Senior Consultant - Energy

In the middle of the energy transition, businesses and governments are faced with significant challenges. But the pace and scale of change mean every decision is made under mounting pressure. Now, more than ever, companies need reliable data, analytics and actionable insight.

Wood Mackenzie is the leading global provider of data and analytics solutions for the renewables, energy and natural resources sectors.

Wood Mackenzie’s services include data, analytics, insight, events and consultancy. A trusted partner for over 50 years, Wood Mackenzie’s team has over 2,300 experts across more than 30 global locations who cover the entire supply chain.

Wood Mackenzie Values

• Inclusive – we succeed together
• Trusting – we choose to trust each other
• Customer committed – we put customers at the heart of our decisions
• Future Focused – we accelerate change
• Curious – we turn knowledge into action

Team Overview

Wood Mackenzie provides expert consulting services to hundreds of power and renewables industry stakeholders globally, including electric utilities, independent power producers, renewable and clean-tech companies, OEMs, C&Is, financial institutions, regional reliability councils and ISOs/RTOs and governments. Our expertise extends across the energy value chain, allowing us to help our clients address a vast range of their strategic and operational challenges. In delivering our strategic advice, we are able to draw directly on Wood Mackenzie’s proprietary research-driven content and analytical tools – a unique source of commercial insight extending across markets, companies and assets.

Our power and renewables consultants have outstanding credentials, first-class connections with key energy and renewable energy industry decision-makers and an unrivalled knowledge of regional and local markets. We deliver substantive, actionable advice across North and South America.

Role Overview 

As a key member of our Americas Consulting Team, you will be responsible for executing a wide range of both commercially and technically focused consultancy projects within the energy industry.

This role requires a high level of creative thinking, analytical and problem-solving abilities with the ability to apply detailed knowledge and experience in the energy industry with a further focus on power and renewables markets to a broad range of consulting projects and client situations. These capabilities must be accompanied by a strong command of oral and written communication skills in both internal as well as external and client-facing environments. Additionally, strong teamwork and interpersonal skills, in a consulting context, are required for the purpose of this role.

The role requires frequent engagement with and work alongside senior client teams and occasional travel throughout the Americas region.

Main Responsibilities

As a Senior Consultant at Wood Mackenzie, you will take ownership for the execution of important parts of the assignment under coordination and supervision of your Project Manager and/or Project Director. Your main responsibilities will be:

• Execute complex analysis of commodity markets and project economics, while leveraging our industry research and expertise
• Bring a thorough and current understanding of energy markets with a focus on power and renewables markets and their expected evolution, and be able to effectively discuss recent events and implications with clients and colleagues
• Build and present compelling presentations conveying key messages and recommendations concisely for a senior audienc
• Build and maintain an internal network (across consulting, research, and sales) to deliver the best possible outcomes for our clients and Wood Mackenzie
• Actively engage in broader Consulting practice activities such as recruiting, training, and operational improvements

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline such as business, economics, finance, statistics, or engineering; top tier master's and/or MBA is a plus
• 2+ years of relevant experience in a management consulting or energy-focused consulting role, or other strategic/commercial role relating to power markets or renewable energies
• Working experience with regional energy markets, wind, solar, storage, distributed energy resources, EVs and associated technologies is a plus
• Proven experience of working in project teams, whether in a consulting context or within an operating or service company.
• Experience of building and maintaining relationships with clients
• Track record of quickly becoming knowledgeable and speaking credibly about a wide range of subjects and themes
• Strong presentation and writing skills
• Ability to effectively use Microsoft Office products – Word, Excel, Power Point, Access
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• English fluency is required.
• Travel required up to 5% - 10% domestic

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer. This means we are committed to recruiting the best people regardless of their race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. You can find out more about your rights under the law at www.eeoc.gov 

If you are applying for a role and have a physical or mental disability, we will support you with your application or through the hiring process.

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