Planning Analyst I-IV
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 23, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 13, 2026.
Overview
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As a Planning Analyst I-IV, you'll play an important role in helping our organization provide reliable, cost-effective wholesale power to our Member Cooperatives. Working closely with the Vice President of Member Power Supply Services, you'll contribute to long-term resource planning, Member load forecasting, power cost modeling, scenario analysis, budgeting, reporting, resource evaluation, and strategic decision-making. This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact by helping shape future power supply strategies and supporting informed business decisions. Placement within Levels I-IV is based on your experience, technical expertise, ability to work independently, leadership contributions, and overall impact on the organization.
Responsibilities
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Prepare and maintain long-range power cost forecasts for CEI Members, including generation dispatch, fixed-cost forecasts, load forecasts, and key assumptions.
- Maintain and enhance generation resource dispatch models, planning models, analytical datasets, and reporting processes.
- Review Member load forecasts, validate planning data, evaluate assumptions, and recommend changes when appropriate.
- Identify and evaluate future power supply alternatives, forecast associated costs, and assess impacts on existing resources.
- Analyze opportunities available from Oglethorpe Power, Green Power, regional market participants, and other suppliers; recommend appropriate participation levels.
- Support commercial operations through planning data, market and fuel price analysis, scenario modeling, and ad hoc reporting.
- Support power supply procurement, including solicitations, supplier communications, proposal evaluation, and contract negotiation analysis.
- Develop reports and recommendations for Members, management, and other stakeholders.
- Coordinate with technical staff to improve databases, programming, reporting tools, and wholesale power cost modeling capabilities.
- Document planning methodologies, assumptions, data sources, business rules, and validation steps.
Level Progression:
Planning Analyst I: Performs planning and analytical assignments with guidance while developing proficiency in load forecasting, power cost modeling, resource planning, reporting, and CEI business operations.
Planning Analyst II: Independently completes complex planning and forecasting assignments, develops analytical solutions, and provides recommendations to management and stakeholders.
Planning Analyst III: Leads major planning studies, forecasting initiatives, and resource evaluations; serves as a subject matter expert and provides guidance to other analysts.
Planning Analyst IV: Serves as CEI's lead planning resource; leads strategic planning initiatives, establishes methodologies and standards, advises leadership, and influences long-term resource decisions.
Qualifications
Required Skills and Abilities:
- Advanced spreadsheet, forecasting model, database, and quantitative analysis skills.
- Experience developing and using complex forecasting, financial, operational, or resource planning models.
- Strong forecasting, scenario analysis, data validation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to analyze complex information, recognize trends, and communicate practical recommendations.
- Strong business acumen and the ability to explain planning assumptions, results, risks, and business impacts.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, organization, and time-management skills.
- Ability to interpret and apply applicable policies, regulations, contracts, and industry requirements.
Desired Skills and Experience:
- Experience with SQL, Power BI, Python, R, VBA, or other analytical technologies.
- Experience with statistical forecasting, scenario analysis, resource planning, automated reporting, or optimization models.
- Electric utility, wholesale power, energy market, commercial operations, budgeting, procurement, or strategic planning experience.
Education and Work Experience:
- Bachelor's degree preferred in Engineering, Business, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Analytics, or a related field.
- Planning Analyst I: Generally, two or more years of relevant planning, forecasting, modeling, or analytical experience.
- Planning Analyst II: Generally, four or more years of relevant experience with demonstrated independence in complex planning and forecasting assignments.
- Planning Analyst III: Generally, six or more years of relevant experience with demonstrated leadership of planning, forecasting, or resource evaluation initiatives.
- Planning Analyst IV: Demonstrated expert-level capability and the ability to lead enterprise planning initiatives and influence strategic decisions. No fixed minimum years of experience are required.
Primary Objective of the Role:
Strengthen CEI's long-range planning, forecasting, resource evaluation, and decision-support capabilities through reliable models, disciplined scenario analysis, clear reporting, and well-documented planning processes.
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Benefits
- Competitive pay- Negotiable based upon experience
- Medical, dental, vision & prescription drug coverage
- Health Savings Account
- Life insurance & disability
- 401K with company match
- Paid holidays and time off
Learn more about CEI at: https://ecg-llc.com/
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