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About us
Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry.
To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.
National Grid is hiring a Senior Quantitative Data Scientist of Forecasting. This position will be located in the Hicksville, NY office or Waltham, MA office.
Job Purpose
The Load Forecasting & Analytics team produces electric and gas load forecasts for National Grid. This role will support the delivery of several initiatives within the Load Forecasting & Analytics team that will help modernize National Grid’s electric system in New England creating a network that can accommodate a rising number of distributed energy resources with increased levels of reliability and control. You will develop short term load forecasts and contribute to other projects supporting our forecasting and distributed resource teams. Your key internal stakeholders include Distributed Generation, System Planning, Supply, Engineering and the operational Control Centers. You will ensure that the forecasts incorporate new distributed energy resources, technologies, and policies.
Key Accountabilities
Develop and implement short-term load forecast models and processes. Perform analysis relating to the forecast as necessary. Enable processes to be integrated with daily control center operations, distribution planning and supply procurement.
Qualifications
A Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred) in statistics, applied analytics, engineering, data science or related quantitatively rigorous field.
National Grid is one of the world's largest utilities, focused on delivering energy safely, efficiently, reliably and responsibly. National Grid is an international electricity and gas company and one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world. We play a vital role in delivering gas and electricity to many millions of people across Great Britain and northeastern US in an efficient, reliable and safe manner.