networks.
  • Reading and interpreting one‑line diagrams for electric circuits.
  • Using Python and MS Excel to gather, organize, and process large input and output datasets.
  • Using Python to implement programming techniques and call calculation modules needed to facilitate the evaluation of electric power markets and to evaluate power market simulation results.
  • Programming data‑analysis and visualization tools with Python to support power market modeling and to develop deliverables for consulting studies.
  • Analyzing datasets used to model electricity markets and electric power networks with MS Excel and organizational tools.
  • Developing graphics, maps, and visualization tools to facilitate analyses of simulation input and output data, diagnose simulation results, and present study results to consulting clients.
  • Using Excel to manage and maintain large simulation datasets provided to clients under PROMOD simulation licensing arrangements.
  • Evaluating electric transmission conditions and their impact on electricity market operations and pricing and modeling power networks to develop projections of locational marginal prices.
• The position reports to Atlanta, GA, but may telecommute from any location in the U.S.
• Experience may be, but need not be, acquired concurrently.