Analyst, Renewable Energy - Power Solutions

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Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and/or Advanced degree in Management, Engineering, Economics, or any other discipline with a quantitative focus; Degree in engineering, ideally with technical knowledge of power systems, is a plus
• Outstanding record of academic achievement, and demonstrated aptitude for analytics
• 2-4 years of prior experience in the Renewables sector; experience across the value chain (from project development, EPC, O&M, etc) is a plus
• Experience in Digital or Advanced Analytics, or willingness to learn, is a plus
• Strong quantitative skills, expert modelling and experience in large data sets is a plus
• Entrepreneurial spirit and a keen interest and drive in developing a new offering with massive potential and strong sponsorship
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and can work effectively with people at all levels in an organization
• Ambition to work in a fast-paced, result-oriented team, with steep learning curve and strong commitment to coaching and development
• Strong problem-solving skills and conceptual abilities
• Interpersonal effectiveness and leadership potential
• Fluency in English is required; Fluency in German is required (for Düsseldorf)
  

What You’ll Do

You will apply traditional tools/frameworks, advanced analytics and big data to improve strategy and operations of renewables companies across the full value chain (strategy, project development, EPC, operations and maintenance, etc.)

In this role, you will be part of the team that blends analysis of public, proprietary and client data into the insights – operational and strategic – required to optimize the energy assets of our clients and support them in the face of an accelerating the energy transition.

During deployment, you will have the opportunity to work with cross-functional client teams including engineers, data scientists, IT and software specialists, business managers, etc. You will master the conceptual and quantitative capabilities embedded into our way of working, our solutions and the overall power sector. You will also develop a deep understanding of power system dynamics – build, dispatch, retirement, reserves, weather, etc., to clearly articulate results and insights to external clients and internal colleagues. You are simultaneously a business lead and a data scientist – an expert in both areas.

As an analyst, you will engage with clients as part of a cross-functional team on studies to implemented digital solutions while applying the traditional McKinsey toolkit to gain breadth and depth on the potential options that our clients have to resolve their most complex challenges. You will actively contribute to internal and external outreach efforts to grow the brand awareness and support our client development efforts while identifying new opportunities for McKinsey to develop new digital products to better services our clients.

You will play an active role in the delivery of our solution to power utility clients, and will help build a new entrepreneurial knowledge-based business as Power Solutions is an extension of McKinsey’s service and is expected to grow substantially within the next five years.

Who You’ll Work With

As member of our global Power Solutions team, part of our Electric Power and Natural Gas practice (EPNG) you will work in our Dusseldorf, Madrid, Lisbon or Wroclaw office.

Power Solutions is focused exclusively on the Power, Natural Gas and broader Utilities sectors with a track record of successfully delivering technology enabled consulting services and solutions to our clients. Power Solutions combines the most advanced digital tools along the entire energy value chain - from Renewables (utility scale and distributed) to transmission and distribution to New Downstream (e.g. batteries, Hydrogen). We enable the deployment and development of a portfolio of McKinsey proprietary solutions required to successfully tackle and solve the complex challenges of the Global Energy Transition.

These include solutions for predictive maintenance and performance optimization of grid assets, power market modelling, operational benchmarking tools and data/tech architecture solutions. Power Solutions has seen a triple digit growth rate every year since inception and is now scaling out even more ambitious growth plan into adjacent opportunities (e.g., climate change) to integrate and build new offerings that can better enhance our value proposition to clients globally.