Mechanical Energy Consultant 1 (Summer 2027)
About The Position
This position has a target start date of Summer 2027. Your responsibilities will include engineering design reviews, technical due diligence, project development support, and conceptual design of electric power generation projects and facilities. You will also have the opportunity to support project economic and cost analysis, risk assessments, and contract development. This position will require you to analyze power projects and distill technical concepts and information into actionable conclusions and recommendations on which project stakeholders rely to develop, design, construct, operate, and finance energy projects being built in the United States and overseas prudently. You will work with multi-discipline project teams to provide a variety of services, such as the following: Advise power project developers to support new utility-scale solar, wind, battery energy storage, thermal, and other projects; Evaluate new power and infrastructure projects independently to support financing; Model economic, technical, and market scenarios for grid operators, utilities, and research agencies; and Develop planning studies and business cases for utilities, power producers, and government agencies.
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering
- Experience in the electric power industry
- Experience in detailed design of the mechanical systems of thermal power projects
- Experience in development support and conceptual design of thermal power projects
- Excellent verbal/written communication skills
- Solid interpersonal skills and ability to work with and guide others
- Project planning, leadership, and organizational skills
- Decision making and judgement
Nice To Haves
- A master’s degree in an engineering discipline or business (e.g., MBA)
- Experience working on power or transmission projects
- Technical report writing
- Multi-discipline teamwork (i.e. design projects, co-ops)
- Data analysis and visualization
- Project finance or business acumen
- Conceptual project design
- Construction project management and/or scheduling software knowledge
- Programming or scripting (e.g., Python, MATLAB, advanced Excel) to automate calculations, design checks, reporting, or data transformation
- A minor, certificate, or other training in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, or related fields that helps you apply automation or agentic AI to real engineering problems
Responsibilities
- Engineering design reviews
- Technical due diligence
- Project development support
- Conceptual design of electric power generation projects and facilities
- Support project economic and cost analysis
- Risk assessments
- Contract development
- Analyze power projects and distill technical concepts and information into actionable conclusions and recommendations
- Advise power project developers to support new utility-scale solar, wind, battery energy storage, thermal, and other projects
- Evaluate new power and infrastructure projects independently to support financing
- Model economic, technical, and market scenarios for grid operators, utilities, and research agencies
- Develop planning studies and business cases for utilities, power producers, and government agencies
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare plans
- Generous paid time off
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Life & Accident Insurance
- Disability Coverage
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Back-Up Daycare
- FSA & HSA
- 401(k)
- Pre-Tax Commuter Account
- Merit Scholarship Program
- Employee Discount Program
- Corporate Charitable Giving Program
- Tuition Assistance
- First Professional Licensure Bonus
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Paid Annual Personal/Sick Time (PST)
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Bereavement Leave
- Flexible Work Arrangements
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
