Consultant/Sr. Consultant

Ethree; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with corporate match

Flexible Paid Time Off

Professional Development stipend

Job summary

Energy + Environmental Economics (E3) is a fast-growing energy consulting firm with offices in San Francisco, New York, Boston, Denver, and Calgary. We seek consultants who combine strong analytical skills with integrity and a passion for energy to help shape policy and inform investment decisions.

The role involves client-facing work, collaboration across practice areas, and delivering clear, unbiased evaluations for major energy issues.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in engineering, economics, CS, public policy, or related field.
• 3-5+ years of related energy experience.
• Experience addressing renewable energy and climate change issues.
• Knowledge in Practice Areas: EPP, TPR, MAV, DTP.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Ability to translate technical concepts to broad audiences.
• Ownership and proactive problem solving.
• Excellent writing and time management.

Responsibilities

• Assist and/or lead client-facing interactions and define task approaches.
• Lead workstreams and contribute to reports and papers.
• Deliver findings and present to customers; respond to questions.
• Perform QA/QC and develop flagship modeling tools.
• Support proposal writing and translate research into visuals.
• Create client-ready spreadsheets and tools; improve models.
• Track progress against plan and communicate with directors.

Skills

Analytical dexterity

Policy experience

Presentation skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Excel and PowerPoint

Programming knowledge

Team collaboration

Education

Master’s degree or PhD in engineering, economics, computer science, public policy, or related field

Job description

Why You Should Join the E3 Team

When you join the E3 team, you will be working on some of the most important energy issues with some of the top minds in the electricity industry. We help shape energy and climate policy, play vital roles in regulatory proceedings, advise executives, and inform investment and planning selections. At E3, you will be challenged and inspired.

Who We Are

Founded in 1989, Energy + Environmental Economics (E3) is a fast-growing energy consulting firm that helps utilities, regulators, policy makers, developers, and investors make the most educated strategic decisions possible as they implement new public policies, deploy and develop new technologies, and address customers’ shifting expectations. We have offices in San Francisco, New York City, Boston, Denver, and Calgary.

Because E3 works with customers from all sectors of the electricity industry, we provide a 360-degree knowledge of markets, planning, policy, regulation, and environmental factors. Just as important, we are driven to deliver clear, unbiased evaluations that help customers make informed decisions.

E3 works on high-profile, high-impact projects in jurisdictions that spearhead the implementation of clean energy policy. In California, Hawaii, and New York, we are advising state agencies and regulators about how to implement clean energy policies with an emphasis on customer incentives and markets.

About You

We look for people who combine strong analytical dexterity and/or policy experience with integrity and a passion for energy. Our Consultants love to examine, research, and offer creative solutions to some of the most elaborate and important energy issues of the day. You bring curiosity, thrive in a rigorous and quantitative solution-finding environment, take a proactive approach to assist the team, and are practiced at clearly presenting information to a variety of stakeholders. We seek those that are inquisitive and look at all sides of an issue to make informed recommendations with confidence and clarity. You pride yourself in your attention to detail and your organizational techniques help you create and actualize work plans that are efficient while delivering an elevated level of guidance to serve our customers.

The Work

The Consultant is a vital contributor to our team and project work. The position assists and/or spearheads client-facing interactions and plays an engaged role in identifying the approach and methods for project tasks. Our consultants direct workstreams within projects and contribute heavily to written reports and papers. Our consultants have the opportunity to deliver findings and summaries to customers, make presentations, and reply to questions. Duties will grow to include more elaborate investigative tasks, core QA/QC of products, and becoming a technical head on various project needs and/or a flagship modeling tool.

Work Environment

Hybrid and flexible work environment that adapts to changing needs of projects. E3 thrives in a strong collaborative office-based working environment but has also adapted to the safety requirements of our employees. Must be able to work for extended hours in front of a computer screen and conduct meetings on the telephone and virtually.

