Management Consultant - Utilities - Power Sytems Consultant

3100 Accenture Limited Company; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an experienced Utilities Consultant to help Ireland’s energy transition. You will apply deep sector knowledge in power system planning, grid operations and network infrastructure to deliver advisory and transformation engagements for leading utilities.

Hybrid role based in Dublin or Cork, collaborating with cross-functional teams and client stakeholders to design practical solutions, manage risks, and drive decarbonisation and reliability in energy networks.

Qualifications

• Experience in utilities sector consulting or delivery of power system projects.
• Knowledge of power systems operations, transmission design, grid stability and balancing.
• Familiarity with grid connection processes, network codes, regulatory frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Deliver advisory and transformation engagements for utilities clients.
• Apply expertise in power system planning, network analysis, and grid operations to diagnose challenges and support implementation.
• Collaborate with client stakeholders and cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and value delivery.
• Identify risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies and support management across engagements.
• Contribute to business development activities and thought leadership in the utilities sector.

Skills

Utilities sector experience

Power systems operations

Grid infrastructure

Regulatory frameworks

Communication skills

Data analytics / AI tools

Independent & team collaboration

Continuous learning

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in business, engineering, technical or economic field

Job description

Role: Utilities Consultant - Power Systems Consultant

Career Level:9

Business Area:Utilities

Location:Dublin/Cork

Hybrid working

Do you want to contribute to work with meaningful impact and help Ireland achieve its sustainability and energy transition goals? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you! We are seeking an experienced professional to work with leading Utilities companies, collaborating to transform their businesses and revolutionise the energy landscape. Join us in driving climate action and working on new and innovative solutions to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow. Ireland's Utilities sector is at the heart of the energy transition, and the decisions being made now on networks, renewables, markets and customers will shape the country for decades.

Job Description

As a Consultant in Utilities, you will play a key role in delivering impactful advisory and transformation engagements for Ireland's leading energy and utilities organisations. A key element of your role is to apply deep sector and delivery experience of power system planning, network operations and grid infrastructure alongside strong analytical capability to diagnose client challenges, develop practical recommendations, and support their implementation. Working closely with client stakeholders, you will build trusted relationships, provide strategic guidance, and contribute to solutions that address complex challenges across grid stability, network capacity and the infrastructure requirements of the energy transition. You will work as part of cross-functional teams, contributing to workstream delivery and ensuring outcomes are aligned to client goals and the broader energy transition agenda.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of strategic initiatives for utilities clients, helping to meet their decarbonisation, resilience and sustainability objectives.
• Support the delivery of high-quality consulting engagements and transformation programmes across the utilities sector.
• Contribute to and collaborate within multi-functional project teams, coordinating workstream activities across the engagement lifecycle.
• Apply expertise in power system planning, network analysis and grid operations to support the design and implementation of solutions for utilities clients.
• Support resource planning, budgeting, and forecasting activities within the context of the engagement or programme.
• Contribute to integrated project and programme planning, ensuring coherent workstream coordination across engagements.
• Identify and elevate risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies, supporting their effective management throughout the engagement.
• Prepare and present clear, structured analysis, and insights for client and internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with client teams, subject matter experts, and colleagues across business, technology, and operations functions to ensure alignment on goals and outcomes.
• Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders, developing a deep understanding of their challenges to ensure our recommendations and solutions address their needs.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, bringing fresh thinking to enhance the efficiency, quality, and impact of client engagements.
• Continuously develop and maintain deep expertise across the utilities sector to provide informed guidance to clients and contribute to Accenture’s utilities thought leadership.
• Support business development activities including solution scoping, proposal development, and client presentations to help grow Accenture's utilities practice.

Desired skillset

• Experience working within or consulting to the utilities sector.
• Experience in delivery of complex projects or programmes within a power systems, grid infrastructure, or network operations environment.
• Knowledge of power systems operations, including transmission network design, grid stability and system balancing.
• Familiarity with grid connection processes, network codes and regulatory frameworks.
• Excellent communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate findings and status to a non-technical audience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience leveraging AI and data-driven tools to analyze complex problems, generate insights, or develop solutions that drive measurable value for clients.
• Experience working independently and in diverse teams.
• Focus on continuous development and curiosity about the latest industry and technology trends.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Relevant undergraduate/master’s degree in a business, engineering, technical or economic field.
• 4-7 years of relevant utility proven experience in power system planning, network operations, grid infrastructure, or a related technical discipline, or 3-5 years in a consulting role, with experience in power systems or network transformation engagements.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment across a wide variety of projects and roles to deliver for our clients.
• Ability to build lasting relationships with clients and colleagues.
• Previous experience working within the Utilities (electricity, gas, water) sector would be beneficial.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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