Wood Mackenzie

Principal Consultant – Power & Renewables

Wood Mackenzie

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Boston • Massachusetts • Texas • United States

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Salary

💰 $160,000 - $180,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Effective project planning – define course of action to accomplish required goals – ensure all stakeholders are aligned
  • Secure resources required for project, ensure resources are being utilised effectively
  • Track progress against project plan
  • Demonstrate the ability to plan and prioritise own workload to ensure project objectives and targets met
  • Keep clients updated on progress
  • Ability to oversee contribution of others (consultants, researchers, subcontractors and associates) to ensure that projects have high-quality deliverables, are completed on time and within budget
  • Review and close off project internally (project review, participant feedback etc.)
  • Identify follow-up and re-sale opportunities
  • Support the head of regional sector in business development activities across Americas including development of offerings, client engagement and pitching
  • Be responsible for a selected subset of clients in Americas with direct ownership for the development of the relationship and pursue consulting opportunities
  • Work with global sector team to develop global offerings and share best practices
  • Building and maintaining the internal network (across consulting, research and sales and account management) to deliver the best possible outcome for both Wood Mackenzie and its clients
  • Generating innovative ideas and approaches to industry issues, both within the assignments and to the consulting practice as a whole
  • Working with colleagues in our other sector consulting teams to ensure good coordination across the value chain for our clients
  • Be the in-house subject matter expert in one more of the following areas: wind energy, solar energy, energy storage
  • Support and coach project team members on a range of consulting projects, including operation of sophisticated internal power models and develop spreadsheets and models for new analyses
  • Contribute towards the content and format of consulting presentations and reports
  • Extract and analysing data from internal and external sources such as databases, websites, industry interviews and Wood Mackenzie proprietary data and products
  • Demonstrate high standards of professionalism and attention to detail to ensure the highest quality analysis is delivered
  • Take ownership for analysis undertaken, and defend work to clients in a coherent, credible and authoritative manner
  • Effective and timely communication with clients, inform them of progress at all times
  • Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication and presentation skills, both internally and externally
  • Establish good working relationships with colleagues across the business
  • Keep client and internal teams informed of progress at all times
  • Present clearly and concisely to clients and colleagues
  • Proven effective cross team working skills, being able to work in an open and trusting way across the broader consulting, research and sales teams in Wood Mackenzie
  • Adopt a flexible approach towards work
  • Support consulting practice development by working with colleagues to understand what new offerings can be taken to clients

Requirements

  • Direct experience within the power & renewables industry or in a related consulting environment with demonstrated experience in project management
  • Demonstrable direct working experience at a power and/or renewables focused consulting firm, IPP, power utility, development company, infrastructure fund, bank, or other such analytical or consulting role in the power & renewables industry
  • A strong understanding of the power industry dynamics, US power markets, power market fundamentals and price setting, core technologies (wind, solar, BESS, gas/flexible resource), business models and strategies
  • Analytical skills including but not limited to financial modelling and familiarity with power asset and/or market modelling (commercial)
  • Undergraduate degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, economics, or finance
  • Proven experience of working in a team environment is essential
  • Proven experience of acting as a commercial advisor in power and renewables transactions highly desirable
  • Some experience in an energy or strategy consulting environment would be beneficial
  • Strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
  • Personal time management skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Strong writing and presentation skills
  • Project management
Benefits
  • Equal Opportunities
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