Senior Consultant, Energy & Utilities
West Monroe Experienced
$121,800 - $143,300 / year
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Description
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West Monroe is seeking a Senior Consultant to join our Energy & Utilities practice in Los Angeles or San Francisco. In this role, you will help utilities navigate complex business, technology, and operational challenges as the industry evolves. Our team is at the forefront of the transformation taking place in the energy and utilities industry, from up-front strategic advisement through implementation of the field and back-office technologies that are central to the energy transition. From day one at West Monroe, our people have the opportunity to make a meaningful, hands-on impact for their clients while growing their careers through focused professional development and continuous learning.
You will manage workstreams and deliverables, translate client needs into practical solutions, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver measurable outcomes. You will also contribute to business development and practice priorities while continuing to build your energy and utilities expertise.
What You Will Do
Client Delivery:
- Manage project workstreams and deliverables, maintaining alignment with client expectations, timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
- Analyze business processes, operating models, data, and technology needs across energy and utility organizations and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
- Facilitate client interviews, workshops, requirements sessions, and working meetings with business and technology stakeholders.
- Identify project risks, dependencies, and potential issues and work with project leadership to develop mitigation plans.
- Develop clear, client-ready analyses, presentations, recommendations, and implementation plans.
- Perform quality assurance on project work and collaborate with team members to deliver accurate, consistent results.
- Leverage AI tools to accelerate analysis, synthesize complex information, and support data-driven recommendations for clients, exercising sound judgment in evaluating outputs.
- Apply AI technologies (e.g., generative AI, automation tools, data models) to enhance insights, improve delivery efficiency, and elevate the quality of client outcomes.
Business Development:
- Support client and industry research, proposal development, and pursuit materials for Energy & Utilities opportunities.
- Bring knowledge and insights from client engagements to pursuit teams and support development of relevant solutions.
- Participate in industry, functional, or technical events and help strengthen West Monroe’s presence in the market.
Practice Development:
- Share energy and utilities knowledge with colleagues and contribute to the development of team capabilities.
- Help develop and improve methodologies, tools, templates, and reusable assets that increase delivery effectiveness.
- Support recruiting, coaching, knowledge sharing, and initiatives that foster an inclusive and collaborative culture.
What You Will Bring:
- 4+ years of consulting, professional services, energy and utilities, or relevant industry experience.
- Experience supporting energy or utility organizations, with knowledge of areas such as electric or gas utilities, grid modernization, customer operations, asset management, regulatory transformation, clean energy, or technology-enabled transformation.
- Experience managing workstreams, deliverables, timelines, risks, and stakeholder expectations.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, presentation, and written communication skills.
- Ability to work across business and technology teams and translate complex challenges into clear recommendations.
- Experience integrating AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) into day-to-day workflows to enhance productivity and insight generation, coupled with strong critical thinking to assess accuracy, mitigate bias, and ensure high-quality outputs.
- Ability to travel 50-75% annually.
- A commitment to inclusion and diversity, and openness to new ideas and perspectives.
- Ability to work permanently in the United States without sponsorship.
Based on pay transparency guidelines, the salary range for this role can vary based on your proximity to one of our West Monroe offices (see table below). Information on our competitive total rewards package, including our bonus structure and benefits is here. Individual salaries are determined by evaluating a variety of factors including geography, experience, skills, education, and internal equity.
Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, purchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible to receive annual bonuses. Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available upon hire date.
Other consultancies talk at you.
At West Monroe, we work with you.
We’re a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating measurable value for our clients, delivering real-world solutions.
The combination of business and technology is not new, but how we bring them together is unique. We’re fluent in both. We know that technology alone is not the answer, but how we apply it is. We rely on data to constantly adapt and solve new challenges. Actions that work today with outcomes that generate value for years to come.
At West Monroe, we zero in on the heart of the opportunity, getting to results faster and preparing people for what’s next.
You’ll feel the difference in how we work. We show up personally. We’re right there in the room with you, co-creating through the challenges. With West Monroe, collaboration isn’t a lofty promise, but a daily action. We work together with you to turn vision into clear action with lasting impact.
West Monroe is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
We believe in treating each employee and applicant for employment fairly and with dignity. We base our employment decisions on merit, experience, and potential, without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state or local law. To learn more about diversity, equity and inclusion at West Monroe, visit www.westmonroe.com/inclusion. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in our recruiting process, please inquire by sending an email to recruiting@westmonroe.com.
Please review our current policy regarding use of generative artificial intelligence during the application process. Additionally, West Monroe uses the BrightHire platform to record live interviews so our team can capture notes more accurately, stay focused on the conversation, and continually improve our interview process. You can review our privacy notice for more information about this process and how recordings are used. If you have any questions, reach out to recruiting@westmonroe.com.
If you are based in California, we encourage you to read West Monroe’s Notice at Collection for California residents, provided pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and linked here.
Benefits
- health insurance
- 401(k)
- stock options
- parental leave
- life insurance
- professional development
About this role
# About This Role
West Monroe is looking for a Senior Consultant to join its Energy & Utilities practice in Los Angeles, working in-office on client engagements that span strategy, technology, and operations across the energy sector. You'll manage project workstreams from start to finish—analyzing business processes and technology needs, facilitating stakeholder workshops, identifying risks, and translating findings into actionable recommendations and implementation plans. The role requires you to balance hands-on client delivery with quality assurance, business development support, and contributions to practice methodologies and team development.
This position suits someone with at least four years of consulting or energy/utilities industry experience who understands the landscape—whether grid modernization, customer operations, asset management, or technology-enabled transformation. You'll need strong analytical and communication skills to work across business and technology teams, plus demonstrated ability to manage workstreams, timelines, and stakeholder expectations. The role also emphasizes integrating AI tools into your workflow to enhance analysis and delivery, with the judgment to evaluate outputs critically.
The salary range for Los Angeles is $127,600–$150,200. You'll need to travel 50–75% annually and be authorized to work permanently in the United States. West Monroe offers medical, dental, and vision coverage; 401(k) and ESOP options; annual bonuses; unlimited flexible time off; ten paid holidays; and ten weeks of paid parental leave.
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