Utilities Power Generation, Consulting Manager

Accenture's Consulting Utility Industry, Power Generation Practice is providing power for a safe, connected, and sustainable planet. Every day, we work with the largest electric utilities to deliver innovative solutions and help them become more efficient, reliable, and environmentally friendly power. We co-create the future with our clients at Accenture Innovation Hubs around the world and work alongside our clients to bring the future to life in the core of our client's operations. Accenture is the marketplace leader for supporting modernization of the capability of Power Generators to operate their facilities efficiently and effectively. We provide innovative solutions which provide support to facilities powered by all fuel sources. Our clients are looking for bold solutions in the era of rapidly changing technology, policy, and workforce innovations. Are you the leader who wants to reinvent Power Generation and empower our clients to create a clean and sustainable world? Join a team of industry practitioners with global footprint and local camaraderie. http://www.accenture.com/us-en/industries/utilities/power-generation

If you love solving challenges and not just studying them, then Accenture Consulting is the right place for you. Join us to develop your ideas into provocative points of view and transformative insights that help shape industries. You’ll work with an amazing and diverse mix of world-class experts with access to one of the most robust portfolios of capabilities and ecosystem relationships in the industry. Together, you’ll do so much more than consult.

Coming here means future-proofing your career and going as far as your ambition takes you. Becoming a tech-savvy, well-rounded, multi-disciplined and market-relevant advisor doesn’t happen by chance. We invest in training and development in a big way, so you can build your future along with ours, creating an impactful career unique to you. Ultimately, we believe we is greater than me and that diverse perspectives lead to the best solutions. Joining Accenture Consulting means you will learn, innovate and lead, and together we will improve the way the world works and lives.

Please note: We are open to hiring in most major cities across the US, that are near to an Accenture corporate location.

The Work:

+ Coordinate between Accenture and clients to design, develop, and implement business and technology solutions across the Power Generation value chain.

+ Translate business challenges, process inefficiencies, operational risks, and technology gaps into actionable transformation programs and initiatives.

+ Lead and support large-scale business transformation efforts across generation operations, maintenance, asset management, outage management, workforce optimization, and digital modernization initiatives.

+ Supervise application, process, and functional design activities to ensure alignment with business objectives and operational requirements.

+ Create functional requirements and business process designs to support application development, system implementations, and operational improvements.

+ Develop and test functional designs for business solution prototypes, enhancements, and integrated technology platforms.

+ Supervise the build, testing, deployment, and adoption of applications, data conversions, and system integrations.

+ Facilitate workshops, stakeholder interviews, and requirements gathering sessions with client business, operations, engineering, maintenance, and technology teams.

+ Develop business cases, operating model recommendations, transformation roadmaps, and executive-level presentations that support strategic decision-making.

+ Partner with client stakeholders to identify opportunities for operational excellence, cost optimization, reliability improvements, workforce effectiveness, and asset performance enhancement.

+ Support utility clients in evaluating and adopting emerging technologies, including advanced analytics, AI, digital operations, predictive maintenance, and intelligent asset management solutions.

+ Manage project workstreams, delivery teams, risks, issues, and stakeholder communications to ensure successful project outcomes.

+ Build and maintain trusted relationships with client stakeholders while serving as a strategic advisor throughout transformation initiatives.

+ Support business development activities, including proposal development, client presentations, thought leadership, and solutioning efforts for Power Generation opportunities.

+ Contribute to practice growth by mentoring junior practitioners, developing reusable assets and methodologies, and sharing industry-leading practices across the Utilities organization.

Here's what you need:

+ At least 5 years of experience within the Utilities industry, including Power Generation, Nuclear, Electricity, Natural Gas, Energy Operations, Asset Management, Engineering, Maintenance, or related operational functions.

+ Experience supporting business transformation, operational improvement, asset-intensive operations, technology modernization, or strategic initiatives within utility, energy, or industrial environments.

+ At least 3 years of experience working directly with clients or senior stakeholders to develop strategies, solve complex business challenges, and drive transformational outcomes.

+ Experience leading project workstreams, initiatives, or cross-functional teams in a consulting, utility, engineering, operations, or professional services environment.

+ Knowledge of utility operational processes, including work management, planning and scheduling, maintenance management, outage management, asset management, reliability, or field operations.

+ Experience with asset-intensive environments and familiarity with asset performance, equipment reliability, maintenance optimization, configuration management, or operational excellence principles.

+ Strong analytical, problem-solving, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with the ability to translate business needs into actionable recommendations.

+ Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.

+ Ability to travel as required to support client engagements.

Bonus Points if you have:

+ Prior experience in a consulting environment, whether through a traditional professional services firm, or an internal consulting, strategy, transformation, continuous improvement, or business excellence organization.

+ Proven success in contributing to a team-oriented environment.

+ Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.

+ Strong functional experience with Maximo, or enterprise asset management system workflows for work management, engineering, or supply chain related projects.

+ Desire to work in an information systems environment.

+ Excellent leadership, communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills.

+ You have experience with a Maximo implementation, or upgrade.

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 07/24/2026

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Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here:

U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/local/benefits)

Role Location Annual Salary Range

California $94,400 to $293,800

Cleveland $87,400 to $235,000

Colorado $94,400 to $253,800

District of Columbia $100,500 to $270,300

Illinois $87,400 to $253,800

Maine $80,400 to $216,200

Maryland $94,400 to $253,800

Massachusetts $94,400 to $270,300

Minnesota $94,400 to $253,800

New York $87,400 to $293,800

New Jersey $100,500 to $293,800

Virginia $87,400 to $270,300

Washington $100,500 to $270,300

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