Managing Consultant - Data Centers

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About E3 Energy + Environmental Economics (E3) is a fast-growing energy consulting firm that helps utilities, regulators, policy makers, developers, and investors make the most educated strategic decisions possible as they implement new public policies, deploy and develop new technologies, and address customers’ shifting expectations. We have offices in San Francisco, New York City, Boston, Denver, and Calgary. We provide a 360-degree knowledge of markets, planning, policy, regulation, and environmental factors, and we are driven to deliver clear, unbiased evaluations that help customers make informed decisions.

About the Role The Managing Consultant is a vital contributor to our team and project work. The position spearheads client-facing interactions and plays a leadership role in identifying the approach and methods for medium-to-large projects. Our Managing Consultants direct work streams within projects and contribute heavily to written reports and papers. They regularly deliver findings and summaries to customers, make presentations, and respond to questions.

Duties may expand to include more elaborate investigative tasks, overseeing the management of existing tools, and leading efforts on proposal writing. This role will also support our multi-faceted Data Center Practice, providing leadership and expertise across planning, analysis, and implementation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of customer work through modeling, developing presentations, writing, and preparing entire subsections of reports and papers, and owning customer requests
• Conduct independent research using your ingenuity and curiosity to make reasonable assumptions and produce appropriate solutions, at times with incomplete information, to fulfill end-to-end project obligations
• Deliver presentations to customers and reply to questions
• Develop aptitude in using a flagship modeling tool, gathering relevant data, and vetting results
• Oversee or assist in management of existing tools as needed
• Oversee or implement major revisions to toolkits
• Apply core QA/QC best practices
• Lead proposal writing on small/medium projects
• Translate results of research and evaluations into clear visual representations
• Head the creation or editing of spreadsheets to be "client-ready,” including developing tools for customer solutions
• Proactively track actual performance of own work against the established plan, with ongoing communication with the Director or Manager
• Track and manage actual performance of project teams against the established plan, with ongoing communication to project team members
• Capture project learnings and repeatable products and work samples for future use according to knowledge management processes
• Assist with internal initiatives as needed

Requirements

• Master’s degree or PhD in engineering, economics, computer science, public policy, or related field
• 4-8 years of experience in an energy-related field with a specific focus on the power electric sector
• Prior experience specifically addressing power generation, renewable energy, project economics, and the clean energy transition
• Demonstrated hands-on experience or extensive knowledge in, or related to our practice areas
• Extensive project management experience leading collaborative project efforts while helping each member of your team to do their finest work
• Experience crafting a clear and compelling message both in writing and via presentations
• Demonstrated experience working directly with stakeholders or customers
• Aptitude to write and communicate clearly and passion for the transition to a low-carbon economy
• Demonstrated success guiding ideas, people, and projects
• High fluency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; quantitative modeling methods and/or programming knowledge and…