Specialist Commercial Analytics

Calpine Corporation is America's largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources with operations in competitive power markets. Its fleet of 77 power plants in operation represents over 27,000 megawatts of generation capacity. Through wholesale power operations and its retail businesses, Calpine serves customers in 22 states and Canada. Its clean, efficient, modern and flexible fleet uses advanced technologies to generate power in a low-carbon and environmentally responsible manner.

The company was established on the premise that a strong commitment to the environment is inextricably linked to excellence in power generation and corporate responsibility. Since its founding in 1984, Calpine has led the power industry in its unwavering commitment to environmental stewardship. In addition, its renewable geothermal plants use steam generated deep below the earth's surface to produce clean, renewable electricity.

Job Summary (includes but is not limited to the following, other duties may be assigned)

The person in this role will be responsible for performing fundamental analysis, research, modeling, and understanding how it impacts Calpine's electric generation fleet.

Job Responsibilities

Support the continued development of:

• Calpine's modeling infrastructure, including price and market forecasting models, and building databases of fundamental market data.
• Present results to stakeholders coherently and efficiently.
• Works within broad guidelines to apply advanced technical knowledge of multiple functions to solve complex problems that may have a long-term impact on the company.
• Comprehensive knowledge.
• Seasoned professional with advanced applied experience.
• Applies advanced skills contributing to knowledge areas within function
• Makes recommendations on moderately complex issues regarding project components and tasks.
• May make recommendations on new processes, tools and services; supports and contributes to development of new products, services or techniques.
• Works on significant and unique issues and projects.
• Regularly uses independent judgment in the evaluation of intangibles or situations with minimal precedent or standards available for reference. Selects methods, techniques, analytical approach and evaluation criteria.
• Works on problems of diverse scope ranging from moderate to complex.
• Little instruction on day-to-day work, general instructions on new assignments.
• Serves as project/technical lead on small to medium sized projects; may coordinate work of professionals, technicians and others outside of own department.
• Resource integrator -builds professional networks and identifies and connects resources to achieve goals. Regularly contributes actionable ideas in brainstorming and planning sessions.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field (engineering, mathematics, natural sciences, finance)
• Expert knowledge with experience in Calpine's industry sectors of quantitative analysis, commodity valuation models and related systems.
• 3 - 5 years of energy industry experience, preferably in a commercial decision-support role
• Knowledge of the U.S. natural gas and power market, especially related to natural gas basis and regional supply and demand fundamentals.
• Strong coding and data processing skills (Python, R, or VBA)

Knowledge and experience should cover a significant subset of the following:

• Experience working with data visualization and analysis tools.
• Familiarity with research tools such as Velocity Suite, Bentek, Genscape, and pipe flow data sources.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Expert in Microsoft Office Suite, with advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Should be able to work autonomously and accept responsibility; deal with ambiguous tasks and be able to handle the pressure of multiple deadlines.
• The ability to combine knowledge of fundamentals, operations, and trading to make recommendations.
• Some knowledge of ISO/RTOs of North America

Additional Calpine Information

• Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.
• Calpine is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment and need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website or to apply for a position, please send an e-mail with your request to hrrecruitment@calpine.com. Determination on requests for reasonable accommodation are made on case-by-case basis.

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