Mid-Level Consulting Analyst

Summary

Sargent & Lundy provides technical, financial, and strategic advisory services to energy-sector clients navigating the energy transition. The Mid-Level Consulting Analyst will support project development, strategic planning, economic and cost analyses, due diligence, project management, and the preparation of client-ready recommendations for power and energy projects.

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
• Supporting or managing 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

Skills

• **This is a remote/virtual position. Candidate can be based anywhere within the United States.**
• **We do not sponsor employees for work authorization in the U.S. for this position.**
• * Bachelor's degree in engineering, economics, finance, business, public policy, or a related field
• * 5+ years of experience in the energy/power industry, including experience in a consulting, advisory, or analytical role
• * 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
• * Experience in technical due diligence and owner's engineering design reviews of power projects
• * Understanding of power station operations and performance, including key operational and financial drivers
• * Understanding of electric utility business models, planning processes, and operations
• * Experience with economic evaluation, cost analysis, and contract development (e.g., PPAs, EPC contracts, O&M agreements)

Qualifications

Must Haves

• **This is a remote/virtual position. Candidate can be based anywhere within the United States.**
• **We do not sponsor employees for work authorization in the U.S. for this position.**
• * Bachelor's degree in engineering, economics, finance, business, public policy, or a related field
• * 5+ years of experience in the energy/power industry, including experience in a consulting, advisory, or analytical role
• * 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

Nice to Haves

• * Experience in technical due diligence and owner's engineering design reviews of power projects
• * Understanding of power station operations and performance, including key operational and financial drivers
• * Understanding of electric utility business models, planning processes, and operations
• * Experience with economic evaluation, cost analysis, and contract development (e.g., PPAs, EPC contracts, O&M agreements)

Benefits

• Remote/virtual position; candidate can be based anywhere within the United States.
• Comprehensive healthcare plans
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Life & Accident Insurance
• Disability Coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Back-Up Daycare
• FSA & HSA
• 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
• Yearly discretionary bonus for eligible individuals