Principal Consultant – Grid Modernization

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🐊 Florida – Remote

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Qualus

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1001 - 5000 employees

🏗️ Construction

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

💰 Seed Round on 2022-03

Construction • Logistics • Manufacturing

Qualus is a leading pure-play power services firm and innovator at the forefront of the energy transition and transformation, with differentiated capabilities across grid modernization, resiliency, security, and sustainability. The firm partners with utilities, commercial, industrial, data center, and government clients, and renewable and energy storage developers, offering comprehensive solutions through boutique and integrated advisory, planning, engineering, digital solutions, program management, and specialized field services. Qualus also provides software and technology enabled services and develops breakthrough solutions for critical power industry challenges such as distributed and variable resource integration, emergency management, and secure data exchange.

📋 Description

• Provide strategic advisory and consulting services to electric utilities supporting grid modernization initiatives • Focus primarily on SCADA and EMS systems, with working knowledge of ADMS technologies • Conduct current-state assessments of utility operations and operational technology • Facilitate stakeholder interviews, business process workshops, executive workshops, planning sessions, and decision-making discussions • Develop business cases, modernization strategies, strategic recommendations, implementation roadmaps, and phased deployment strategies • Assess operational technology maturity and modernization readiness • Evaluate emerging technologies, industry best practices, software vendors, vendor proposals, and technical responses • Document current- and future-state business processes and develop operational use cases • Develop functional, technical, integration, cybersecurity, and non-functional requirements • Facilitate requirements prioritization and ensure traceability across business objectives, use cases, requirements, demonstrations, and testing • Develop system architecture, integration strategies, interface requirements, and integration approaches • Review solution architectures, technical designs, and technical deliverables; conduct technical and architecture reviews • Identify architecture, integration, cybersecurity, project, and operational risks and mitigation strategies • Collaborate with utility architects, vendors, and system integrators • Develop procurement strategies, acquisition plans, RFPs, procurement documentation, evaluation criteria, scoring methodologies, and selection processes • Lead vendor communications, Q&A activities, demonstrations, proof-of-capability sessions, reference checks, and due diligence • Support contract negotiations and Statement of Work development • Serve as the owner’s engineer during implementation • Support governance, executive decision-making, testing, and operational readiness • Monitor implementation progress and provide independent recommendations representing the utility’s interests • Build trusted relationships with utility executives, operational leadership, and project stakeholders • Prepare and deliver executive presentations, steering committee updates, and strategic recommendations • Support proposal development and client pursuits • Develop reusable advisory methodologies, templates, and best practices • Author technical white papers, articles, and thought leadership content • Present at industry conferences, client workshops, and webinars • Mentor junior consultants and contribute to practice development

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from an accredited university • Minimum of 10 years of experience supporting electric utility operational technology, including SCADA, EMS, ADMS, or related systems • Experience in electric utility consulting; SCADA/EMS software vendor implementation, engineering, product management, or professional services; or electric utility engineering, system operations, operational technology (OT), transmission/distribution operations, or control center organizations

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Life insurance • Short-term disability • Long-term disability • 401(k) match • Flexible Spending Accounts • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Parental leave • Paid time off • Holidays