Principal Consultant - Programme Advisory (Energy & Utilities - Infrastructure & Capital Projects)

PA Consulting; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in London seeks candidates experienced in project and programme management for capital projects. Ideal applicants will have strong consulting skills, team management abilities, and a passion for delivering innovative solutions. The role offers flexible working and the chance to impact major infrastructure initiatives.

Benefits

Health and lifestyle perks

25 days annual leave

Generous company pension scheme

Annual performance-based bonus

Opportunity for community involvement

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience of the full project and programme lifecycle.
• In-depth knowledge and experience managing capital projects.
• Ability to distill complex insights into easy-to-understand presentations.

Responsibilities

• Design, set-up, governance, assurance and controls for major capital projects.
• Delivery of major capital projects and change programmes.
• Working across the energy and utilities sectors.

Skills

Project & Programme Management

Delivery Models

Governance

Assurance

Project/Programme/Portfolio Management Controls

Business Change & Transformation

High-quality outputs

Team management

Communication

Future trends

Job description

Overview

On the back of continued success across our Energy & Utilities practice, we are looking for talented people to join our growing Infrastructure & Capital Projects team. We work very closely with all our clients, build strong interpersonal relationships and pride ourselves on our ability to ‘walk the talk’. We provide strategic advice on all aspects of capital projects development and delivery, including business case development, commercial arrangements, financial structures, complex procurement advice and programme set-up. We are particularly interested in those who have practical ‘hands on’ experience with infrastructure and capital projects and an interest in:

• Design, set-up, governance, assurance and controls for major capital projects.
• Delivery of major capital projects and change programmes.
• Working across the energy and utilities sectors.

While successful candidates will have a good technical understanding of their field, deep specialism is not the only facet of PA consultants; we also want ingenious people who can turn highly technical detail into simple concepts and communicate this clearly to anyone from boardroom to factory floor. Our consultants should be able to adapt their style to work effectively with clients and inspire confidence. We’re looking for someone with these attributes:

• Self-motivation and ability to manage their own workload effectively.
• Creative and open minded, enjoying learning and trying new ways of doing things.
• Strong communication, presentation creation, delivery and document writing skills.
• A great team member in multi-discipline teams.

Flexible working - We are guided by our client work and needs; however, you have autonomy to manage your time and diary to suit your work/life balance.

Responsibilities

• Design, set-up, governance, assurance and controls for major capital projects.
• Delivery of major capital projects and change programmes.
• Working across the energy and utilities sectors.

Qualifications

We are looking for talented people with hands on experience of the full project and programme lifecycle, with a blended commercial, procurement, engineering, delivery and supply chain acumen to help our energy & utilities clients solve some of their most challenging problems in the delivery of their major projects. If you can fulfill one or more of the following roles in our team, we would like to hear from you.

Technical skills

• Project & Programme Management (capital and operational work programmes) – in depth knowledge and experience managing all or parts of capital projects and a strong understanding of key activities across the infrastructure delivery project/programme lifecycle
• Delivery Models – a good understanding of collaborative delivery models to help drive value in capital-intensive projects, including alliancing, partnerships and other innovative delivery models and a good understanding of relevant industry-standard forms of contracts such as NEC.
• Governance – experience providing advice to public and private sector clients on the design and optimization of governance arrangements for major capital infrastructure programmes
• Assurance – experience of designing and implementing assurance arrangements and/or delivering assurance reviews for major capital programmes
• Project/Programme/Portfolio Management Controls – experience of designing, implementing and optimizing project/programme/portfolio management & controls capabilities and PMOs on major capital programmes
• Business Change & Transformation – good understanding of change management techniques with experience of managing complex change and transformation projects/workstreams to enhance major capital infrastructure programmes

Consulting Skills

• High-quality outputs – this means report-writing and presentation skills need to be strong (e.g., an ability to distil complex insights into easy-to-understand presentations and reports that could be understood across all levels of an organisation).
• Team management – able to lead small (2-5 people) teams deliver highly complex and strategically important assignments. This includes day-to-day activity management, project team wellbeing, and management of risks and issues on the assignment.
• Communication – a strong communicator able to structure presentations in a compelling manner and capable of engaging with a range of client stakeholders to positively influence client outcomes.
• Future trends – an appreciation for new, and emerging sector capabilities and trends affecting the acceleration of the energy transition. Able to form views and discuss wider topics with our clients.

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

Additional Information

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• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family
• 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)

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