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National Laboratory of the Rockies · 19 hours ago

Demand Forecasting Lead Scientist

Golden, CO

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$120K/yr - $217K/yr

9+ years exp

The National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) is a leading institution for energy systems research and development located in Golden, Colorado. They are seeking a Demand Forecasting Lead Scientist to strategize and grow energy demand forecasting research, contributing to energy analysis and grid futures studies while collaborating with industry and governmental agencies.

Clean EnergyCleanTechEnergyRenewable Energy

Responsibilities

Foster teams, projects, strategies, and relationships that establish and maintain NLR as a leader in demand-side research

Strategize growth of a demand forecasting portfolio

Develop projects and build teams for projects that contribute to the advancement of demand-side research including demand forecasting

Build laboratory-wide teams and serve as a technical resource and mentor at a laboratory level

Develop and respond to potential business development activities relating to demand-side industry needs

Represent the laboratory to external agencies

Forge relationships with DOE offices with focus on demand-side research and peer national labs

Frequently interact with laboratory and/or governmental senior level management

Serve as mentor/trainer for other workers (e.g., interns, postdocs, Research Technologists, Technicians) and begins to mentor other Researchers within their organization (e.g., group, center or directorate)

Regularly seeks and secures project funding to cover self and others

Collaborate with research experts from wide group of skillsets, and ensure coordination across relevant projects and programs lab-wide

Communicate an inspiring vision of the future across the organization

Empathize and actively learn about customers’ needs

Be an externally facing champion and conduit for the research happening across NLR

Write and publish results of analyses in peer-reviewed journals and/or technical reports and/or other publications

Reinforces positive physical and behavioral safety culture within the laboratory

Advocates for research projects, programs, and strategies by communicating the impact, accomplishments, and needs to senior level stakeholders and partners internally and externally

Frequently serves as a technical leader, role model, and mentor in the laboratory and externally within their field of research

Provides technical direction to internal and external teams or organizations for diverse and/or uniquely complex projects

Coordinates and monitors the work of others in large and/or multi-institutional and interdisciplinary teams

Serves as a role model for effective and creative technical leadership at national and/or international levels

Consistently briefs senior-level laboratory and/or governmental managers

Builds national, multi-disciplinary, or intensely focused teams and serves as a technical resource and mentor to communities external to the laboratory

Represents and can negotiate laboratory participation in large, national and/or international projects

Consistently interacts with laboratory and/or governmental senior-level management

Mentors others within their organization. May mentor others outside organization (e.g., cross-directorate)

Qualification

Demand forecastingEnergy systems planningPower system modelingAnalytical skillsProject managementInterpersonal skillsCommunication skillsMentoringTeam leadership

Required

Relevant PhD and 9 or more years of experience. Or, relevant Master's Degree and 12 or more years of experience. Or, relevant Bachelor's Degree and 14 or more years of experience

Apply advanced engineering technical principles, theories and concepts

Contributes to the development of new principles and concepts

Considered a national subject matter expert

Demonstrates leadership in a number of areas including all team, task and/or project lead responsibilities (works independently)

Demonstrated management of complex and/or impactful projects

Excellent writing, interpersonal and communication skills

You have extensive experience with power system, transmission modeling, and/or energy systems planning tools, including load/energy forecasting

You are a visionary thinker backed by a strong strategic and analytical framing

You are an innovator and provide creative solutions to complex problems

You pick up on new concepts quickly, synthesize information and generate insights