Energy Market Advisor - Energy Advisory Services; Remote

Job Description

WSP is seeking an Energy Market Advisor to join and assist in growing our Energy Strategies group within the Energy Advisory Services (EAS) business unit. This role focuses on power market modeling, production cost modeling, integrated resource planning, and strategic advisory, helping clients navigate complex market dynamics, regulatory environments, and energy transition challenges.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in energy systems modeling (e.g., PLEXOS, Pro Mod, Grid View, etc.), quantitative analytics, and electricity market operations, along with experience delivering client‑facing insights across generation, transmission, and emerging energy technologies. This is a remote position supporting clients and projects across the U.S. and internationally. You will work directly with utilities, system operators, and project developers, offering financial strategic guidance to senior client leadership and helping advance their most critical initiatives.

This is a highly visible, internal and external client‑facing role requiring exceptional communication skills, strong financial and energy market depth, and the ability to manage complex advisory engagements from early concept through execution.

• Develop and maintain advanced power market models (e.g., PLEXOS) to support power price forecasting, capacity expansion planning, congestion, curtailment, and nodal price analysis.
• Conduct integrated resource planning (IRP) and scenario analysis to evaluate generation portfolios and system reliability.

• Support infrastructure advisory engagements across renewable and conventional generation, transmission systems, oil & gas, and nuclear assets.
• Deliver technical due diligence and investment analysis for energy infrastructure projects.
• Develop client‑ready deliverables including reports, models, and presentations.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects in fast‑paced environments.

• Analyze large datasets using Python, Excel, R, and SQL to generate actionable insights.
• Build and enhance internal analytical tools and market intelligence products.
• Design scenario‑based models incorporating market rules, policy and regulatory frameworks, and economic and operational constraints.

• Monitor trends in energy markets and pricing dynamics, regulatory and policy developments, and emerging generation and storage technologies.
• Translate research into forward‑looking market perspectives to guide client strategy.

• Partner with multidisciplinary teams across engineering, economics, and policy.
• Engage stakeholders to align modeling assumptions and planning outputs.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing and internal capability development.

• Support contract review processes in coordination with WSP legal.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.
• Travel required:
  
  25%+.

• Bachelor’s degree in Energy Systems, Engineering, Finance/Economics or related field.
• 7+ years of experience (equivalent) in energy market modeling or utility planning/infrastructure advisory.
• Strong experience with PLEXOS or similar power system modeling tools and electricity market structures such as ISO/RTOs (e.g., ERCOT, PJM, MISO).
• Understanding of financial instruments underpinning financial analysis (e.g., accounting, taxation).
• General understanding of financial theory underpinning weighted average cost of capital calculations (e.g., CAPM).

• Ph.D. or Master’s degree.
• Experience supporting Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs).
• Knowledge of capacity markets and transmission planning.
• Background in transmission integration, renewable and thermal generation integration, energy transition, or hydropower systems.
• Certifications such as Professional Engineer Registration / Engineer in Training (EIT).

• Health, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage.
• Retirement savings plan.
• Paid sick leave.
• Paid vacation.
• Paid parental leave.
• Paid time off for bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

• Expected Salary (all…