Energy & Utility Consulting Manager – Renewables

• 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, Power Point 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).
• 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.

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

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• Power Industry Experience
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• Hard Skills
• Economic Evaluation
• Cost Analysis
• Risk Assessment
• Technical Due Diligence
• Power Generation Technologies
• Quantitative Analysis
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• Contract Development
• Project Implementation Strategies
• Stakeholder Alignment
• Soft Skills
• Analytical Skills
• Problem-Solving
• Communication Skills
• Mentoring
• Initiative
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• Electric Utilities
• Gas Utilities
• Independent Power Producers
• Grid Operators
• Energy Investors
• Utility Planning
• Grid Modernization
• New Generation Portfolio Development
• Power Plant Operations
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• Excel
• Power Point
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