Assistant Consultant / Consultant (Technical Due Diligence)

WSP; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global strategic advisory firm in London seeks a consultant to support infrastructure projects, focusing on material processing and manufacturing. Ideal candidates will have a Master’s in a related STEM field and experience in technical consulting. The role requires strong communication skills to convey technical risks to clients and support senior managers in report delivery.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant STEM field is required.
• Experience in technical consulting with energy transition focus.
• Must have strong communication skills with technical and commercial teams.

Responsibilities

• Support senior managers to deliver reports on infrastructure projects.
• Analyze technical risks and provide insights to clients.
• Coordinate complex assignments and deliver on tight deadlines.

Skills

Experience within a manufacturing / chemical process engineering / technical consulting environment

Ability to communicate technical topics to commercial functions

Experience delivering complex assignments

Ability to work with cross-functional teams

Comprehend varied clean energy / infrastructure project technical documentation

Passion for shaping sustainable infrastructure

Education

Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or closely related STEM subject

Job description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you. A little more about your role…

WSP’s Investor and Economic Advisory team are at the forefront of shaping the future of infrastructure, energy, and transport. As part of the Investor and Economics Advisory team you will sit at the precipice between the technical and financial worlds. As a global leader in strategic advisory services, we are proud to have been named #1 Advisor by Deal Value in 2024 by Infranews. WSP’s Investment and Economic Advisory draws upon WSP’s network of >70,000 employees globally to co-ordinate expert teams bespoke to a transaction’s technical and commercial due diligence requirements.

Your role will specifically focus on projects across material processing and manufacturing, helping clients understand technical risks for next era infrastructure projects. A key focus of your role will be in supporting senior managers within the team to co-ordinate and deliver reports across a range of projects. For example, you could be informing lenders about key project cost risks or assisting a potential investor in undertaking technical due diligence on a target company’s product or process.

The Infrastructure and Economic Advisory team have a strong track record of supporting clients at all stages of the project lifecycle. This could be include conducting early-stage Bankability Reviews through to monitoring project delivery on behalf of investors during the construction and operational phases.

Your success in this role will revolve around delivery of precise and accurate reports, delivering against an agreed scope of work and collaborating with the team in identifying and understanding technical and/or project schedule risk. Development within the role will see you taking on board more responsibility in delivering larger sections of reports unaided, however guidance and training will be given in role to help you achieve this and to become a more independent consultant in the process.

Your role will allow you to provide a unique technical perspective, and to develop knowledge across the cleantech sector as well as developing client facing professional skills at senior to C-suite levels within a client organisation.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

• Experience within a manufacturing / chemical process engineering / technical consulting environment.
• Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or closely related STEM subject.
• Experience delivering complex assignments and coordinating workstreams to tight deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate specialist and/or technical topics to other commercial business functions (i.e. legal, finance, procurement). For example, the ability to describe to an investor why the yield of a certain process is at a certain level.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams comprising technical and commercial disciplines with confidence.
• Demonstrated ability to comprehend varied clean energy / infrastructure project related technical documentation and the ability to synthesize information to produce material within a short period of time.
• A passion for shaping sustainable infrastructure and supporting the energy transition.

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

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