Postdoctoral Scholar in Utility Workforce Forecasting

The Pennsylvania State University seeks a Postdoctoral Scholar to join the Energy Workforce and Grid Resilience Initiative, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The interdisciplinary team will address workforce challenges in the U.S. electric power sector, including retirement-driven knowledge gaps and climate-related infrastructure demands. The Postdoctoral Scholar will lead modeling and forecasting of utility workforce trends using machine learning, integrate workforce projections with energy system models, and contribute to policy-relevant research outputs. The position is ideal for quantitatively oriented scholars with expertise in forecasting, demographic modeling, applied statistics, econometrics, or machine learning.