Management Consultant - Utilities - Water/Wastewater

Accenture PLC; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture PLC in Dublin/Cork is seeking a Management Consultant - Utilities (Water/Wastewater) at Career Level 9 - Team Lead. The role focuses on delivering advisory and transformation engagements for Ireland's leading utilities organisations, applying deep sector knowledge to improve leakage management, investment prioritisation, and environmental compliance.

You'll join Accenture Utilities within Industry & Enterprise, collaborating with cross-functional teams across business, technology and

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.
• 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 efficiency, quality and impact of client engagements.

Job description

Role: Management Consultant - Utilities - Water/Wastewater

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.

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 escal...
• 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