Experienced Consultant, Energy & Utilities

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

Are you ready to make an impact? West Monroe is seeking an Experienced Consultant to join our Energy & Utilities practice in Chicago. In this role, you will work alongside clients and cross-functional teams to solve complex business and technology challenges across the energy and utilities industry. Our team is at the forefront of the transformation taking place in the energy and utilities industry, from up-front strategic advisement through implementation of the field and back-office technologies that are central to the energy transition. From day one at West Monroe, our people have the opportunity to make a meaningful, hands-on impact for their clients while growing their careers through focused professional development and continuous learning. You will take increasing ownership of workstreams and deliverables, apply analytical thinking to client problems, and translate insights into practical solutions that create measurable value. This role is designed for someone who can work independently while collaborating effectively with clients and project teams.

What You Will Do

• 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.

What You Will Bring

• 2+ years of relevant consulting, energy and utilities, business transformation, technology, operations, or related professional experience.
• Understanding of the energy and utilities industry, with experience in areas such as electric or gas utilities, grid modernization, customer operations, asset management, energy transition, or utility technology preferred.
• Experience conducting analysis, gathering requirements, developing recommendations, and creating client-ready deliverables.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to manage priorities independently while contributing effectively within collaborative project teams.
• Experience integrating AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) into day-to-day workflows to enhance productivity and insight generation, coupled with strong critical thinking to assess accuracy, mitigate bias, and ensure high-quality outputs.
• Ability to travel 50%-75% annually.
• A commitment to inclusion and diversity, and openness to new ideas and perspectives.
• Ability to work permanently in the United States without sponsorship.

Based on pay transparency guidelines, the salary range for this role can vary based on your proximity to one of our West Monroe offices (see table below). Information on our competitive total rewards package, including our bonus structure and benefits is here. Individual salaries are determined by evaluating a variety of factors including geography, experience, skills, education, and internal equity.

Benefits

• Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
• Employees are able to enroll in our company's 401k plan, purchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible to receive annual bonuses.
• Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available upon hire date.

Location & Salary

• Seattle or Washington, D.C. - $93,800-$110,300 USD
• Los Angeles - $98,200-$115,500 USD
• New York City or San Francisco - $102,700-$120,800 USD
• A location not listed above - $89,300-$105,000 USD

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At West Monroe, we work with you.

We're a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating measurable value for our clients, delivering real-world solutions. The combination of business and technology is not new, but how we bring them together is unique. We're fluent in both. We know that technology alone is not the answer, but how we apply it is. We rely on data to constantly adapt and solve new challenges. Actions that work today with outcomes that generate value for years to come. At West Monroe, we zero in on the heart of the opportunity, getting to results faster and preparing people for what's next. You'll feel the difference in how we work. We show up personally. We're right there in the room with you, co-creating through the challenges. With West Monroe, collaboration isn't a lofty promise, but a daily action. We work together with you to turn vision into clear action with lasting impact.

West Monroe is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We believe in treating each employee and applicant for employment fairly and with dignity. We base our employment decisions on merit, experience, and potential, without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state or local law. To learn more about diversity, equity and inclusion at West Monroe, visit www.westmonroe.com/inclusion. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in our recruiting process, please inquire by sending an email to [e-mail].

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