Director – Energy Transition Power & Utilities - Technology Consulting, Uki, Belfast

Director – Energy Transition – Technology Consulting - Belfast

The opportunity

Here at EY, you’ll work with a team of amazing Industry Advisors who are always growing, learning, and adapting, in and out of the office. The energy sector, and more specifically Power & Utilities, are undergoing significant and complex change driven by EU and government mandates, as well as the societal need to decarbonize, decentralize, and democratize. Our teams are at the forefront of supporting key clients through this energy transition. Driven by honest values, an amazing culture, we’re out to unleash the potential of every team. We are looking for people like you who are powered by passion and eager to do the best work of their lives in a highly autonomous yet collaborative environment and support energy clients through pivotal transformations. 

EY UK&I’s Energy Transition team services clients across the energy industry, specifically organizations and organizations across the power & utilities value chain.  We are contracted by our clients to deliver digitization, modernization, and decarbonization pieces of work, and serve as transformation solution partners to key energy organizations in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, and Northern Ireland.  We also support power & utility clients in delivering BAU initiatives related to grid planning, operations, and markets.  Our offerings span: market and technology design, engineering, technology implementation, data & analytics, strategy, policy, and customer engagement activities in spaces such as: generation, transmission & distribution, operations, markets, retail, and regulatory reporting.

Your key responsibilities

We are currently growing the team.  In addition to hiring for specific roles, we are looking for energy professionals with experience in any and all parts of the power & utility value chain.  Specifically, we are looking for subject matter resources ready to transition their expertise to consult for key energy transition clients.  If you are a candidate with expertise and experience in a subset of those listed within this posting, please consider applying for this position.  Applicants will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and considered for various roles and levels of entry.

Skills and attributes for success

We are looking for candidates who have experience working with energy and utility companies, across the value chain in technical, strategic, or technology roles.  Focus areas we are looking to hire for include: Strategy & business development; Program management; Business architecture, planning, and implementation; Investment planning and economic valuation; and Energy market design.

To qualify for the role;

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Experience working within a consulting firm, industry or government organisation within local, European & US markets
• Strong analytical mindset with ability to synthesize complex information into actionable insights
• A strong academic record including a third level degree
• Strong project management and stakeholder engagement abilities, with experience managing multiple priorities in dynamic environments
• Experience operating in a fast paced, multi-vendor environment
• Passion for the energy sector, with a strong interest in utility transformation and emerging technologies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence decision-making at the executive level

The following will be an advantage;

• Experience in business development such as client relationship management and lead development of major proposals and bids, including acting as Bid Lead for high‑value pursuits. 
• Experience in the delivery of large-scale business/technology programmes 
• Experience in Waterfall and Agile methodologies
• Experience analysing systems and procedures, process design and modelling, and creation of relevant documentation

What we look for

• Utility strategy, vision, and communication development
  • Lead and support strategic consulting engagements that drive digital transformation, innovation adoption, and business strategy execution for utilities
  • Collaborate with senior client leaders and develop their respective vision, strategic objectives, delivery plan, and operating model
  • Monitor evolving energy system requirements and develop business cases for clients to ensure future proof and resilient business models
  • Conduct research and analysis on utility innovation and market trends.
  • Stay up to date with advancements and opportunities, including power sector AI applications, data-driven decision-making, and grid modernization, and their impact on existing business structures.
  • Translate strategy into action by supporting execution roadmaps and capability-building initiatives
  • Craft strategic roadmaps and transformation plans, delivering high-quality insights that guide utility executives through complex challenges
  • Design and facilitate engaging client workshops and stakeholder meetings to drive alignment and decision-making.
  • Engage and develop reporting, and communications for various stakeholders including: regulators, aggregators, customers, developers, and vendors
• Energy solution implementation & delivery
  • Stand-up transformational programs defining scope, cost, schedule, and resource requirements across the areas of people, process, technology, and data
  • Identify and implement service delivery improvements to progress quality of service provided and process efficiency
  • Lead workstream design, planning, and delivery for energy technology and business solutions
  • Identify and resolve issues and risks that affect scope, quality, cost, schedule, and resources
  • Develop and deliver status reports and stakeholder communications for various audiences within the power & utilities space
  • Lead quality assurance for service delivery maintaining standard of high quality
  • Develop project and product delivery and servicing plans that realize utility roadmap and objectives 
• Utility technical and business work and operations
  • Develop and deliver energy system planning projects
  • Architect technical solutions
  • Analyse and prioritize technology and product portfolios
  • Perform analyses including: Power flow, cost-benefit, and modelling 
  • Lead and deliver network modelling activities
  • Design market programs
  • Technical competency with:
    • Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS)
    • Distributed Energy Resource management Systems (DERMS)
    • Market Management Systems (MMS)
    • Joint Transmission-Distribution operations
    • Energy system flexibility
    • Distribution Automation (DA)
  • Perform grid analyses such as short circuit, hosting capacity, feeder load management, and timeseries power flow utilizing distribution management software including but not limited to: Siemens, Schneider, GE, Oracle, OSI, and Hitachi solutions 
• Data & Advanced Analytics
  • Identify, extract, and process grid model, metering, energy pricing, weather, and other data from various sources and perform data manipulation to facilitate required studies and analysis. Assess, prepare, cleanse, migrate and provide the data as part of systems implementation projects 
  • Design, plan, and execute data migration from and across client systems 
  • Model and forecast future energy scenarios using client specific data, industry forecasts, and other benchmark models
  • Enhance analysis to translate to insights using advanced data processing functionality including machine learning and/or AI applications.  Validate data and results to identify required data quality enhancements  
  • Design data preparation initiatives tied to transformation projects at utilities, identifying potential challenges and mitigations
  • Report on progress of large scale data initiatives to business leadership and identify data quality metrics supporting overall utility data strategy initiatives 
• Energy transition service line operations:
  • Develop go to market materials and case studies for the Energy Transition service offering. Present go to market materials and case studies during client facing workshops
  • Develop customized proposals for global Power & Utilities clients matching client objectives with the appropriate scope, schedule, cost, and resourcing to be delivered
  • Evaluate and prioritize pursuit opportunities with financial, contractual, legal, cultural, and resourcing considerations
  • Develop thought leadership articles and present at industry events on Energy Transition topics bringing credibility and awareness to EY’s Energy Transition service offering

What we offer

· Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.

· Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.

· Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.

· Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.  Click the link below for more information:

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If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

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