General

Hours: Full Time

Type: Exempt

Travel: 0-5%

Office Location: San Francisco, Boston, New York, or Calgary

Responsibilities

• Assist the delivery of customer work through modeling, developing presentations, writing and preparing entire subsections of reports and papers, and helping with additional customer requests
• Conduct independent research using your ingenuity and curiosity to make reasonable assumptions and produce appropriate solutions, at times with incomplete information.
• Fulfill end-to-end internal project obligations
• Deliver sections of presentations to customers and reply to questions
• Tackles elaborate analytical tasks
• Apply core QA/QC best practices
• Develop aptitude in using a flagship modeling tool, gathering relevant data, and vetting results
• Assist in proposal writing as needed
• Translate results of research and evaluations into clear visual representations
• Aid project heads in the creation or editing of spreadsheets to be "client-ready", including developing tools for customer solutions
• Make modifications to existing tools and models to improve functionality and/or efficiency
• Proactively track actual performance of own work performed against the established plan, with ongoing communication with the Director or Manager
• Capture project learnings and repeatable products and work samples for future use according to knowledge management processes
• Assist with internal initiatives as needed

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in engineering, economics, computer science, public policy, or related field
• 3-5+ years of related experience in an energy-related field
• Prior experience specifically addressing renewable energy and climate change issues and/or demonstrated advanced-level academic related project work
• Demonstrated hands‑on experience, academic project work, or extensive knowledge in or related to one of our Practice Areas: Energy Planning and Policy (EPP), Transmission, Pricing, and Risk (TPR), Market Advisory and Valuation (MAV), and Distribution Technology and Planning (DTP)
• You work collaboratively and help each member of your team to do their finest work, aware that each brings different experiences to the table
• You find joy in translating technical concepts to broader audiences
• You take ownership of your work, proactively seeking out answers to questions and enjoy finding creative solutions to issues you encounter
• Aptitude to write and communicate clearly
• Passionate about the transition to a low‑carbon economy
• Demonstrated success guiding ideas, people, and projects
• Strong organizational and time management techniques
• High fluency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; programming knowledge and experience are also valued
• Desire to work in a dynamic office environment with staff
• Meaningful project management experience
• You believe it is essential to achieve a transition to a low‑carbon economy and love thinking about the future of energy

E3’s Commitment to You

E3 provides abundant opportunities for professional growth and invests significantly in employee development. Right from the start, our team works hard to provide you with a customized multi-week onboarding experience where you will meet with colleagues, Partners, and your own mentor. Every September, all new hires attend E3’s proprietary internally developed 22-course training program which broadens your foundational industry-specific knowledge as well as develops those skills essential to being a great consultant. E3 also provides every employee with an annual professional development stipend, opportunities to attend conferences, and personalized career development at every stage of your employment.

In addition, E3 offers employees a broad, best-in-class range of benefits and supportive perks to support you both personally and professionally. Some benefits include:

• Base and bonus commensurate with experience and performance
• Exceptional benefits such as medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
• 401(k) with corporate match
• Flexible Paid Time Off plus standard company holidays
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Group life insurance
• Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Arrangements
• Fitness and wellness corporate discounts
• Professional Development annual stipend

Hiring Process and Timeline

We take a thoughtful and meticulous approach to recruitment. Finding new team members who are not only highly capable but also a strong fit for our team and culture is very important to us. Qualified candidates can expect a first-round virtual interview, to engage in a live case study and a final panel onsite interview in either our Boston or San Francisco office in mid November.

EEO Non-Discrimination and ADA Reasonable Accommodation Statement

Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or partnership status, disability, military status, veteran status, pregnancy or predisposing genetic characteristics. Willdan does not discriminate on the basis of physical or mental disability where the essential functions of the job can be reasonably accommodated. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify us.

Use of AI - Disclaimer

At E3 real people evaluate candidates at every stage of the hiring process. Every application and resume is reviewed by a member of our recruiting team and candidates are evaluated based on their qualifications, experience, and interactions with our team. We do not use AI to screen, record, score, or evaluate candidates at any stage of our recruitment process.

We understand candidates may use AI as a tool when preparing their application, however it should not be used to develop significant portions of your application (e.g. to develop full responses to application questions). Our goal is to get to know you and how you think. For this reason, the use of AI is not permitted during interviews, including using AI to take notes, record or transcribe, or to provide real-time assistance or suggest responses to questions.