Energy & Utility Consulting Manager – Renewables

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• Lead strategic planning consulting projects, including market, technology, and policy assessments. • Lead and contribute to project economic and cost analyses, risk assessments, and contracting strategies. • Manage technical due diligence and owner's engineering reviews for power and energy projects. • Provide client program and project management support, including improving governance, business processes, controls, and stakeholder alignment. • Develop conceptual plans with Sargent & Lundy's technical teams to meet client needs. • Prepare and present project implementation strategies and plans to client executives and project teams. • Translate complex technical findings into clear, client-ready presentations and written reports. • Lead discrete workstreams within larger client engagements. • Coordinate day-to-day activities of junior team members, provide technical direction, and manage hours and work to budget and scope. • Develop staff expertise through training and mentoring. • Contribute to business development, proposal preparation, and client relationship building. • Help clients define and execute strategies for power projects and improve business operations across utility planning, new generation portfolio development, grid modernization, and new energy campus planning.

Requirements • We do not sponsor employees for work authorization in the U.S. for this position. • Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, or civil engineering (other engineering disciplines or finance/economics may be considered). • 15 or more years of experience in the power industry. • Experience and technical knowledge in multiple power generation technologies, including conventional and renewables. • Experience managing teams of engineers and/or consultants. • Prior management consulting or advisory experience with a consulting firm, advisory practice, or consulting role within an engineering firm or energy company, including direct client interaction and responsibility for analytical work products. • Demonstrated experience working with electric or gas utilities, independent power producers, project developers, grid operators, or energy investors. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including comfort working with quantitative models, large data sets, and financial or economic analysis. • Proven ability to produce clear, well-structured deliverables (Excel models, PowerPoint decks, and written reports) and communicate complex topics to non-technical audiences. • Experience leading client meetings, workshops, or presentations; comfort engaging directly with client stakeholders. • Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced, project-based consulting environment. • High level of initiative, ownership, and accountability, with a track record of delivering quality work products with limited supervision. • Valued but not required: experience in technical due diligence and owner's engineering design reviews of power projects. • Valued but not required: understanding of power plant operations and performance, including key operational and financial drivers. • Valued but not required: understanding of electric utility business models, planning processes, and operations. • Valued but not required: experience with economic evaluation, cost analysis, and contract development (e.g., PPAs, EPC contracts, O&M agreements).

Proven ability to translate complex technical findings into clear deliverables and manage teams effectively in a consulting environment.

Highest-signal resume keywords • Power Industry Experience • Project Management • Economic Analysis • Team Leadership • Client Engagement ATS Optimization Keywords Hard Skills • Economic Evaluation • Cost Analysis • Risk Assessment • Technical Due Diligence • Power Generation Technologies • Quantitative Analysis • Data Analysis • Contract Development • Project Implementation Strategies • Stakeholder Alignment Soft Skills • Analytical Skills • Problem-Solving • Communication Skills • Mentoring • Initiative Industry Keywords • Electric Utilities • Gas Utilities • Independent Power Producers • Grid Operators • Energy Investors • Utility Planning • Grid Modernization • New Generation Portfolio Development • Power Plant Operations • Business Development Tools & Technologies • Excel • PowerPoint • Quantitative Models Core Competencies Demonstrates expertise in leading strategic planning and project management for power and energy projects, with a strong focus on economic analysis, risk assessment, and stakeholder engagement.