Itron isaleading provider of electric and gas forecasting consulting services, training, and software. Our clients include gas and electric utilities, Independent System Operators, transmission companies, and retail energy providers.Wesupportorganizations acrossNorth America, Europe, Australia, and South Asiawithforecastingsolutions that rangefromnear-term operational forecasting tolong-term planninganalysis. In this role, we are seeking a distribution planning professional who also brings forecasting experience and can help bridge planning needs with advanced analytical methods.

As part of our Forecasting Solutions Team, you will supportutilities indistributionplanning and long-termdistributionforecasting applications.

This includeshelping clients valuategeospatialgrowth,identifyemerging distribution constraints, and apply forecasting tools and software solutions to support planning studies, investment decisions, and evolving grid needs.

You will play a key role indevelopinggeospatial customer growth forecasts,evaluating distributed energy resource(DER)adoption,andtranslating forecast outputs into actionable insights for distribution planning. This may include supporting feeder- and area-level planning assessments, analyzing historical load and market data, and helping clients understand how growth, electrification, and DER adoption affect future system needs.

This role also involves becoming a subject matter expert in DER technologies, including solar PV, battery storage, and a range of electric vehicles (EVs) from light-duty to medium- and heavy-duty classes and translating emerging market trends into actionable insights for clients.

As a client-facing consultant, you will interact directly withutilitystakeholders, providing guidance ondistribution planning, loadgrowth, DER impacts, andforecasting-driven planning decisions.You will also contribute toItronsthought leadership by delivering presentations, leading workshops, andsharing practical insights on how forecasting can strengthen distribution system planning.

Duties & Responsibilities

As a Forecast Consultantwith a distribution planning focus,you will:

• Provide technical and software support to clients.

• Manage and executeconsultingprojectsthat support distributionforecasting,capacity screening analysis, andhigh-qualityclientdeliverables.

• Apply forecasting methods and DER adoption analysis to inform distribution planning studies and future system needs.

• Analyze geospatialand loaddatatocreatefeeder-, area-, or substation-level insights thatsupport clientsdistribution planning needs.

• Present forecasts and analysis to clients and stakeholders via workshops, webinars, and conferences.

• Contribute toItrons thought leadership by authoring blogs, brown bags, and white papers.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10to15+years of energy industry experience (utility, consulting, research, etc.).

• Strong knowledge of distributionforecasting, including load growth,integrating new construction projects,DER impacts,system constraints,and utility planning processes.

• Significant experiencewithdatabase applications(e.g.,SQL,Oracle).

• Experience with load forecasting, time series analysis, or related analytical methods that can be applied to distribution planning studies.

• Proficiencyincode-baseddata &statistical modeling tools, with experience inPython,R,orSASbeing a plus.

• Strong communicationskills, with the ability to deliver compelling presentations and defend forecasts in regulatory settings.

• Experience working with geospatial data, feeder-level analysis, ordistributionsystem planning toolsis preferred.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Advanceddegree inpower systems engineering,electrical engineering, economics,mathematics, statistics,data science, information systems,or relatedtechnicalfield, or equivalent job experience.

• Strong knowledge ofeconometrics, statistics, calculus, anddata science modeling methods.

• Programming skills and knowledge of R&D processes is a plus.