Senior Utilities Consultant

SSP InnovationsQuinte West, ON
Remote

About The Position

SSP is seeking a Senior Consultant to help us continue our practice of delivering high-quality advisory services to a broad portfolio of clients within the energy and utility industries. This role involves providing operational and technical leadership, client representation, project management, and mentorship, with a strong focus on Esri Geospatial solutions within the electric and gas utility sectors. The position also includes business development support and thought leadership activities.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in related discipline (e.g., Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science or equivalent), or equivalent utility and consulting work experience.
  • Knowledge of electric, gas and/or water utilities.
  • 10 years of work experience in support of related utility consulting or large scale process/technology projects.
  • Reasonable understanding and familiarity with Esri GIS technology.
  • Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communications and customer relations skills.
  • Demonstrates a high degree of personal and professional integrity.
  • Willing to travel of 25-35% of the time.
  • Strong PC skills required, including use of standard MS Office applications and Microsoft Project.
  • Ability to prioritize work assignments and shift work efforts based on the needs of the department or business goals.
  • Ability to work independently and be self-motivated.
  • Ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Nice To Haves

  • Gas Distribution experience is a plus.
  • Managerial and supervision skills.
  • Familiarity with utility operational technologies including Asset and Work Management Systems/Outage Management Systems /Advanced Distribution Management Systems /Advanced Metering Infrastructure/Mobile products.
  • Familiarity with regulatory compliance for gas utilities (Integrity Management Plans)
  • Good understanding of utility business processes.
  • Established professional network and demonstrated track record in business development and sales of consulting services in the utility industry.
  • Project management methodology background, including schedule, scope, issue and risk management experience, and project budget tracking.

Responsibilities

  • Provide overall operational and technical leadership for various electric and gas consulting programs with a focus on Esri Geospatial solutions.
  • Represent the company to prospects and existing customers. Work with utility personnel at all levels of the organization.
  • Provide presentations and conduct workshops to identify, define and capture business and technical requirements and best practices.
  • Manage deliverables for the consulting projects, including use-case development, requirements gathering, and large scale implementation strategy and road maps and reports.
  • Coordinate and monitor consulting projects from initiation through delivery. Serve as liaisons between SSP and client to ensure all targets and requirements are met.
  • Decompose high-level business requirements and user requirements into functional requirements, specified in an appropriate level of detail suitable for use by those who base their work on the requirements.
  • Identify operational system interfaces, constraints, and other nonfunctional requirements.
  • Work individually or within a team on technology consulting projects to meet specific customer requirements.
  • Serve as a mentor to senior and entry-level consultants, developers, and engineers. Coach and manage consultant-level resources and actively participate in the performance expectation process.
  • Provide business development support to the sales team members and account managers, including preparation and estimation of proposals for consulting and implementation projects.
  • Create business relationships and support sales generation with high-level contacts often through face-to-face and client site visits. Maintaining an ongoing business relationship with current clients to facilitate future sales.
  • Actively participate in thought leadership activities such as blogs, conferences and public speaking opportunities.
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