What Sterling Engineering & Consulting does

Sterling Engineering & Consulting (SE&C, LLC) is a privately held professional services consultancy headquartered in Richland, Washington, operating as a subsidiary of Enveniam Solutions. Founded in 2014, the firm provides executive management, project management, business development, and technical consulting services to the U.S. Department of Energy (primarily the Office of Environmental Management and the National Nuclear Security Administration), the Department of Defense, NASA, and commercial clients in the energy, environmental remediation, national security, and mining sectors. SE&C's core capability is human capital: it draws from a network of more than 65 subject matter experts and more than 100 senior associates, with leadership averaging over 30 years of DOE and nuclear sector experience, to deliver short- and long-term consulting assignments and embed SMEs into client capture teams.

SE&C delivers its services through three productized lines: Strategy and Business Development Consulting (executive advisory, capture planning, strategic planning), Proposal Development Services (managed by the proprietary EDGE2win methodology that covers full proposal lifecycle from capture planning through orals training), and Staffing Solutions (deployment of SMEs and senior associates into client task orders). The firm reports an 85% contract win rate over 10 years and references 23 U.S. DOE prime contracting opportunities valued at over $83 billion that it helped clients capture, though these are client awards rather than SE&C's own revenue. Notable clients include Fluor, Leidos, AECOM, KBR Wyle Services, Jacobs, Amentum, Energy Solutions, Atkins, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Navarro Research and Engineering, and Fluor Idaho. The founder, Duane Schmoker, holds U.S. and international patents for nuclear material monitoring and storage technologies.

The business model is professional services delivered on a per-engagement basis. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is negotiated per scope, expertise required, and assignment duration. The go-to-market motion is enterprise field sales led by senior executives (Managing Director, EVP, SVPs) leveraging personal networks within DOE, DOD, and commercial energy sectors, supported by a limited digital presence (LinkedIn, corporate website) and direct outreach. SE&C is a bootstrapped firm with no disclosed funding rounds or institutional investors, operating with 11-50 employees and a single headquarters office in Richland. Geographic reach extends beyond the U.S. into the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Japan, though the U.S. federal market, and DOE in particular, remains the dominant revenue base.

Name

Sterling Engineering & Consulting

Legal name

SE&C, LLC

Website

https://sterlingecg.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sterling Engineering & Consulting (SE&C) is a Richland, Washington-based professional services consultancy that provides executive management, proposal development, and SME staffing to U.S. Department of Energy primes, the Department of Defense, and commercial energy and space clients, leveraging a proprietary EDGE2win proposal methodology and a bench of 65+ subject matter experts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy & Environmental Consulting Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Systems Engineering & Technical Program Management (BPAHAIAI)

Keywords

• Government consulting services
• Energy consulting
• Nuclear waste management
• Proposal development services
• Executive staffing solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: SE&C generates revenue through providing executive management, project management, business development, and technical consulting services on a task-driven basis. Services are delivered through skilled personnel and subject matter experts for short- and long-term assignments across technical and business areas in the global energy market.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

SE&C provides executive, project management, business development, and technical consulting services to U.S. federal agencies (primarily DOE and DOD) and prime contractors through three service lines: Strategy and Business Development Consulting, Proposal Development Services (using the EDGE2win methodology), and Staffing Solutions that supply SMEs for short- and long-term engagements in energy, environmental remediation, nuclear waste management, and national security.

Product overview

SE&C is a consulting firm (not a software product company) that provides executive management, project management, business development, and technical consulting services. The company operates three main service lines: Strategy and Business Development Consulting (offering strategic planning and capture planning expertise), Proposal Development Services (implementing the EDGE2win proposal process for federal and commercial proposals), and Staffing Solutions (providing access to over 65 SMEs for short- and long-term assignments). These services are delivered through a combination of permanent staff and a network of over 100 senior associates to support clients in the energy, environmental remediation, national security, and mining sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategy and Business Development Consulting Consulting service providing executive management expertise, strategic planning, capture planning, and business development support for government and commercial energy markets, with focus on DOE and DOD industries.
• Proposal Development Services Proposal management and development service utilizing the proprietary EDGE2win methodology, providing proposal managers, writers, technical SMEs, graphics designers, and color team reviewers for federal and commercial proposals.
• Staffing Solutions Staffing service providing access to more than 65 subject matter experts for short- and long-term assignments in engineering, project management, waste management, nuclear operations, and operations support.

Quantifiable outcome

• 85% win rate over 10 years
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• EnveniamcoreOthersSE&C is a subsidiary company of Enveniam. The parent company Enveniam Solutions owns SE&C as part of its portfolio of companies providing consulting and professional services to the energy, environmental, and government sectors.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global engineering and environmental services firm with deep DOE and federal nuclear/environmental work. Both a current SE&C client and a structural competitor in adjacent DOE opportunities.
• Huntington Ingalls Industries Technical Solutions: Large federal services division covering nuclear operations, environmental remediation, and DOD logistics. Overlaps with SE&C in DOE cleanup, decontamination and decommissioning, and DoD mission support, while operating at substantially greater scale.
• SAIC: Large federal IT and engineering services contractor with extensive DOE, DoD, and federal civilian work. Operates in the same proposal/capture ecosystem as SE&C while offering a much broader service portfolio.
• Leidos: Major federal services and IT contractor with a sizable DOE and environmental portfolio (including NETL research support). Competes with SE&C's clients for capture work and increasingly offers in-house proposal and capture management depth.
• Jacobs Solutions: Global engineering and federal services firm with significant nuclear, environmental, and DOE program presence. Competes with SE&C-adjacent primes for DOE contract recompetes and brings substantial in-house capture capability.

Direct peers

• Navarro Research and Engineering: DOE-focused technical and environmental services contractor. Directly comparable to SE&C in DOE nuclear and environmental work and a current SE&C client, reflecting head-to-head competition for similar capture and proposal engagements.
• Strategic Management Solutions (SMS): Small woman-owned consulting firm supporting DOE Hanford, NNSA, and environmental management programs with technical and program management staff. Highly comparable niche and customer overlap.
• Longenecker & Associates: Boutique DOE/nuclear technical and management consulting firm providing SMEs to Hanford, NNSA, and other federal sites. Closely mirrors SE&C's lean, talent-led model serving the same customer base.
• Battelle Memorial Institute: Large nonprofit operator of DOE national laboratories and federal energy/environmental programs. Comparable in deep DOE technical and program management expertise, with similar capture-management and SME deployment models at sites like Hanford, NETL, and Idaho.

Emerging players

• Boston Government Services: Specialized DOE/nuclear technical services firm supporting EM, NNSA, and NRC programs. Comparable SME-led nuclear and environmental consulting model with growing federal footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/se-and-c
• Facebookfacebook.com/SEandC.LLC

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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