Managing Consultant

**Why You Should Join the E3 Team** When you join the E3 team, you will be working on some of the most important energy issues with some of the top minds in the electricity industry. We help shape energy and climate policy, play vital roles in regulatory proceedings, advise executives, and inform investment and planning selections. At E3, you will be challenged and inspired. **Who We Are** Founded in 1989, 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. Because E3 works with customers from all sectors of the electricity industry, we provide a 360-degree knowledge of markets, planning, policy, regulation, and environmental factors. Just as important, we are driven to deliver clear, unbiased evaluations that help customers make informed decisions. E3 works on high-profile, high-impact projects in jurisdictions that spearhead the implementation of clean energy policy. **About You** **Practice Area** We are highly collaborative, but everyone is encouraged to pursue their own practice areas of interest. At E3, our broadly defined Practice Areas include: - Climate Pathways and Electrification - Asset Valuation, Transmission, and Markets - Integrated System Planning **About the Role** - Hours: Full Time - Travel: 0-10% - Office Location: San Francisco, CA **Work Environment** E3 has adopted a hybrid and flexible work environment that adapts to changing needs of projects and safety requirements. Because E3 thrives in a strong collaborative office-based working environment, we encourage our E3 employees to work from the office at least 2-3 days per week, usually on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Must be able to work for extended hours in front of a computer screen and conduct meetings on the telephone and virtually. **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 workstreams within projects and contribute heavily to written reports and papers. Our Managing Consultants regularly deliver findings and summaries to customers, making presentations and replying to questions. Duties will grow to include more elaborate investigative tasks, overseeing the management of existing tools, and leading efforts on proposal writing. This position will also support our multi-faceted Data Center Practice, providing leadership and expertise across planning, analysis, and implementation. We work with utilities, policymakers, and data center operators, requiring a deep understanding of the interdependencies between these sectors. **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 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 - 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 performed 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 f