Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/week)

No. of positions: 1

Closing date: July 27, 2026

What you'll do
The load forecast is a foundation of BC Hydro’s Integrated Resource Plan and is used across the company for capital planning, operations planning, revenue forecasting, and other functions. As Senior Load Forecast Advisor in the Industrial Load Forecast team, you will be a key member of the broader Load Forecasting group producing energy and peak demand forecasts for BC Hydro’s industrial customers. You will be expected to produce load forecasts using well‑established modelling methods, and to develop new modelling methods to forecast emerging loads.

Responsibilities

Acts as a project leader for and/or conducts the planning, organising, and implementation of forecasting studies for key industrial sub‑sectors such as oil and gas, mining, forestry, emerging industries (such as AI, data centres, hydrogen), load and market research programmes and customer surveys.

Proactively identifies emerging drivers—including load, economic, customer, and end‑use factors—that may impact future industrial demand.

Understands industrial customers’ expansion, electrification, and decarbonisation roadmaps.

Translates policy and regulatory changes into long‑term load forecasting scenarios.

Synthesises and communicates load forecast information to the Executive and the Board, within Integrated Planning, and across BC Hydro, and to the BC Utilities Commission and interveners through regulatory processes.

Coordinates the efforts of consultants, data providers and department peers where necessary to facilitate the creation of the industrial sector forecasts,



and advises the manager on budget requirements.

Directs, develops and maintains economic models and relationships for use in delivering forecasts, establishes and ensures modelling methodologies are appropriate and carries out due diligence over data.

Regularly monitors performance of existing forecasting models and processes, monitors industry developments with respect to models and forecasting methodologies, and makes recommendations on incremental forecasting model and process improvements.

Proactively initiates builds, maintains and manages ongoing internal and external working relationships.

Plans, organises and implements the annual forecast work schedule, coordinates the integration of sector forecasts within regional and system load forecasts, and coordinates the forecasting process with other critical and complex company processes such as regulatory applications (e.g., revenue requirements) and capital planning cycles to ensure alignment.

What you bring

Graduated with a Post‑secondary Degree in relevant areas such as economics, engineering, business, or other relevant discipline, with a Masters degree preferred.

6‑8 years of relevant experience with exposure to industrial project development proposals, existing industrial operations analysis, policy analysis,



energy industry developments and forecasting, data management and analytics.

Demonstrated competency with MS Office suite, especially Excel.

Demonstrated interest in process management and continuous improvement initiatives.

Demonstrated capability of designing and building analytical models and conducting industrial sector market research.

Demonstrated analytical and problem‑solving capability.

Demonstrated oral and written communication skills, including the ability to prepare PowerPoint slides, write briefing notes and make presentations for senior leaders.

Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of multidisciplinary teams comprising consultants and employees.

Demonstrated ability to build effective relationships and manage stakeholder expectations.

Any combination of the following would be considered an asset:

Understanding of how energy is used today, and how that use might change in future, for one or more of BC Hydro major customer groups (heavy industry including natural gas production, processing and transport; mining; forestry; data centres)

Understanding of the operational profiles, production cycles, and energy requirements of major industrial sectors

What we offer

A minimum of 15 paid vacation days

Flexible work model, depending on your role type

Training and development courses

Benefits information: For more information on the perks we offer, visit bchydro.com/benefits.

* This role requires in‑office attendance at BC Hydro’s downtown Vancouver location, up to five days a week.

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📌 Sr. Load Forecast Advisor (British Columbia)
🏢 BC Hydro
📍 British Columbia