Resource Origination Consultant , Senior

Region

Canada, Arizona, Tempe

SRP

December 21, 2026

Full time

Consultant

Requisition : 20544

Performs duties of acquiring, developing, or contracting for new power generation or energy storage resources to meet SRP needs and strategic objectives. Performs competitive procurement processes for generation resources, completes comprehensive evaluation of resource project proposals, including quantitative analysis and strategic risk assessments, and conducts complex transaction negotiations with developers and power producers. Conducts analysis of resource options, including emerging technologies.

Performs contract administration activities, including enforcement of contractual obligations and performance metrics and engaging in dispute resolution with counter parties. Supports implementation of contracted renewable and energy storage projects, including tracking development activities, assessing risks, and developing risk mitigation strategies.

• Develop, issue, and manage competitive procurement processes for new generation resources, including Requests for Proposals or engaging in strategic bilateral partnerships.
• Perform comprehensive evaluation of generation resource and energy storage project proposals and options, including quantitative analysis and strategic project risk assessments.
• Negotiate complex power procurement transactions valued in the millions to hundreds of millions of dollars, including power purchase agreements, energy storage agreements, and power plant acquisitions.
• Optimize agreement templates for strategic negotiation, consulting with external experts, as well as business, technical engineering and operations teams, to strategically incorporate favorable business and legal terms, as well as technical design requirements and operational provisions to provide improved reliability, flexibility, and value to SRP.
• Support implementation of contracted resource projects and manage generation resource supplier relationships; track and report project development activities (permitting, interconnection, equipment procurement), assessing risks and developing risk mitigation strategies. Coordinate with internal technical engineering and operations teams to ensure successful resource implementations.
• Oversee the administration of contracts and coordinate with other SRP departments; manage administration of contract portfolio valued in billions of dollars.
• Monitor and report contract milestones, create critical task reminders, ensure SRP compliance with contractual obligations, monitor, and enforce performance metrics.
• Engage in dispute resolution of complex issues with counter parties.
• Leads cross-functional project teams on significant departmental and company initiatives and communicates results to various levels of SRP management and external stakeholders.
• Develops and maintains strategic alliances with power producers, renewable and energy storage developers, internal stakeholders, and industry leaders.
• Perform economic, operational, and statistical analysis of new generation and demand-side resource options and emissions control alternatives, including emerging technologies.
• Assess electric transmission requirements.
• Perform strategic competitive market and business studies and analysis.
• Develop answers to complex, open-ended questions involving significant uncertainty and ambiguity with meaningful economic and operational implications.
• Conduct investigation and evaluation of future resource options to meet SRP's load requirements and achieve corporate strategic goals. These decisions have a direct and lasting impact on SRP's financial performance, reliability and achieving sustainability goals.
• Present results of analysis and…