Senior Energy Consultant / Assistant Project Manager

Sargent & Lundy Consulting works on behalf of clients to support electric power projects by evaluating and optimizing their technical, commercial, environmental, and financial aspects. The Senior Energy Consultant / Assistant Project Manager provides development support, conceptual design, owner’s engineer services, technical evaluations, and project management support for electric power generation projects. The role also coordinates project reporting, financials, schedules, risks, deliverables, and client interactions across multiple consulting projects.

Responsibilities:

• Engineering design reviews
• Technical due diligence
• Project development support
• Conceptual design (experience in mechanical design of thermal power projects is desired, but not required.)
• Support project economic and cost analysis, risk assessments, and contract development
• Coordinate with project management to organize, report and present project financials, schedule status, risks and mitigation plans, contract backlogs, project status, and staffing plans
• Provide high-level coordination, administrative and analytical support to the project team
• Attend project meetings (internal and with the client) at the Project Manager’s discretion
• Assist with scheduling deadlines and maintaining project deliverables schedules for multiple projects
• You are expected to lead others in taking engineering problems from issue to solution by setting expectations for using data and modern tools such as automation and AI to improve workflows, reduce rework, and deliver cost-effective designs
• Leaders in these roles often direct automation and process-improvement work, for example, how teams automate calculations, summarize technical documents, or generate design documentation and guiding when and how AI or agentic AI tools are used while ensuring results are checked
• Overseeing engineers who program or script (e.g., Python, MATLAB, advanced Excel) to automate engineering tasks, with review of automated outputs, is valued but not required

Requirements:

• This position requires someone who has a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited program
• Acceptable disciplines include electrical, mechanical, civil, and chemical
• We do not sponsor employees for work authorization in the U.S. for this position
• 7 or more years of experience in independent engineering experience for power projects and/or experience in development of power projects
• Experience with multiple power generation technologies (i.e., thermal, renewables, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize work and work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Working knowledge in MS Office tools, with emphasis on the advanced use of MS Excel in creating and maintaining detailed, interactive spreadsheets, workbooks, and databases
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to interact and multitask with project team members, clients, and vendors of varying position levels
• A Master's degree in a business (e.g., MBA) or engineering discipline is a plus
• Experience in project finance or financial modeling of power projects is a plus
• Experience with owner's engineering activities during power project execution is a plus
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills
• Experience writing technical reports and proposals
• Solid interpersonal skills and ability to work with and guide others
• Project planning and leadership skills
• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Conceptual design (experience in mechanical design of thermal power projects is desired, but not required.)
• You will have the opportunity to travel within the United States as well as internationally
• Overseeing engineers who program or script (e.g., Python, MATLAB, advanced Excel) to automate engineering tasks, with review of automated outputs, is valued but not required
• We also value additional learning, such as a minor, certificate, or other experience in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, or related fields that enables effective oversight of automation and agentic AI-enabled engineering workflows