Managing Consultant- Infrastructure Resilience

Guidehouse Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 118,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Bonuses

Parental Leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Learning Opportunities

Job summary

Guidehouse Inc. seeks a Power Systems Engineering Consultant to advance climate resilience and grid modernization work. You will analyze energy data, support client engagements, and prepare materials for workshops and reports.

The role emphasizes collaboration, client service, and project leadership while allowing travel to client sites as needed and contributing to inter-disciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• US citizenship or permanent resident status is required for client engagements.
• Bachelor's degree plus 5+ years in utilities consulting or related work.
• Experience in climate resilience, grid modernization or sustainability domains.
• Strong communication and ability to lead technical workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to creative problem solving to drive client outcomes.
• Perform research and analysis on energy-related activities including resilience and grid modernization.
• Handle data downscaling tasks and nearest neighbor analyses for client assets.
• Prepare workshops, reports, and presentations for clients.
• Lead junior analysts and work with project teams to deliver results.

Skills

Project management

Client service

Verbal written comms

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

R

Python

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Family : Power Systems Engineering Consulting

Travel Required : Up to 25%

Clearance Required : None

What You Will Do

We are looking for someone with passion who is interested in developing their expertise and industry relationships. They will have a passion for creative problem-solving, client service, and project management.

• Contributing to creative problem-solving to drive outcomes for clients
• Providing detailed fact findings, research, and analysis on energy-related activities (particularly climate resilience and adaptation, grid modernization, and sustainability)
• Understanding public and private sources of downscaled climate data and the ability to download the data, isolate it to client assets using methods such as nearest neighbor analysis.
• Performing statistical and economic analyses in Excel, R, Python
• Preparing workshop and meeting materials, attending sessions, and summarizing outcomes
• Preparing reports, presentations, and other documents for client deliverables
• Presenting results of assigned tasks and analyses that resonate with client
• Working effectively with colleagues and client staff as part of a project team; work independently as needed

What You Will Need

• Due to nature of client engagements must be either a US Permanent Resident or US Citizen
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college and FIVE (5+) plus years of relevant utilities industry or consulting experience excluding internships/co-ops/graduate research/fellowships
• Relevant work experience should be related to climate resilience and adaptation, grid modernization, and sustainability or similarly related
• Demonstrated team player with ability to lead project technical workstreams including managing junior level analysts on projects
• Client service orientation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience developing and delivering presentations in PowerPoint
• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency with data analytics
• Strong interest in business strategy, energy efficiency, and sustainability
• An inquisitive nature and desire for continuous improvement
• Tireless attention to detail in all prior experience (academic and professional)
• Superior interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage several tasks simultaneously, prioritize and plan work activities while meeting respective deadlines.
• Highly developed organizational and management skills
• Ability to travel as needed
• Ability to work in Guidehouse Office or Client Office

What Would Be Nice To Have

• Advanced degree in a STEM field
• Engineering relevant energy industry, utility, and/or consulting experience
• Knowledge of and experience in climate and weather models and datasets
• Knowledge of geospatial visualization tools such as arcGIS
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft PowerPoint
• Contribute to creative problem-solving to drive outcomes for clients.
• Provide detailed fact findings, research, and analysis on energy-related activities (particularly energy efficiency, grid modernization, renewable energy, customer programs, new business models, and sustainability)
• Experience creating models within Excel and/or experience with R or other programming languages (e.g., Python)
• Excellent at visualizing data, synthesizing insights, and storytelling with data
• A history of successful, creative problem-solving
• Excitement to explore the underlying cause of the observation/result

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Salary

The annual salary range for this position is $118,000.00-$196,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

What We Offer

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Basic Life & Supplemental Life
• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Student Loan PayDown
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
• Skills Development & Certifications
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
• Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer-Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements