Consulting Staff Energy & Climate

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Berkeley Research Group provides independent advice, data analytics, authoritative studies, expert testimony, investigations, and regulatory and dispute consulting to Energy, Fortune 500 corporations, financial institutions, government agencies, major law firms, and regulatory bodies around the world. BRG experts provide sophisticated economic, financial, and analytical advice across a wide range of disciplines.

The BRG Energy & Climate team is focused on M&A Advisory, commercial, regulatory, and dispute resolution challenges associated with primary energy development, trading, transportation and utilization coupled with the challenges of decarbonization and the transformation of energy use across the energy user sectors.

Our energy business advisory offerings and dispute resolution work are synergistic and mutually reinforcing. Our extensive experience with energy disputes makes us realistic, grounded analysts and our cross-disciplinary experience throughout the energy sector, as accomplished advisors, engineers, economists, former executives, and financiers, makes us highly credible, effective experts for dispute resolution matters.

We are looking for a motivated self-starter to join our International Energy team. This position will work on business development, client management and project delivery within the Energy market. In this you will be involved in both the identification, execution and oversight of engagement work, training and management of junior staff, client relationship management, quality control, development and presentation of client deliverables to a high standard, including drafting and reviewing expert reports for BRG’s expert witnesses, and to contribute to the expansion of BRG’s business.

Headquartered in Emeryville, California, BRG currently has over 40 offices across the United States and in Asia, Australia, Canada, Latin America, the Middle East, and the United Kingdom. This position offers advancement opportunities within a rapidly growing expert services and consulting firm.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage all aspects of client engagements and discreet segments of larger projects
• Delegate assignments to staff, instruct and monitor progress, and review work product for completeness and accuracy
• Generate client deliverables and make valuable contributions to expert reports
• Communicate opportunities for and contribute to business development activities
• While on a project you will need to manage client relationships and communicate results and work product as appropriate
• Demonstrate creativity and efficient use of relevant software tools, analytical methods and computer models to develop solutions
• Participate in group practice meetings, contribute to business development initiatives and office functions such as staff training and recruiting
• Prioritise assignments and responsibilities in order to meet goals and deadlines

Qualifications

• Proven experience working in the Upstream or Midstream Energy market, ideally within a consultancy or in-house environment
• Highly developed network within the energy sector and an understanding of the energy value chain.
• Prior experience in a commercial role in the energy sector, energy Mergers and Acquisitions Advisory and/or Disputes
• Experience in managing client relationships or business development is very beneficial in this role
• Desire and ability to manage processes within the firm and train juniors and/or other consultants
• Commitment to producing high quality analysis, that is presented in a logical and coherent way, and attention to detail despite high workloads on occasion
• Strong verbal and written communication skills. Ability to articulate ideas and concepts well orally and produce persuasive written work
• Desire to work within a team environment, but also the ability to work effectively independently
• Self-motivated as well as a Competent, critical and analytical thinker
• Competency in a second language is highly desirable

About BRG

BRG combines world-leading academic credentials with world-tested business expertise purpose-built for agility and connectivity, which sets us apart—and gets you ahead.

At BRG, our top-tier professionals include specialist consultants, industry experts, renowned academics, and leading-edge data scientists. Together, they bring a diversity of proven real-world experience to economics, disputes, and investigations; corporate finance; and performance improvement services that address the most complex challenges for organizations across the globe.

Our unique structure nurtures the interdisciplinary relationships that give us the edge, laying the groundwork for more informed insights and more original, incisive thinking from diverse perspectives that, when paired with our global reach and resources, make us uniquely capable to address our clients’ challenges. We get results because we know how to apply our thinking to your world.

At BRG, we don’t just show you what’s possible. We’re built to help you make it happen.

BRG is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.