Senior Energy Strategy & Analytics Consultant (Hybrid)

Sargent Lundy; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Work Arrangements

Health Plans: Medical, Dental, Vision

Paid Vacation

Job summary

We are Sargent & Lundy Consulting (SLC), a group providing technical, financial, and strategic advisory services for energy sector clients. This full-time, client-facing role supports project development, grid modernization, and energy transition initiatives, collaborating with senior experts across the firm.

You will navigate evolving energy landscapes, with exposure to generation, grid modernization, and data center energy campus development, while delivering high-impact analyses and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, economics, finance, business, public policy, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in the energy/power industry, including at least three years in consulting or advisory roles.
• Prior management consulting or advisory experience with a consulting firm, advisory practice, or consulting role within an engineering firm or energy company, including direct client interaction and responsibility for analytical work products.
• Demonstrated experience working with electric or gas utilities, independent power producers, project developers, grid operators, or energy investors.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including comfort working with quantitative models, large data sets, and financial or economic analysis.
• Proven ability to produce clear, well-structured deliverables (Excel models, PowerPoint decks, and written reports) and to communicate complex topics to non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Supporting project development and strategic planning, including market, technology, and policy assessments.
• Leading and contributing to project economic and cost analyses, risk assessments, and contracting strategies.
• Supporting or managing technical due diligence and owner’s engineering reviews for power and energy projects.
• Providing client program and project management support, including improving governance, business processes, controls, and stakeholder alignment.
• Developing conceptual plans in coordination with Sargent & Lundy’s technical teams.
• Preparing and presenting project implementation strategies and plans to client executives and project teams.
• Translating complex technical findings into clear, client-ready deliverables, including presentations and written reports.
• Leading discrete workstreams within larger client engagements.
• Coordinating day‑to‑day activities of junior team members and review their work products.
• Contributing to business development, including proposal preparation and client relationship building.

Skills

Analytical skills

Energy sector knowledge

Client interaction

Project management

Financial analysis

Quantitative modeling

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, economics, finance, business, public policy, or a related field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

We are Sargent & Lundy Consulting (SLC), a group providing technical, financial, and strategic advisory services for energy sector clients. This full-time, client-facing role supports project development, grid modernization, and energy transition initiatives, collaborating with senior experts across the firm.

You will navigate evolving energy landscapes, with exposure to generation, grid modernization, and data center energy campus development, while delivering high-impact analyses and