Quantitative Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

About The Energy Authority

The Energy Authority is a public power-owned, nonprofit corporation with offices in Jacksonville, Florida, and Bellevue (Seattle), Washington. TEA provides public power utilities with access to advanced resources and technology systems so they can respond competitively in the changing energy markets. Through partnership with TEA, utilities benefit from an experienced organization that is singularly focused on deriving the maximum value of their assets from the market.

SUMMARY

TEA’s Corporate Analytics team uses their diverse backgrounds and skillsets to solve highly technical and challenging problems related to energy markets. We are looking for a motivated, self-driven individual to join the Corporate Analytics team as a Quantitative Analyst. In this role, you will develop tools that assist both clients and front office staff in making analytically driven decisions. In addition, this role expects the candidate to assist the Resource Planning team with Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs), and analysis which focus on the mid- to long-term portfolio expansion studies for US-based utilities operating in either an organized or bilateral energy market. You will help drive innovation by developing and maintaining capacity expansion and production cost software models used for long-term planning studies, building your market domain knowledge, and cultivating strong relationships with our external clients and internal stakeholders. This is a high-impact role in which your work will be visible, your contributions will make a difference, and you will contribute to the energy transition that is currently taking place across US energy markets.

What You’ll Do :

• Design, develop, and implement optimization, statistical, machine learning, and production cost models to support decision-making.
• Build and maintain in-house software tools and data pipelines using R, Python, SQL, Excel / VBA, and other programming languages.
• Forecast nodal and zonal energy prices across short- and long-term horizons using fundamental simulation models.
• Develop and maintain capacity expansion and production cost models used for long-term planning studies.
• Model and evaluate the impacts of generation retirements / additions, load changes, market design changes, and transmission expansion .
• Deliver production-quality code through the full lifecycle—from R&D through implementation.
• Translate client and internal stakeholder challenges into well-defined quantitative questions using sound methodologies.
• Provide clear, actionable insights from model outputs to support informed decision-making.
• Participate in project scoping, internal and external client meetings, presentations, and ongoing communications.
• Review model outputs, recommend enhancements, and collaborate with teammates on improvements.
• Evaluate key model assumptions including fuel prices, resource costs, load forecasts, market prices, and transmission constraints.
• Provide electric utility and market insights to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Mentor team members and contribute to the growth and development of the Corporate Analytics team.

What You Bring to the Team :

Preferred Knowledge & Skills :

TEA Values

TEA employees share a common sense of purpose. When TEA accomplishes its mission, the result is improved quality of life for the citizens and businesses of the communities our clients serve.

TEA employees exceed the expectations of those they serve, deliver services with the highest standards of fair, honest, and ethical behavior, set the standard for service and expertise in our industry, embody a spirit of collaboration, and embrace TEA’s founding entrepreneurial spirit by seizing opportunities to deliver value.

If you are self-motivated, driven to deliver excellence, and passionate about your career, TEA is the perfect place for you.

It’s YOUR Future. It’s OUR Future.