Make an impact with our Energy, Utilities & Infrastructure consulting team as a Manager. This role is ideal for an experienced consulting or industry professional who can lead client-facing engagements, manage multidisciplinary teams, build trusted relationships, and deliver practical, actionable recommendations for energy, utility, infrastructure, and public-sector clients.
Our work supports asset-intensive organizations facing complex challenges, including aging infrastructure, capital program pressures, operational reliability, the energy transition, regulatory expectations, cost control, supply chain performance, workforce capacity, and the need to improve how projects and services are planned, delivered, governed, and sustained.
As a Manager, you will lead engagements that may include asset management, capital project delivery, PMO transformation, utility operations improvement, supply chain and procurement optimization, regulatory and cost allocation support, governance, digital enablement, and broader transformation initiatives. You will combine sector knowledge, consulting discipline, project management, and practical implementation thinking.
Responsibilities- Lead consulting engagements from planning through delivery, including scope definition, work planning, stakeholder engagement, analysis, deliverable development, quality assurance, and project closeout.
- Manage project teams, timelines, budgets, risks, issues, dependencies, and client expectations.
- Lead current-state assessments, maturity assessments, operating model reviews, transformation roadmaps, process reviews, and implementation planning.
- Advise clients on utility and infrastructure matters, including asset management, capital planning, capital project delivery, PMO and project governance, portfolio delivery, execution improvement, and operational performance.
- Lead or support supply chain, procurement, inventory, warehousing, materials management, strategic sourcing, vendor management, and operational improvement engagements.
- Support regulatory, cost allocation, governance, service delivery, and performance measurement engagements for utility and infrastructure clients.
- Design and facilitate interviews, working sessions, workshops, executive readouts, and decision meetings.
- Translate complex operational, technical, financial, and stakeholder information into clear findings, options, actionable recommendations, and practical implementation roadmaps.
- Review the work of consultants, senior consultants, analysts, and subject matter contributors, and provide effective coaching and feedback.
- Develop high-quality reports, executive presentations, business cases, roadmaps, governance materials, benefits registers, decision logs, and implementation plans.
- Contribute to proposals, client relationship development, credentials materials, market scans, and pursuit strategies.
- Build trusted relationships with client sponsors, project managers, operational leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Help strengthen the Energy, Utilities & Infrastructure practice through thought leadership, methodology development, knowledge management, and team development.
Required Skills and Experience- Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, commerce, finance, economics, public policy, operations, supply chain, planning, or a related field; a master's degree or professional designation is an asset.
- 7+ years of relevant experience gained through management consulting, internal consulting, corporate strategy, business transformation, operational excellence, or leadership roles within utilities, energy, infrastructure, engineering, operations, maintenance, asset management, project delivery, supply chain, regulatory affairs, or finance.
- Experience applying structured problem-solving, stakeholder engagement, analysis, and recommendation development to business, operational, or asset management challenges.
- Demonstrated ability to lead client-facing engagements and develop executive-ready analyses, recommendations, business cases, and presentations.
- Strong understanding of asset-intensive organizations and the relationships among operations, capital planning, governance, finance, risk, and service delivery.
- Strong facilitation, communication, problem-solving, writing, and presentation skills.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, structure complex issues, and develop recommendations that clients can implement.
- Ability to coach and develop junior team members while maintaining high standards for quality and delivery.
Preferred Skills and Experience- Internal or external consulting experience is considered an asset, including experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, business transformation, operational excellence, continuous improvement, or an internal advisory function.
- Experience leading advisory engagements, transformation initiatives, strategic assessments, or continuous improvement programs involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
- Experience working with electric, gas, water, wastewater, or municipal utilities; energy companies; infrastructure owners; regulators; Crown corporations; or public-sector asset owners.
- Experience with capital program delivery, PMO transformation, project controls, delivery model selection, contracting strategy, stage-gate governance, work packaging, or portfolio delivery.
- Experience with supply chain, materials management, inventory optimization, warehousing, vendor management, strategic sourcing, contract management, or operational improvement.
- Experience supporting regulatory filings, cost allocation, rate-related analysis, governance reviews, performance measurement, or risk management.
- Familiarity with Maximo, SAP, Oracle, ERP, EAM, CMMS, Power BI, asset information systems, data governance, or digital transformation.
- Professional credentials such as P.Eng., PMP, Prosci, Lean Six Sigma, CMC, CPA, CFA, MBA, or another relevant designation.
With a focus on high-potential earnings, MNP is proud to offer customized rewards that support our unique culture and a balanced lifestyle to thrive at work and outside of the office. You will be rewarded with generous base pay, vacation time, 4 paid personal days, a group pension plan with 4% matching, voluntary savings products, bonus programs, flexible benefits, mental health resources, exclusive access to perks and discounts, professional development assistance, MNP University, a flexible 'Dress For Your Day' environment, firm sponsored social events and more!
