Senior Consulting Analyst

Responsibilities

• Supporting project development and strategic planning, including market, technology, and policy assessments.
• Leading and contributing to project economic and cost analyses, risk assessments, and contracting strategies.
• Serving as a technical expert, conducting technical due diligence and owner’s engineering reviews for power and energy projects.
• Providing client program and project management support, including improving governance, business processes, controls, and stakeholder alignment.
• Developing conceptual plans in coordination with Sargent & Lundy’s technical teams.
• Preparing and presenting project implementation strategies and plans to client executives and project teams.
• Translating complex technical findings into clear, client-ready deliverables, including presentations and written reports.
• Leading discrete workstreams within larger client engagements.
• Cooking up day-to-day activities of junior team members and reviewing their work products.
• Contributing to business development, including proposal preparation and client relationship building.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, economics, finance, business, public policy, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in the energy/power industry, including at least three years in consulting or advisory roles.
• 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 to communicate complex topics to non-technical audiences.
• Experience participating in 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.