A subsidiary of Veolia group, Veolia North America (VNA) is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country's largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education, and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent.
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POSITION PURPOSE: Co-ops are full-time team members who are treated and valued as such! They are fully integrated into the Energy Markets and Sustainability Services team - working alongside everybody and being pulled into a host of projects, client meetings, etc. On our team, we make an intentional effort to integrate our co-ops throughout our work to provide them with the most valuable experience possible based on their personal goals. Outlined below are a set of generalized tasks that co-ops take on. Ultimately though, every co-op's experience will vary depending on their expressed interest in certain topics and tasks.
About the team: This position is for the Energy Markets and Sustainability Services group at Veolia North America. Broadly, our team helps customers navigate the complexity of energy and sustainability markets with a focus on consulting & brokering for wholesale electricity and natural gas transactions. Ultimately, our role is to provide clients with market insight needed to make strategic decisions when purchasing energy, navigating sustainability initiatives, managing budgetary risk and reducing energy spend. This position will include meeting with clients to discuss their energy needs, researching and modeling energy policies and tariffs, creating energy budgets for clients, and much more.
PRIMARY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES
- Evaluate customer energy usage profiles and forward markets to advise commercial and industrial customers on how they should procure natural gas and electricity.
- Manage and author articles for our biweekly energy market update newsletters, staying up to date with energy current events and price drivers of natural gas and power markets.
- Develop Excel-based energy market analytical models, incorporating historical natural gas and electricity data, futures contracts, and cost inputs at different U.S. locations to be utilized internally and presented to clients.
- Develop client energy budgets, evaluate client electricity / natural gas contract performance, model client distribution tariffs, and audit client energy invoices.
- Perform energy procurement activities such as creating requests for proposals (RFPs), assist in formulating hedging strategies, communicating with customers and suppliers, and contributing to advisory calls. This also includes helping customers procure green energy, including Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), carbon offsets, and Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs).
- Create presentation materials for market updates. Relevant materials include natural gas supply, demand, and storage conditions, national weather forecasts, and regulatory development.
- Perform market research as necessary to help manage client needs. Areas of research may include:
- Utility company tariffs, policies, and rate cases.
- Energy supplier terms and conditions.
- State laws and regulations.
- Sustainability standards, rules, and regulations.
A strong applicant will have:
- Analytical capabilities.
- A strong interest in energy, energy markets, and sustainability.
- Good communication, interpersonal skills, and teamwork.
- Curiosity and a willingness to learn.
- Proficiency with Excel.
- A self-starter attitude.
- Previous experience in energy or an energy adjacent field is preferred.
Benefits:
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status
Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
