Energy & Utilities Consultant: AI-Enabled Transformation

West Monroe; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 89,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401k plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

West Monroe seeks an Experienced Consultant to join our Energy & Utilities practice in Chicago. You will work with clients and cross-functional teams to solve complex business and technology challenges from strategy to implementation, delivering measurable value.

You will own workstreams, analyze processes, facilitate stakeholder sessions, and leverage AI to accelerate insights and outcomes. A strong client-focus, collaboration, and travel readiness are essential.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant consulting, energy and utilities, business transformation, technology, operations, or related professional experience.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to travel 50%-75% annually.
• Ability to work permanently in the United States without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Support energy and utility clients on strategic, operational, digital, and technology transformation initiatives.
• Analyze business processes, operating models, customer needs, technology capabilities, and data to identify opportunities and develop actionable recommendations.
• Own defined workstreams and deliverables, managing priorities and producing accurate, client-ready work.
• Facilitate interviews, workshops, and working sessions to gather requirements, understand business challenges, and align stakeholders on solutions.
• Clearly articulate an understanding of each client’s business and the value delivered through project recommendations and solutions.
• Identify and communicate project risks, issues, and dependencies while collaborating with team members to resolve challenges.
• Build knowledge of the energy and utilities industry, including evolving customer expectations, grid modernization, electrification, regulatory priorities, and emerging technologies.
• Contribute to client and industry research, proposals, pursuit materials, and other business development activities.
• Share knowledge from client engagements and help improve tools, templates, methodologies, and ways of working across the practice.
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate analysis, synthesize complex information, and support data-driven recommendations for clients, exercising sound 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

Consulting experience

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

AI integration

Tools

ChatGPT

AI tools

Job description

West Monroe seeks an Experienced Consultant to join our Energy & Utilities practice in Chicago. You will work with clients and cross-functional teams to solve complex business and technology challenges from strategy to implementation, delivering measurable value.

You will own workstreams, analyze processes, facilitate stakeholder sessions, and leverage AI to accelerate insights and outcomes. A strong client-focus, collaboration, and travel readiness are essential.