[Remote] Senior Consultant, Utilities, Market and Decarbonization Programs
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. West Monroe is a global business and technology consulting firm that is seeking a mission-driven Senior Consultant to join their Energy & Utilities team. In this role, you will contribute to decarbonization consulting projects, utilizing advanced analytics and building energy modeling to support energy efficiency and renewable integration.
Responsibilities
- Be a trusted advisor to our clients by providing pragmatic advice based on defensible data and analysis
- Manage and contribute to multiple projects including technical research and analysis, client engagement, subcontractor management, and external stakeholder engagement including:
- Scoping and launching new projects
- Engaging in primary and secondary research
- Procuring test equipment and arranging laboratory tests
- Supporting laboratory and field investigations
- Fostering coalition-building
- Supporting legal, regulatory, and policy reviews
- Conduct building energy modeling to determine energy savings or operating characteristics of buildings, technologies, or competing technologies
- Plan, scope, and oversee lab and field studies related to technologies or practices
- Plan and conduct analysis of research results from laboratory tests, field studies, and/or building energy modeling
- Develop and maintain budget forecasts and project schedules across multiple projects
- Coordinate research with state programs and independent entities
- Ensure high-quality deliverables, including spreadsheets with supporting calculations, memos, reports, and presentations
- Contribute to business development and proposal writing
- Leverage AI tools to accelerate analysis, synthesize complex information, and support data-driven recommendations for clients, exercising judgment in evaluating outputs
- Apply AI technologies (e.g., generative AI, automation tools, data models) to enhance insights, improve delivery efficiency, and elevate the quality of client outcomes
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or technical field(s) is required; bachelor's degree in mechanical or electrical engineering is preferred
- 6+ years of relevant work experience, preferably including consulting and utility energy efficiency program exposure
- Demonstrated experience with: Energy modeling (EnergyPlus, OpenStudio, ModelKit, IESVE, TraneTrace, etc.) and engineering simulations
- Python, R, or similar programming languages for data analysis
- Comfort contributing to complex projects with a problem-solving orientation that prioritizes client needs
- Strong attention to detail, including maintaining consistency and rigor across multi-section documents with multiple contributors
- Proven project management experience with a successful track record
- Strong initiative, creativity, and curiosity; ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, including the ability to adapt technical material for broader audiences
- Confidence, enthusiasm, humility, and the highest ethical standards
- Desire to work in a remote environment with colleagues throughout the U.S. with primary alignment with West Coast hours. Flexibility to travel for in-person meetings, as needed
- Experience integrating AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) into day-to-day workflows to enhance productivity and insight generation, coupled with strong critical thinking to assess accuracy, mitigate bias, and ensure high-quality outputs
- Experience with one or more of the following: Engineering support for energy efficiency programs such as technical reference manual (TRM) development or measurement and verification
- California and national appliance standards and building energy codes, including California Title 20 appliance standards, California Title 24 building energy codes, ASHRAE 90.1, and IECC
- Advanced data analytics including the application of machine learning or artificial intelligence to physics-based models related to energy efficiency, demand flexibility, or electrification
- Utilities on demand side management (DSM) and/or advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) data analysis
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