Consultant, Energy & Infrastructure

Grow with us. Lead with us. At Pioneer, you’ll work directly with executive teams, solving complex problems and shaping strategies that reset what’s possible. Sometimes the work is headline-worthy. Sometimes it’s foundational. But every project earns trust – and earns us the right to take on more. You’ll get the kind of access, challenge, and growth found at big firms – while helping build a company that’s scaling fast and guided by what we value. If you're looking for meaning, momentum, and a seat at the table, you're in the right place.

As an Energy & Infrastructure Consultant, you will be a part of a growing team working in a fast-paced environment to help clients solve complex issues and deliver exceptional results. You are a self-driven management consultant who excels at guiding organizations to accomplish their strategic objectives through effective execution. You have the proven ability to effectively lead small to medium size transformation projects with ambiguous structure and varying technical and business requirements. Our consultants thrive when they can dig in with their sleeves rolled up from day one to understand our client’s vision and objectives, build relationships with the client team, and follow through on execution to achieve a desired outcome.

This role will primarily work with our energy and utilities clients across a portfolio of major generation, transmission, and distribution capital projects. The Energy & Infrastructure Consultant will support project management for projects of small to moderate complexity while contributing as an active member of the project team.

Responsibilities include:

• Gains a deep understanding of the client’s business, the energy industry, and relevant problems to deliver solutions.
• Supports strategies related to project pre-execution and execution activities.
• Helps develop and implement governance and operating models.
• Supports the implementation of risk management frameworks and mitigation plans.
• Supports the design and implementation of effective cost and schedule management strategies.
• Supports the creation and execution of effective sourcing strategies.
• Plans and manages own work activities and contributes to stakeholder management, budget tracking, and vendor management.
• Supports RFP analysis and contract management.
• Maintains awareness of major market and regulatory trends.
• Recognizes and diagnoses client problems and proposes solutions.
• Identifies and defines KPIs, scorecard reporting, and dashboards to achieve a target ROI.
• Prepares a seamless transition for business owners to sustain long-term results.
• Proactively cultivates and expands your professional network.

Qualifications: 

• 2+ years of experience in project/program management with proven success managing projects utilizing various methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, CI/CD, etc.).
• 2+ years of energy or infrastructure industry experience (e.g., generation, transmission, distribution, or capital projects).
• Internal or external consulting experience preferred.
• Familiarity with capital project delivery concepts such as cost and schedule management, risk management, sourcing, and contracting preferred.
• Experience working with formal process improvement methodologies (Kaizen, Six Sigma, Lean, value improvement, etc.); Lean Six Sigma certification preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in business analysis, including gathering and documenting technical business requirements and/or process maps, and presenting technical information to non-technical leadership.
• Proven skills in the identification and resolution of client challenges.
• Experience collaborating with peers, identifying project needs, driving resolution, and holding team members accountable.
• Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills; rigorous approach to project management to deliver outcomes on enterprise-level projects.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively to executive business leaders (verbal and written).
• Proven ability to work both independently and in a collaborative team environment.
• Comfort handling ambiguity and managing multiple assignments.
• Demonstrated ability to expand professional networks through strategic relationship building and engagement.
• Ability to communicate and work effectively across all levels within an organization.
• Intermediate or high level of proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience required.

Location:

• This is a hybrid role based out of our Pioneer Denver Office: 2500 Walnut St., Denver, CO 80205

Compensation & Benefits  

Compensation for this role is a base salary of $88,000-132,000 per year. This is based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skillset and years and depth of experience. This may differ from location to location. Bonuses and other incentives are awarded at the Company’s discretion and are based upon individual contributions. Pioneer is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) including employer match, tuition reimbursement, and a broad range of health and welfare benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, long and short-term disability, etc.