Management Consultant - Utilities WATER

Accenture PLC; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Utilities in Dublin/Cork seeks a seasoned Management Consultant to lead water and wastewater transformation programs for Ireland’s leading utilities organisations. You will drive decarbonisation, resilience, and sustainable service delivery while guiding cross-functional teams.

Join a dynamic practice delivering advisory, process improvements, and technology-enabled transformations, with hybrid working supporting delivery across Dublin and beyond.

Qualifications

• 4-7 years of relevant utility experience in water or wastewater operations.
• 3-5 years in a consulting role with water sector transformation experience.
• Ability to build lasting relationships with clients and colleagues.
• Experience working in fast-paced multi-project environments.

Responsibilities

• Support strategic initiatives for decarbonisation, resilience and sustainability.
• Deliver high-quality consulting engagements and transformation programmes.
• Collaborate within multi-functional project teams and coordinate workstreams across engagements.
• Apply expertise in water and wastewater operations to design and implement client solutions.
• Assist in resource planning, budgeting and forecasting for engagements.
• Identify risks and dependencies and help manage them throughout engagements.
• Present clear analyses and insights to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders and SMEs across functions.

Skills

Utilities sector experience

Water/Wastewater operations

Data-driven analytics

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's/Master's degree in business/engineering/environmental sciences

Job description

Role: Management Consultant - Utilities - Water/Wastewater Consultant

Career Level: 9 – Team Lead

Business Area: Utilities

Location: Dublin/Cork

Hybrid Working

Do you want to contribute to work with meaningful impact and help Ireland achieve its sustainability and environmental goals? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you! We are seeking an experienced professional to work with Water companies, collaborating to transform their businesses and revolutionise the environmental landscape. Join us in driving climate action and working on new and innovative solutions to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.

Ireland's Utilities sector is at the heart of society, and the decisions being made now on networks, treatment facilities, processes and customers will shape the country for decades. As a Consultant in Accenture's Utilities practice, you'll work on nationally significant engagements with Ireland's leading water and wastewater organisations. You'll help them invest in resilient infrastructure and deliver more sustainable, affordable services, while building and developing a high-performing team.

Accenture Utilities

At Accenture, we deliver end-to-end solutions that drive real change for organisations. You'll work on innovative projects with dedicated colleagues, using the latest technologies and innovations to help clients achieve their goals, from digital disruption to sustainable net-zero transition. As part of our global network, you'll use a broad range of expertise to tackle our clients' most ambitious problems and directly contribute to driving efficiencies and delivering the water systems of the future. We'll support your continuous development of market-relevant knowledge, advisory, and technical skills, challenging you to take on new initiatives and push the boundaries of what's possible.

Join our Utilities Industry Practice within Industry & Enterprise, where we help Ireland's leading utilities companies achieve their objectives and targets. Bring your passion and experience to deliver ground-breaking projects, whether in environmental built world or sophisticated program delivery. You'll support clients with a range of services, from industry consulting, strategic direction, to process improvement and technology transformations, while building your skills and driving their goals.

Job Description:

As a Consultant in Utilities, you will play a key role in delivering impactful advisory and transformation engagements for Ireland's leading utilities organisations. A key element of your role is to apply deep sector and delivery experience of water and wastewater network operations, infrastructure planning, and environmental compliance alongside strong analytical capability to diagnose client challenges, develop practical recommendations, and support their implementation. Working closely with client stakeholders, you will build trusted relationships, provide strategic guidance, and contribute to solutions that address business challenges across leakage management, investment prioritisation, network performance, and the environmental and regulatory requirements facing the water sector. You will work as part of cross-functional teams, contributing to workstream delivery and ensuring outcomes are aligned to client goals and the broader sustainability agenda.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the delivery of strategic initiatives for utilities clients, helping to meet their decarbonisation, resilience and sustainability objectives.
• Support the delivery of high-quality consulting engagements and transformation programmes across the utilities sector.
• Contribute to and collaborate within multi-functional project teams, coordinating workstream activities across the engagement lifecycle.
• Apply expertise in water and wastewater operations, network planning, asset management, or infrastructure delivery to support the design and implementation of solutions for utilities clients.
• Support resource planning, budgeting, and forecasting activities within the context of the engagement or programme
• Contribute to integrated project and programme planning, ensuring coherent workstream coordination across engagements.
• Identify and escalates risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies, supporting their effective management throughout the engagement.
• Prepare and present clear, structured analysis, and insights for client and internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with client teams, subject matter experts, and colleagues across business, technology, and operations functions to ensure alignment on goals and outcomes.
• Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders, developing a deep understanding of their challenges to ensure our recommendations and solutions address their needs.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, bringing fresh thinking to enhance the efficiency, quality, and impact of client Continuously develop and maintain deep expertise across the utilities sector to provide informed guidance to clients and contribute to Accenture’s utilities thought leadership.
• Support business development activities including solution scoping, proposal development, and client presentations to help grow Accenture's utilities practice

Desired skillset:

• Experience working within or consulting to the utilities sector.
• Experience in delivery of complex projects or programmes within a water, wastewater, or broader utilities infrastructure environment.
• Knowledge of water and wastewater network operations, including treatment processes, leakage management, or capital investment planning.
• Familiarity with water sector regulation and environmental compliance.
• Excellent communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate findings and status to a non-technical audience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience leveraging AI and data-driven tools to analyse complex problems, generate insights, or develop solutions that drive measurable value for clients.
• Experience working independently and in diverse teams.
• Focus on continuous development and curiosity about the latest industry and technology trends.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Relevant undergraduate/master’s degree in a business, engineering, environmental sciences, technical or economic field.
• 4-7 years of relevant utility proven experience in water or wastewater operations, infrastructure planning, or a related discipline, or 3-5 years in a consulting role, with experience in water sector transformation engagements.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment across a wide variety of projects and roles to deliver for our clients.
• Ability to build lasting relationships with clients and colleagues.
• Previous experience working within the Utilities (electricity, gas, water) sector would be beneficial.

Does this appeal to you? If so, we wish to hear from you.