Energy Transformation Lead

At Mott Mac Donald, we trust our brilliant people to do brilliant things in engineering, management, and development services, supporting multisector project work in over 150 countries. As one of the largest employee-owned companies in the world, we pride ourselves on our ability to deliver exceptional outcomes through our network of 20,000+ talented consultants. With sustainability and innovation at the heart of all our sectors in North America, including, Buildings, Energy, Transportation, and Water.

We believe in empowering our people to excel, learn, and grow, offering diverse opportunities to contribute to career-defining work. Join us and be part of a collaborative environment where your ambitions are united with ours, and you can truly shape your story.

If you share that vision, even if you don’t meet every requirement listed, we’d still love to hear from you. We value potential and diverse perspectives as much as experience. Let’s explore how we can support your growth and help you take the next step in your career, while contributing to an exciting new chapter for Mott Mac Donald in North America.

The Energy market is at a critical stage, undergoing rapid and dramatic changes with a renewed focus on resilience, reliability, transformation, and supply and demand. Mott Mac Donald’s Strategy & Transformation Group has developed market‑leading recognition in their ability to advise; structure and support clients navigate such challenges. To continue to deliver to our clients, we have set ourselves the challenging growth ambitions to further increase our market share and diversify our service offerings.

We are seeking a Principal Specialist to take a leading role in developing and leading our energy advisory services. This role is ideal for a consulting professional with an engineering / technical background and a passion for shaping teams, delivering world class projects that drive sustainable development for our communities.

The successful candidate will have a minimum of 15 years of professional experience in the sector providing consulting services in the following:

• Energy master planning
• Decarbonization strategies
• Feasibility studies (techno‑economic)
• Energy efficiency and management

As the Energy Transition leader, you are responsible for the growth of the service and the eventual business function of that discipline in Mott Mac Donald California, as well as providing technical expertise to support energy advisory growth in our wider United States business. You will be responsible for working alongside leadership to develop opportunities, lead pursuits, grow the team and oversee the delivery of the technical work.

As a project technical lead you will manage delivery of project work, supervising and directing the work of others within the project team to deliver high quality technical work.

• Leading the growth of the energy transition business within California and contributing technical expertise to support growth across our United States market.
• Developing a pipeline of opportunities within USA
• Leading multi‑disciplinary proposals
• Developing and analyzing decarbonization pathways, and evaluating and recommending low‑carbon technologies and solutions for public and private sector clients.
• Lead assessments such as feasibility studies, techno‑economic analysis, scenario modelling, and risk evaluations.
• Manage the regional discipline business function, growing the team and managing projects within the discipline, and driving integration and collaboration across geographical and organizational boundaries
• Implement the energy transition business growth plan, monitor performance and meet the annual budget, strategic recruitment, resourcing, salary and promotion decisions for staff within the discipline
• Be a champion and technical leader for energy master planning and transition services regionally and globally
• Maintain strong engagement with Units and Divisions
• Plan for succession and appoint deputies and technical leaders as required
• Appoint individuals from the Early Career Professional community to support the energy transition discipline
• Manage targeted client relationships to grow…