Energy System Modeler and Project Developer (San Diego / Remote)

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<p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; color: rgb(36, 41, 54); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.656; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.2px; max-width: 100%; font-family: ProximaNova-Light, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><b style="font-weight:normal;" id="docs-internal-guid-2cc2e7e0-7fff-50cc-c1f0-51c861d4abb7"></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4pt;"><b style="font-weight:normal;" id="docs-internal-guid-b070a3df-7fff-a173-8020-ba3b43deead6"></b></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#000000">Are you passionate about a clean energy future? At VECKTA we’re building the energy transition platform. Our marketplace connects commercial and industrial energy users with providers of capital, equipment, and services to deploy renewable-led onsite energy systems at sites across North America and Australia.</font></span></p><p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;">As our business scales, VECKTA is adding to our energy systems modeling team. As an </span><b style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;">Energy System Modeler and Project Developer</b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;">, you will receive world-class training, have access to the world’s most advanced software tools, and have the hands-on opportunity to work at an ambitious, rapidly scaling business that is making a dent in the universe.</span></font></p><p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><br></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;">With a globally distributed team, our agile and collaborative culture is optimized around the realities of remote work. You will have the opportunity to grow professionally and technically and play to your strengths as it aligns with your own preferences and the business.</span></font></p><p><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p> </p><p><font color="#000000"> Who You Are:</font></p><p></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 14px;">Determined to make a positive impact on the world. The energy transition could not be more critical to humanity right now, and we play an essential role in accelerating change</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">You love to push yourself to achieve extraordinary results, and through that will push VECKTA to be the best we can be.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Enthusiastically engaging and committed to building great relationships</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Curious about what makes markets work, with a burning desire to make the VECKTA marketplace an amazing place to do business</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Adaptable and excited to embrace the journey; our business and environment are ever-evolving. That means managing ambiguity to achieve desired outcomes, and being a willing fire-fighter on occasion (metaphorically speaking)</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#000000">What You'll Do:</font></span></p><ul><li><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 14px;">Create technical and economic models of onsite energy systems. </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 14px;">Gather and estimate model assumptions through a variety of means: soliciting information from customers, sourcing from publicly available resources, estimating from internal databases, etc. </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 14px;">Act as a customer success specialist, presenting and explaining the model inputs and results to customers. </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 14px;">Adjust models based on customer feedback. </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 14px;">Deliver and iterate on reports for energy-system customers. </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 14px;">Support customers throughout the project development lifecycle. </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 14px;">Provide feedback to the product team based on your own experience working with the VECKTA product, as well as feedback from customers.</span></li></ul><p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 14px;"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#000000">What You’ll Need to Succeed:</font></span></p><ul><li><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 14px;">Strong quantitative background: bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field or equivalent experience. </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 14px;">Experience working with economic modeling and/or energy system analysis. </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 14px;">Comfortable working remotely - opportunity to continue indefinitely for the right candidate. </span></li></ul><p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 14px;"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;">Even Better if You Have:</span><br></font></p><ul><li><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 14px;">Experience related to modeling/simulation, power engineering, or economic assessment of energy projects. </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 14px;">Experience developing and/or deploying energy projects. </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 14px;">Experience manipulating, cleaning and visualizing data using a combination of Excel, R, and/or Python, etc. </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 14px;">Experience working across regulatory and private energy industry segments. </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 14px;">Experience with utility tariffs/rates. Familiarity with distributed energy resources, such as, Solar PV, Wind, Energy Storage, Diesel Generators, Natural Gas Generators, etc. </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 14px;">Excellent communication skills. </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills</span> </span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><font color="#000000"> VECKTA is a remote-first company, with team members based across North America and Australia. We get the team together in San Diego on a regular basis. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.</font></span><br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>

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