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Salary Job Type
Permanent Full-Time
Remote Work Option
Hybrid
Category
Energy Analyst
Location
Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom
Job Details
SONI Ltd are the people behind Northern Ireland’s electricity grid. We operate the NI power system with world leading levels of variable asynchronous renewable generation, ensuring that everyone has power when they need it. But that’s not all, we are now transforming the power system for future generations.
The Opportunity
As a Senior Lead Analyst within our Future Power Markets function, you will have the opportunity to develop your expertise with energy market principles, by working collaboratively across our business, and engaging with regulatory authorities and industry stakeholders. You will develop key leadership qualities by coordinating the work of junior members of the team while demonstrating the behaviors and actions that will proactively and positively support the purpose driven culture we are building for the future.
The Team
The Future Power Markets team is responsible for providing thought leadership in relation to market changes needed to deliver on the renewable electricity targets and is also responsible for delivering large programmes of work to deliver on changes approved by the regulatory authorities.
There are currently a number of key projects which the team is delivering on including:
The Opportunity
As a Senior Lead Analyst within our Future Power Markets function, you will have the opportunity to develop your expertise with energy market principles, by working collaboratively across our business, and engaging with regulatory authorities and industry stakeholders. You will develop key leadership qualities by coordinating the work of junior members of the team while demonstrating the behaviors and actions that will proactively and positively support the purpose driven culture we are building for the future.
The Team
The Future Power Markets team is responsible for providing thought leadership in relation to market changes needed to deliver on the renewable electricity targets and is also responsible for delivering large programmes of work to deliver on changes approved by the regulatory authorities.
There are currently a number of key projects which the team is delivering on including:
- Future System Service Arrangements: This project is developing new arrangements for the procurement of innovative System Services which will be vital in facilitating operational change which will allow the power system to be operated with increasingly high levels of low carbon technologies and in achieving our 2030 renewables targets;
- Scheduling and Dispatch: This project is developing design changes to our core market and operational systems to deliver on changes associated with the treatment of non-priority dispatch renewables defined in the Clean Energy Package, making improvements on wind dispatch, and updates to scheduling and dispatch process to incorporate new energy storage solutions, low carbon sources of inertia, and the provision of reserves and systems services from new technologies.
- Long Duration Energy Storage: Investigating the options for a market mechanism to incentivise long duration energy storage.
Due to the unique nature of the all island electricity market our team are solving challenges before they are experienced elsewhere in the world. This is therefore a unique opportunity to work alongside world leading experts and play a key role in our transition to a secure and low carbon energy future.
About You
Successful candidates will have:
- Third level degree/ professional qualification in a relevant discipline with 6+ years work experience experience in Power Markets
- Strong analytical, communication and interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge of corporate governance codes and guidance such as the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies, UK Code of Corporate Governance etc.
- Experience writing and presenting on technical and non-technical reports.
- Advanced problem solving and analysis skills.
- Demonstrated communication and influencing skills particularly with internal and external stakeholders.
- A passion for influencing Future Power Markets.
If you believe you have the skills and experience relevant for this position, please upload your CV and a cover letter (in one document).
Closing date for applications is 22 March 2024.
SONI is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. All appointments are based on merit.
SONI has a duty to prevent illegal working and applicants must demonstrate they have a legal right to work in the UK. SONI is not providing sponsorship for this vacancy.
Closing date for applications is 22 March 2024.
SONI is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. All appointments are based on merit.
SONI has a duty to prevent illegal working and applicants must demonstrate they have a legal right to work in the UK. SONI is not providing sponsorship for this vacancy.
