Senior Consultant - Generation Services

Responsibilities

• Evaluate complex generation projects, ensuring regulatory compliance, and providing authoritative guidance throughout planning, construction, and operational phases.
• Lead feasibility studies, resource assessments, and the development of long-term generation strategies tailored to client objectives.
• Evaluate and recommend appropriate generation technologies based on client needs, regulatory environment, and market trends.
• Build detailed capital and operational cost models across multiple generation platforms to support business case development and investment decisions.
• Support RFP development, bid evaluation, and contract negotiations for PPA, EPC, OEM, and O&M services.
• Serve as a technical advisor and Owner's Engineer during project construction, ensuring adherence to scope, schedule, and quality standards.
• Advise on commissioning, performance optimization, and asset management strategies.
• Assist clients in planning and executing end-of-life strategies for generation assets.
• Lead and manage projects from initiation to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and meet the required scope and quality.
• Continuously develop subject matter expertise in a particular practice or focus area by actively contributing to above listed activities and pursuing activities/work in various disciplines and staying abreast of current/hot topics to broaden and build upon subject matter knowledge.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required with a preference for mechanical engineering or similar technical engineering and power generation industry-related field. Master's degree preferred.
• Proficiency in thermodynamics, understanding of generation systems performance, and power generation facility operations is necessary.
• Deep technical expertise across a range of generation technologies, including Combined Cycle, Simple Cycle, Reciprocating Engines, Coal, and emerging solutions such as hydrogen and Small Modular Reactors (SMRs).
• Strong background in utility-scale project development, operations, and asset lifecycle management.
• Ideal candidate will have engineering design and/or construction experience on power generation projects.
• In-depth knowledge of regulatory frameworks, permitting processes, and grid interconnection requirements.
• Experience with comparative analysis of renewable resources, battery storage, Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), and energy efficiency as a resource.
• Experience with financial planning a plus.
• Minimum of 10 years' directly related work experience.
• Must have the ability to work independently with limited supervision.
• Strong problem-solving, judgment and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills.

Skills

• Thermodynamics
• Understanding of generation systems performance
• Power generation facility operations
• Generation technology evaluation and recommendation
• Capital and operational cost modeling
• RFP development, bid evaluation, and contract negotiations
• Project management
• Technical advisory and Owner's Engineer role
• Commissioning, performance optimization, and asset management strategies
• End-of-life strategy planning
• Subject matter expertise development