Principal Consultant Market Study

Job Description

Job Title: Principal Consultant – Market Study

About Technip Energies:

A global technology and engineering powerhouse leading in energy and decarbonization infrastructure.

Technip Energies is a global engineering and technology leader, delivering some of the world’s largest and most complex engineering and construction projects. With strong leadership positions in LNG, hydrogen, ethylene, sustainable chemistry, and CO₂ management, we actively support the development of critical markets including energy, energy derivatives, decarbonization, and circularity. Our three complementary Business Units - Project Delivery & Services (PD&S), Technologies & Products (T&P), and Adjacent Business Models (ABM) transforming innovation into scalable, industrial solutions.

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Position Overview:

We are currently seeking a Principal Consultant – Market Study, reporting directly to Head of Genesis India to join our Genesis team based in Mumbai.

Key Responsibilities:

Identify the major duties and tasks accomplished by this position. For each duty, identify if it is an E - essential function or N – non-essential function of the job.

• Main accountabilities:
• Lead global and regional market overview studies covering macroeconomic trends, policy influences, trade flows and structural industry shifts
• Identify and analyze demand drivers and key end-use sectors across domestic and export markets
• Define and evaluate target domestic and international markets including trade competitiveness and logistics positioning
• Develop supply–demand outlooks and price forecasts up to 2050 (or project life), incorporating multiple scenarios
• Conduct netback price analysis to plant gate including freight, duties, distribution margins and parity pricing
• Map key regional and international competitors including capacity, cost position, feedstock advantage and integration level
• Benchmark client configuration against competing producers (cost competitiveness and margin resilience)
• Assess market absorption for different plant capacities and ramp-up scenarios
• Recommend optimal plant capacity and/or phased development strategy based on demand outlook and competitive positioning
• Prepare bankable market reports suitable for Clients, their senior decision makers, and investors
• Support technical due diligence for acquisitions and project financing from market insights and perspectives
• Conduct primary research including industry interviews and stakeholder consultations
• Develop financial model inputs (price decks, volume ramp-up, margin assumptions)
• Identify key market risks and sensitivity drivers affecting project viability (SWOT/ PESTEL)
• Present findings to senior stakeholders and defend assumptions under scrutiny
• Support proposal preparation and business development initiatives
• Mentor junior analysts and develop internal market intelligence frameworks
• Track emerging sectors including low-carbon fuels, specialty chemicals and circular economy materials
  
  
  

Required Skills and Experience:

We love to hear from you and how you match with this position. To be successful in this mission you should consider the following requirements:

Languages: English (Fluent)

Main skills:

• Proven experience in:
• Market assessment for hydrocarbons, chemicals, fertilizers or petrochemicals (Minimum three (3) Projects in at least one (1) of the sectors);
• Preparation of feasibility study (FS) and Detailed Project Report (DPR) – Market Study/ Assessment Chapters;
• Long-term demand-supply modelling (10–25-year horizon; exposure to 2050 outlook preferred)
• Developing forecasts and tools in-house for market study and assessment;
• Preparation of presentations/ pitch-decks/ market overview/ market insights/ due diligence for Clients across sectors;
• Experience in consulting firms, EPC advisory practices, corporate strategy groups or market intelligence organizations.
• Exposure to global trade flows and export market evaluation.
• Experience presenting to Clients’ senior management, investors, lenders.
  
  
  

Technical & Analytical Competencies:

• Demand forecasting and scenario modelling from market perspectives
• Long-term supply – demand outlook development
• Commodity price forecasting methodologies
• Netback price modelling to plant gate
• Capacity optimization and phased development assessment – from market perspective
• Competition cost benchmarking
• Strong Excel-based financial and market modelling skills
• Knowledge of industry databases (ICIS, Argus, CRU, IHS, etc.)
  
  
  

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• Strategic thinker with strong quantitative rigor
• Able to defend long-term forecasts under scrutiny – internally and externally
• Comfortable working across technical and financial domains
• Understands project lifecycle from concept to financing
• Capable of converting fragmented global data into actionable investment insights
  
  
  

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering / Mechanical Engineering
• MBA (Finance / Strategy / Marketing) preferred
• Financial modelling certification desirable
  
  
  

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