Energy Subject Matter Expert — Independent Contractor
Energy expert contractor bench — senior advisors providing targeted expertise across upstream, downstream, fuels, renewables, power, infrastructure, and policy for defined engagements.
Remote · Independent contractor, expert-call, day-rate, project-based, fractional, or retainer · Posted June 4, 2026
Opportunity Summary
23.5 Strategies is building a contractor bench of energy subject matter experts to provide targeted expertise for advisory projects across oil and gas, refining, downstream, renewable fuels, fuels marketing, logistics, power, infrastructure, policy, energy technology, and commercial operations.
Scope of Services
- Provide expert input for specific client projects.
- Review assumptions, commercial structures, market dynamics, and operating realities.
- Support diligence, market analysis, strategy, value creation, and opportunity assessment.
- Participate in expert calls, client workshops, or advisory sessions.
- Contribute technical or commercial expertise to written materials.
Contractor Qualifications
- Senior energy industry expertise.
- Ability to communicate clearly with executive, investor, and advisory audiences.
- Strong confidentiality and conflict-of-interest discipline.
- Ability to work independently on defined scopes.
Potential Deliverables
- Expert call participation.
- Written expert notes.
- Diligence input.
- Market assumption review.
- Client workshop support.
- White paper contribution.
Future Conversion Possibility
This engagement may be considered for future employee conversion if business needs, mutual interest, performance, and applicable law support such a change. No conversion is guaranteed.
Compensation
Project-based · day-rate / hourly / retainer. Terms agreed by scope at engagement.
Final compensation depends on role level, experience, qualifications, location, market conditions, business needs, and applicable law.
Apply
Submit your application.
Applications are reviewed personally. The firm will respond directly to candidates whose backgrounds fit the role.
To Apply, Please Submit
- — Resume or professional profile.
- — LinkedIn profile.
- — Brief note describing your relevant experience.
- — Work samples, portfolio, writing samples, financial model samples, or project examples where applicable.
- — Confirmation of U.S. work authorization for employee roles.
- — For contractor roles, a brief description of your independent practice, relevant client/project experience, and preferred engagement structure.
Applicants and contractors may be asked to complete a paid work sample, case exercise, or project discussion depending on role and applicable law.
Contractor Engagement Notice
This opportunity is intended to be structured as an independent contractor engagement. Independent contractors are not employees of 23.5 Strategies, are not eligible for company-sponsored employee benefits, and are responsible for their own taxes, insurance, equipment, workspace, and business expenses unless otherwise agreed in writing.
Any contractor engagement will be governed by a written independent contractor agreement or statement of work. Classification as an independent contractor will depend on the actual nature of the working relationship, including independence, scope of work, control over manner and means of performance, opportunity for profit or loss, tools and resources, permanency, and applicable federal, state, and local law.
Nothing in this posting guarantees future employment. However, 23.5 Strategies may consider successful contractors for future employee roles if business needs, mutual interest, and applicable law support conversion.
Contractors must comply with confidentiality, data protection, intellectual property, conflict-of-interest, and client information requirements.
Expected contractor compensation: Project-based · day-rate / hourly / retainer. Terms agreed by scope at engagement..
Applicant Disclaimer
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Submission of an application does not create an employment relationship, contractor relationship, agency relationship, partnership, or any other binding arrangement with 23.5 Strategies. No representation is made, expressed or implied, that any application will result in an interview, engagement, offer of employment, contractor engagement, or any other commercial relationship.
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