Senior Consultant Emerging Technology, Energy

Senior Consultant Emerging Technology, Energy Job ID: 1364 Location: Burlington, MA Full/Part Time: Full Time Regular/Temporary: Regular Return to Previous Page NAVIGANTis a specialized, global expert services firm dedicated to assisting clients in creating and protecting value in the face of critical business risks and opportunities. Navigant professionals combine technical expertise inDisputes and Investigations,Economics,Financial AdvisoryandManagement Consulting, with business pragmatism in the highly regulatedConstruction,Energy,Financial ServicesandHealthcareindustries to support clients in addressing their most critical business needs. Navigant professionals leverage a unique combination of technical expertise and industry insights to provide clients with solutions tailored to their specific business challenges and the opportunities presented by the ongoing market fluctuations and regulatory changes. The Company has approximately 1,700 consulting professionals and 2,300 employees, with a client base reaching more than 40 cities around the world. The company is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NCI) and in 2010 generated $704 million in total revenues. Corporate headquarters are in Chicago, Illinois (U.S.) and headquarters for international operations are in London. We work with energy leaders to aggressively strengthen their enterprises and help them make choices that ensure energy reliability, efficiency, serviceability and financial return. Our Energy professionals focus on issues across the entire energy value chain including renewable, climate change, energy efficiency, demand response, emerging technologies, generation, resource procurement, transmission, markets, performance improvement, fuel sourcing, rates and regulation. Responsibilities: This position, based in Burlington, MA, is for a Senior Consultant in the Emerging Technology service group within NCI's Energy Practice. The position will be part of a team that assists leading energy related organizations (including utilities, energy companies, government organizations and equipment suppliers) create innovation and exploit technology across the full spectrum of their activities, from setting strategy to developing and deploying cutting edge products and applications. The Emerging Technology Senior Consultant will be a key team member for public and private sector projects and will conduct detailed fact finding, research, and analysis on energy related activities; perform technology assessments; statistical and economic analyses; data collection and spreadsheet creation and management; prepare reports, presentations and other documents for clients; present results of assigned tasks and analyses to clients; interview business managers, technology experts and public policy officials to support client projects; and work effectively with colleagues and client staff as the leader of a project team. Examples of current emerging technologies of interest include: smart grid, energy storage, distributed generation, carbon capture and sequestration, advanced power generation cycles and electric transportation. The Emerging Technology Senior Consultant will be responsible for: * Assessing energy technologies and analyzing technology trend * Modeling the cost and performance of advanced energy technologies * Assessing U.S