Senior Energy Consultant / Assistant Project Manager

Sargent & Lundy•Remote,

1d•$95,840 - $147,870

About The Position

Sargent & Lundy Consulting (SLC) works on behalf of clients to support electric power projects. We evaluate and optimize technical, commercial, environmental, and financial aspects of the projects for a variety of clients. In this role, you will provide development support, conceptual design and owner’s engineer services to clients including performing technical evaluations of electric power generation projects and facilities. The role will also provide an opportunity to understand and develop solutions to meet Project Management needs and Client requirements for the successful execution of consulting projects. Using a variety of industry and proprietary software tools, and under the direction of project leadership, you will perform engineering design reviews, technical due diligence, project development support, conceptual design, and support project economic and cost analysis, risk assessments, and contract development. You will coordinate with project management to organize, report and present project financials, schedule status, risks and mitigation plans, contract backlogs, project status, and staffing plans. You will provide high-level coordination, administrative and analytical support to the project team, attend project meetings, and assist with scheduling deadlines and maintaining project deliverables schedules for multiple projects. There is an opportunity to travel within the United States as well as internationally.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited program (electrical, mechanical, civil, and chemical are acceptable disciplines).
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.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in a business (e.g., MBA) or engineering discipline.
Experience in project finance or financial modeling of power projects.
Experience with owner’s engineering activities during power project execution.
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.
Experience in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, or related fields that enables effective oversight of automation and agentic AI-enabled engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

Perform technical evaluations of electric power generation projects and facilities.
Provide development support, conceptual design, and owner’s engineer services.
Perform engineering design reviews.
Conduct technical due diligence.
Provide project development support.
Perform 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.
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.
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.
Oversee engineers who program or script (e.g., Python, MATLAB, advanced Excel) to automate engineering tasks, with review of automated outputs.