Senior Consultant, Heavy Industrial

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Provide technical subject matter expertise for metals, cement, and heavy industrial project opportunities.
• Support Audubon’s business development efforts by identifying market opportunities, client needs, and project drivers.
• Advise internal teams on heavy industrial facility requirements, project risks, constructability, execution strategies, and technical considerations.
• Assist with client discussions, technical presentations, proposal development, and pursuit strategy.
• Review scopes of work, project requirements, technical documents, and proposal materials for accuracy and completeness.
• Provide guidance on metals and cement plant processes, equipment, facility layouts, utilities, material handling systems, and supporting infrastructure.
• Support early project planning, feasibility assessments, conceptual studies, FEL/FEED efforts, and capital project development.
• Help evaluate project opportunities, including technical fit, execution approach, risks, and resource needs.
• Collaborate with engineering, procurement, construction, estimating, and project management teams as needed.
• Share market intelligence related to metals, cement, minerals processing, decarbonization, modernization, expansions, and plant upgrades.
• Support Audubon’s reputation as a knowledgeable and trusted partner in the heavy industrial market.

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in heavy industrial engineering, construction, operations, consulting, or project development.
• Direct project experience with metals facilities and cement plants.
• Strong understanding of industrial capital projects, including engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup.
• Experience supporting projects such as plant expansions, facility upgrades, process improvements, material handling systems, utilities, infrastructure, or major equipment installations.
• Ability to provide technical guidance to business development, engineering, estimating, and project execution teams.
• Strong communication, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently in a part-time, remote advisory role.
• Availability to participate in virtual meetings, client discussions, and occasional travel if required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Four-year ABET-accredited engineering degree preferred.
• Professional Engineering license preferred.
• Prior experience with EPC, EPCM, engineering consulting, construction, or owner/operator organizations.
• Experience with steel, aluminum, copper, lithium, nickel, battery materials, aggregates, clinker, cement grinding, kilns, mills, conveyors, bulk material handling, dust collection, environmental systems, or plant modernization projects.
• Experience supporting proposals, technical reviews, feasibility studies, FEL/FEED, constructability reviews, or project execution planning.
• Established relationships within the metals, cement, minerals, or heavy industrial markets.
• Knowledge of decarbonization, emissions reduction, electrification, alternative fuels, energy efficiency, and sustainability initiatives in heavy industry.