Senior Power Markets & Resource Planning Consultant

Burns & McDonnell; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

1898 & Co. within Burns & McDonnell is seeking a Senior Consultant focused on electric power markets. You will lead complex market and resource planning analyses, support client decisions with technical and regulatory evaluations, and drive engagement deliverables across North America.

The role emphasizes production cost modeling, scenario analysis, and interaction with market participants, regulators, and project teams in a fast-paced consulting environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field, ABET accredited, plus 7 years' experience.
• Or master's degree with 6+ years of experience in electric power planning.
• Experience in electric utility operations, planning, or consulting.
• Lead power supply planning analyses with capacity expansion and production cost tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead studies in power markets, IRP, and resource planning engagements.
• Evaluate utility power portfolios, including renewables and storage.
• Perform production cost modeling and expansion analyses.
• Develop technical and economic assumptions for LCC analyses.
• Prepare client-ready memos, reports, and presentations.

Skills

Power markets

Resource planning

PROMOD

PLEXOS

EnCompass

Aurora

Strategist

Regulatory policy

Production cost modeling

Financial analysis

Leadership

Project management

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

Master's degree in engineering or business

Tools

PROMOD

PLEXOS

EnCompass

Aurora

GridView

Strategist

Job description

Description

At 1898 & Co., we help electric utilities and developers navigate the rapidly evolving power markets landscape. Our Power Markets team works with clients across North America to evaluate power supply strategies, integrated resource plans, and market participation decisions that balance reliability, affordability, and decarbonization goals. As part of Burns & McDonnell, we bring deep technical expertise, industry insight, and a collaborative consulting approach to help clients make informed, defensible decisions.

We are seeking a Senior Consultant focused in the electric power market industry who is passionate about electric utility power supply planning, energy markets, and regulatory policy. This role will contribute directly to project execution by performing advanced market and resource planning analyses and supporting client decision‑making through high‑quality technical, economic, and regulatory evaluations.

What You’ll Do

• Lead technical execution of a broad range of studies and consulting services such power markets and resource planning consulting engagements, including integrated resource planning (IRP), power supply evaluations, market studies, and resource expansion analyses.

• Lead evaluation of utility power supply portfolios, including owned generation, purchased power, renewable resources, energy storage, demand-side resources, and market participation strategies.

• Perform production cost modeling and capacity expansion analysis to assess resource adequacy, reliability, fuel risk, emissions, and long-term cost impacts.

• Apply market and regulatory frameworks by evaluating FERC rules, ISO/RTO market constructs, state policies, and emerging resource adequacy requirements.

• Lead and review analytical modeling efforts using industry-standard tools such as PROMOD, PLEXOS, EnCompass, Aurora, Strategist, or similar production cost and planning platforms.

• Adapt and apply standard engineering, economic, and planning techniques to electric utility power supply and market analysis.

• Analyze engineering, financial, fuel, and market data to develop actionable insights and recommendations for client decision-making.

• Develop technical and economic assumptions for life-cycle cost analysis, including capital costs, O&M, fuel price forecasts, capacity revenues, emissions costs, and market pricing.

• Conduct scenario and sensitivity analyses to assess risk related to fuel volatility, policy uncertainty, load growth, technology performance, and market evolution.

• Perform detailed financial and economic analysis to support power supply strategy, resource acquisition, and portfolio optimization decisions.

• Develop technical memoranda, reports, and client-ready presentations summarizing findings, assumptions, and recommendations.

• Support project managers with client deliverables, proposal development, and business development activities related to power markets and resource planning services.

• Participate in client meetings, workshops, and planning sessions to support power markets engagements and stakeholder processes.

• Comply with all company policies and quality standards.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related degree from an ABET accredited program or related degree and 7 years of related experience required.

• Or master's degree in engineering or business and 6 years of experience required.

• Prior experience associated with electric utility operations, planning, or consulting.

• Extensive experience leading power supply planning analyses using industry-standard capacity expansion and production cost models (e.g., PROMOD, PLEXOS, EnCompass, GridView, or comparable platforms).

• Extensive experience and knowledge of general business and financial calculations including discounted cash flow analysis, net present value analysis, and internal rate of return evaluations.

• Extensive experience and knowledge of electric power options including generation facility types, capital costs, operating costs, typical dispatch profiles, and general power system operations.

• Knowledge of power supply purchase agreements regarding costs and terms.

• Ability to execute various power markets / power supply planning studies.

• Knowledge of electric utility systems, power generation types, power delivery with understanding of power generation portfolio planning.

• Knowledge of numerous power market regions of the country and independent system operators such as: PJM, MISO, NEISO, SPP, CAISO, WECC, SERC, ERCOT, NYISO.

• Strong attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment.

• Demonstrated leadership skills.

• Proven ability to lead, educate, and train a team of engineers and analysts in regards to renewable generation studies.

• Ability to independently solve difficult problems that require adaptation and modification of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria.

• Excellent written and oral communications skills.

• Demonstrated critical thinking skills.

• Ability to perform under pressure and tight deadlines and to be effective in on-site work environments.

• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently, including identification of critical path items to ensure deliverable deadlines are met.

• Ability to focus on the big picture to effectively and efficiently provide services that meet client needs, while also having the ability to identify and analyze details that are critical to project outcomes.

• Willingness to learn new service offerings as client needs and the market requires changes to the service offerings provided by our group.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PPT).

• Ability to travel.

• Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred.

This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.

EEO/Disabled/Veterans

Job Engineering

Primary Location US-GA-Atlanta

Schedule: Full-time

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

About 1898 & Co. 1898 & Co. is a business, technology and security solutions consultancy where experience and foresight come together to unlock lasting advancements. We innovate today to fuel our clients’ future growth, catalyzing insights that drive smarter decisions, improve performance and maximize value. As part of Burns & McDonnell, we draw on more than 120 years of deep and broad experience in complex industries as we envision and enable the future for our clients.

Req ID: 263856

Job Hire Type Experienced #LI-EH #E98 N/A