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Join our team of professionals who provide comprehensive, reliable energy data, analysis, and forecasts to industry, government, media, academia, and the American public. Our work promotes sound policymaking, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment.

We are searching for candidates who qualify as statisticians, mathematical statisticians, economists, and general engineers. Although we prefer degrees in mathematics, statistics, economics, operations research, and engineering for entry-level positions, degrees in social sciences or business may qualify as well, especially if you have an emphasis on statistical data gathering and analysis. We also are looking for graduates who have taken courses in regression and linear modeling, in exploratory data analysis, and in econometrics.

Beyond the technical qualifications, we seek intelligent, flexible, and motivated employees who have good team skills and who like to think critically, innovate, and solve problems. Effective writing skills are also a definite plus.

You must be a U.S. citizen.

Current Openings

Job openings EIA team/office About the work
SES The Assistant Administrator for Energy Statistics The Department of Energy's (DOE) U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is looking for a dynamic, innovative, and seasoned executive to lead a key program engaged in the development, management, and dissemination of high-quality information to inform decision-making for a broad stakeholder community, including government, industry, educators, the media, and the general public. As the Assistant Administrator for Energy Statistics, this executive interacts with the Administrator and Deputy Administrator of EIA and with other Departmental officers that require data and related services, while also employing best practices to ensure efficient mission delivery. The Incumbent also develops and implements a forward-looking vision to ensure coverage of key emerging trends, such as the impact of new technologies and/or policies. EIA’s data and reports communicate the performance of U.S. energy markets and provide policy-neutral information to support the analytical needs of Congress, the Administration, other Federal Agencies, private industry, and international and non-governmental organizations. In addition, the Assistant Administrator is the lead spokesperson for the organization, representing it in a wide range of forums as a subject matter expert and effective program advocate. apply here

GS 11-13:
Economist

Electricity Coal, Nuclear, and Renewables Markets Team Perform short-term modeling of coal supply by enhancing model equations and methodologies, generating and evaluating forecasts, and writing reports related to the forecast.

GS 11-13:
Economist,
General Engineer,
Math Statistician

Short-Term Integrated Products Team and Long-Term Integrated Products Team

As an integration modeler, build the framework on which other teams attach their subject matter modules (60% technical, 30% communication, and 10% assorted tasks)

GS-14:
Math Statistician,
Statistician,
Economist

Residential Energy Demand Team Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) Manager position. The primary duties of this position are to lead and manage the RECS, a comprehensive, periodic study of household energy demand. The RECS manager duties include project management, team coordination, expert analysis, and technical authority on this benchmark building energy demand study. The selected candidate will organize complex survey operations; develop unique, effective, and efficient solutions to complex survey problems; and work productively across multiple disciplines and position levels both within and outside of the organization. This is a non-supervisory position.
GS-14:
Economist,
General Engineer,
Math Statistician
Petroleum & Natural Gas Modeling Team As Lead Modeler for the World Hydrocarbon Activities Module (WHAM), mentor modelers on the team, acquire training in appropriate programming languages, lead modeling activities for EIA’s energy outlooks, and serve as a subject matter expert for EIA in liquid fuels and refining markets (The module is written in AIMMS with pre-processing routines in Python and integration with other modules).
GS 11-13:
Economist,
General Engineer,
Math Statistician
Petroleum & Natural Gas Modeling Team

Provide support for the development and operation EIA’s domestic and international petroleum and natural gas and hydrogen models; possess general knowledge of advanced optimization techniques and familiarity with Python, or R; (optional) possess applied knowledge of optimization packages such as AIMMS or GAMS.

GS 11-13:
Economist,
Math Statistician,
General Engineer

Energy Consumption & Efficiency Modeling Team Develop, maintain, and enhance residential and commercial demand models in support of EIA’s long-term energy outlooks and buildings-related analyses; possess general knowledge of processing and analysis techniques for large data sets; languages currently used for modules and data processing/analysis include Fortran, Python, R.
GS 11-13:
Economist,
Math Statistician
Natural Gas Markets Team Conduct analysis, update and run models, and develop related (visualization) tools and written summaries to support Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) modeling and market assessment of upstream oil and natural gas production and prices.
GS 11-13:
Mathematical Statistician, Economist, General Engineer

Macroeconomics and Emissions Team

Develop and implement mathematical optimization modeling to represent carbon capture, transportation, and sequestration in the National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) for the Annual Energy Outlook (AEO). Implement the algorithms and software solutions in Python. Engage in data gathering, processing, and analysis to inform modeling.
GS-15:
Team Lead

International Energy Analysis Team

Team Lead for the International Energy Analysis Team oversees collection and dissemination of all international energy data, international liquids portion of the Short-Term Energy Outlook, and Country and Regional Analysis Briefs. The selected candidate will oversee the generation and publication of a diverse set of products on international energy markets. Required to be located in the National Capital Region, and the incumbent will have the option to be on a 50-99% telework agreement.
GS-14:
Economist Math Statistician Statistician
Data Analytics Team

Source Data Coordinator position. The primary duties of this position are to:

The Source Data Coordinator will develop and maintain data dependency matrices that track the flow of data collected from EIA surveys, third parties, and other U.S. statistical agencies through EIA’s entire suite of statistical and analytical products. They will review of changes to survey programs and assess how they may benefit or hinder the work done across all EIA programs Monitor and respond to Federal Register notices for data collected by other U.S. statistical agencies but used in EIA’s own programs to support continued collection efforts. They will investigate alternative source data to either replace or supplement existing data collection efforts, including that made available through the U.S. Evidence Based Policy Act.

Skills and knowledge for this position include project management, the ability to work collaboratively, strong written and oral communication, coalition building, knowledge of U.S. statistical system, comprehensive knowledge of EIA data (including OEA products), and resource investigation.

This position will enable EIA to plan information portfolio changes by considering the value of the information and stakeholder impact, and significantly expanded the boundaries of potential data (including non-survey data).

This is a non-supervisory position.


How to Apply

GS 11 – GS 14 positions (Remote and non-supervisory)
Hiring announcements are designated as “remote”:

Economist – https://www.usajobs.gov/job/751803400
General Engineer – https://www.usajobs.gov/job/751210900
Mathematical Statistician – https://www.usajobs.gov/job/751817400
Statistician – https://www.usajobs.gov/job/751790900

GS 15 (National Capital Region)
Hiring announcements are designated as “non-remote”; applicants should select Washington D.C as the location:

Economist – https://www.usajobs.gov/job/751803800
Mathematical Statistician – https://www.usajobs.gov/job/751818300
Statistician – https://www.usajobs.gov/job/751791900


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