Director of Consulting Services
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, 37955, USA
Listed on 2026-10-30
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Engineering
Operations Management, Electrical Engineering
Work location:
Work location:
United States of America , Knoxville
Sector:
Sector:
Energy
Role:
Date of last update:
Date of last update:
22/10/2026 Expiry date:
31/12/2999
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Director of Consulting Services
Basic function and purpose
Under executive management direction, the Director of Consulting is responsible for developing the United States consultancy business of the Company, with focus on investor-owned utility, independent system operator, and regional transmission organization clients, together with the cooperative, municipal, and public power segment and Renewables and BESS developers as well as EPCs. The position carries responsibility for organic growth and for the profit and loss of the assigned unit.
It also carries responsibility for operations and program areas including special projects, budget analysis, contract administration, and other specialized functions, and requires the preparation of reports intended to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of operations, as well as the coordination of assigned activities with other departments and divisions.
The ideal candidate has previously established strong relationships with major participants in the industry, including large utilities, ISOs and RTOs, developers, and independent vendors, and is able to act as a representative of the Company by remaining conversant with the services and skills offered across all departments of the organization.
Geographic focus
Candidates are required to reside within one of the three target regions and to hold established client relationships within that region. The position is home-based and remote working is supported within the United States. Relocation assistance is not provided, as the value of the appointment lies in the professional network already established in the territory.
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Priority
Market rationale and principal accounts
Texas First ERCOT interconnection queue and the large load and data center pipeline. Oncor, CenterPoint, AEP Texas, together with an extensive cooperative and municipal segment.
Northeast Second Con Edison, National Grid, Eversource, and NYPA, together with the NYISO and ISO-NE stakeholder processes.
Midwest Third MISO footprint utilities, interconnection queue activity, and the cooperative and municipal segment across the region.
The following three requirements are mandatory. All other provisions of this document are preferences.
1. Technical consulting experience
A minimum of ten years delivering paid consulting or advisory engagements to electric utilities, ISOs, RTOs, or developers, in a scoping, technical lead, or engagement management capacity. The candidate must be able to describe engagements they personally scoped, priced, and stood behind technically. Candidates whose entire career has been internal to a single organization, without a period of external client delivery, do not satisfy this requirement.
2. Established relationships with United States electric utilities
The candidate must possess a substantial network of key contacts within the electric power industry, with focus on utilities, ISOs and RTOs, developers, vendors, and municipalities, at the level that awards consulting work. Relevant counterparts include vice presidents of engineering, directors of distribution and transmission planning, grid modernization program managers, and their equivalents at ISOs, RTOs, cooperatives, and municipal utilities. The candidate is expected to identify the accounts and to describe the most recent engagement sold into each.
3. Demonstrated depth in at least one technical area
The following list is stated in the alternative. A candidate is required to demonstrate depth in one area only, together with a working command of the remainder.
- Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS) at utility scale.
- Interconnection analysis and planning for a United States ISO or RTO, an electric utility, or a consulting firm. Application experience in at least one ISO or RTO is required, with ERCOT and MISO preferred.
- Grid modernization program design and delivery, including distribution automation, ADMS, and utility enterprise architecture.
- Transmission and distribution engineering services, including power system modeling and power market analysis.
- AI feasibility and implementation in electric utilities
Demonstrated depth in a single area, supported by an established network, is…
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