Senior Consultant - Energy & Utilities / Transport

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Job Description

Become part of a great team doing impactful work

In a world with ever more complex challenges, asset management is an increasingly important discipline to ensure asset owning and managing organisations get the service and ultimately business outcomes they require from their asset base. We work with organisations who own or manage some of the world’s most interesting large physical infrastructure, guiding them on the journey of increasing the sophistication of their asset management practices. These organisations also span the full spectrum of asset management maturity; from those new to the concept whom we help understand and put in place the fundamental building blocks of good asset management, to those who are mature and are seeking to push the asset management boundaries, with whom we implement digital innovations.

Working across multiple sectors, such as transport, energy, water, nuclear and defence and across a vast array of maturity levels, means that our asset management work is exciting and varied. For example, we:

• deliver major transformation programmes
• optimise the adoption of innovative technologies to achieve major performance and cost efficiencies,
• develop leading-edge regulatory business plans,
• design optimised and differentiated asset investment strategies and plans,
• perform complex analysis on asset information to drive insights and decisions

The way we approach asset management at PA is different to many. We combine our asset management experience across multiple sectors, with wider PA expertise in areas such as, innovation, digital, human capital to bring truly ingenious, well-rounded, practical solutions to our clients.

Qualifications

What we’re looking for

We're not looking for experts in asset management. We're looking for people who can help asset-intensive organisations change.

We're looking for people who understand how infrastructure businesses really work and who can influence meaningful change across them. You may work in transport, utilities, energy, nuclear, defence or another asset-intensive sector. What matters most is not whether you hold a particular qualification, but whether you understand the challenges of running complex organisations, balancing competing priorities, and translating strategy into practical action.

Our strongest people combine business insight with delivery credibility. They understand how investment, operations, engineering, digital capabilities, regulation and organisational performance come together to create outcomes. They know how decisions are made, how change happens, and how to build alignment across diverse stakeholder groups. They are trusted by colleagues, well connected across their industry, and recognised for bringing people together to make things happen.

We are particularly interested in people who have experience of:

• leading or supporting investment planning, asset strategy, operational improvement, business transformation, digital and data programmes, organisational design, or the implementation of major systems and capabilities.
• Experience of working across capital and operational environments, translating long-term ambitions into deliverable programmes, and helping organisations navigate uncertainty would be highly valuable.

Successful candidates will be curious, commercially aware and comfortable tackling complex problems. They will be able to communicate clearly with everyone from executive leadership teams to front-line operations, distilling complexity into practical decisions and actionable insights. They will enjoy working collaboratively, leading teams, developing opportunities and helping clients address some of their most important strategic and operational challenges.

Most importantly, we're looking for people who understand the business behind the assets, can influence outcomes beyond their immediate role, and want to help organisations deliver lasting change.

Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week. However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on a client site.

We know the skill-gap and ‘somewhat need to tick every box’ can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today by completing our online application

Please be aware that some of our UK roles at PA Consulting require a UK security clearance.

All PA people are required to undergo background checks and to achieve the Baseline Personnel Security Standard however, some UK roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting, where applicants must have at least 5 years of continuous residency in the UK.

We therefore ask that you only apply if you meet the residency requirements (i.e. you are a British citizen or have been resident in the UK for the past 5 years), as this is the prerequisite for a security clearance. If you're unsure about your eligibility, we encourage you to review the UK Government’s guidance on security vetting before applying.

Additional Information

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Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams, and support our communities, to deliver insight and impact, solving the world’s most complex challenges. We're focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets, and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self. 

Find out more about Life at PA here . 

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits: 

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days 
• Generous company pension scheme 
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives 
• Annual performance-based bonus 
• PA share ownership 
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn) 

We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups. 

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.

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