Energy & Utility Consulting Manager

This role offers a hybrid work arrangement, with three days in the office and two days working remotely. As part of the Sargent & Lundy Consulting group, you will help clients navigate the energy transition from new generation and grid modernization to data center energy campus development and strategic planning. You will lead high-impact projects, collaborate with industry-leading technical experts, and build a career in energy and infrastructure consulting.

What You Will Do

You will lead strategic planning consulting projects, including market, technology, and policy assessments. You will also lead and contribute to project economic and cost analyses, risk assessments, and contracting strategies. Additionally, you will manage technical due diligence and owner’s engineering reviews for power and energy projects, including reviewing deliverables such as reports and studies.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The successful candidate will bring prior consulting experience, strong analytical skills, and energy-sector knowledge to help clients navigate an evolving energy landscape. You will lead projects involving utility planning and advisory, new generation portfolio development, grid modernization, and new energy campus planning, with exposure to both technical details and executive-level decisions.

Requirements

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare plans
• Generous paid time off
• Competitive, award-winning benefits
• 401(k)
• Pre-tax Commuter Account
• Merit Scholarship Program
• Employee Discount Program
• Corporate Charitable Giving Program
• Tuition Assistance
• First Professional Licensure Bonus
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Paid Annual Personal/Sick Time (PST)
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Bereavement Leave
• Flexible Work Arrangements