Associate - ENR (Capital Projects) CoE

Bain; New Delhi; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Bain & Company in Gurugram, India, seeks an Associate to join the Capital Projects Center of Expertise. You will support live client cases, drive analytics, PMO governance, and digital capabilities across energy, infrastructure, transport, and large industrial programs.

You will collaborate with practice and case teams on project-controls, scheduling, and risk analyses, building reusable assets and dashboards for client leadership.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years for undergrads and 0–3 years for postgrads in capital projects, PMO or management consulting.
• PMP certification or progress toward it is an advantage.
• Hands-on with 2–3 of: project controls, P6/MS Project, Power BI/Tableau, BIM, EVM, ALICE - Generative Scheduling, AI tools.
• Strong analytical, MS Office, communication and teamwork skills; able to handle multiple tasks under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day management of a 2–3 person team on live BCN cases.
• Lead delivery with guidance from a Project Leader and mentor junior members.
• Translate client context into a clear work plan and review outputs for quality.
• Develop PMO governance, IMS, and risk analyses to support recommendations.
• Create executive dashboards for client leadership and de-risk schedules.

Skills

Project controls

Power BI/Tableau

PMO

EVM

Analytical thinking

Education

Top-tier college degree

Tools

P6/MS Project

Power BI/Tableau

BIM (Navisworks/Revit/Synchro)

ALICE - Generative Scheduling

AI tools

Job description

Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world s most ambitious change-makers define the future. Across 65 offices in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition, and redefine industries. Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients, and we proudly maintain the highest level of client advocacy in the industry.

In 2004, the firm established its presence in the Indian market by opening the Bain Capability Center (BCC) in New Delhi. The BCC is now known as BCN (Bain Capability Network) with its nodes across various geographies. Expert Client Delivery (ECD) is an integral unit of BCN. ECD plays a critical role as it adds value to Bains case teams globally by supporting them with analytics and research solutions across all industries, specific domains for corporate cases, client development, private equity diligence, and Bain intellectual property.

WHO YOU LL WORK WITH:

This is an opportunity to be part of Bain s Capital Projects Center of Expertise (CoE), based out of the Gurugram office, specifically supporting Bain s Capital Projects & Infrastructure practice on live cases, client development and proposal support. The Capital Projects CoE works across major capital programs spanning energy, infrastructure, transport, oil & gas, power & utilities, mining and large industrial build-outs.

As part of the Capital Projects team, you will get exposed to case delivery and client development activities for clients executing large, complex capital programs. The primary objective is to collaborate with practice and case teams on the development and deployment of project-controls, PMO and digital capabilities that answer strategic questions for Bain s capital-intensive clients - from project setup and assurance through delivery and turnaround.

An Associate works as a team member / contributor on BCN cases, driving the analysis on complex cases with some direction from a Project Leader and occasionally leading simple cases independently. In addition, Associates help mentor and coach Analysts by providing regular guidance / feedback and progressively take on greater ownership of workstreams.

WHAT YOU LL DO:

• Day-to-day management of 2-3 team members

• Lead a small team of Analysts and Jr. Associates, owning day-to-day delivery with limited PL/Manager oversight
• Understand and translate the clients context and business problem into a clear, prioritized work plan
• Create the work plan, provide guidance to junior team members, and review outputs to ensure high-quality delivery to clients
• Anticipate roadblocks, resolve them at source, and elevate early when needed

• Program governance & PMO operations

• Design and stand up PMO operating models - stage-gate governance, change control, RACI, decision logs, escalation paths - and assess the robustness of a clients existing setup
• Build and interrogate the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS): run critical-path, what-if, and schedule-compression analyses that underpin recommendations

• Cost & performance controls

• Build cost-control and Earned Value analyses (budget phasing, CPI/SPI, forecast-at-completion, variance) to pinpoint where a program is over budget or behind schedule
• Create executive-ready dashboards that give client leadership a decision-grade view of project health

• Risk & safety management

• Build the analytical backbone for risk reviews - risk registers, quantified mitigations, contingency strategies - and turn findings into recommendations the team can land with the client

• Digital & advanced analytics

• Shape the digital roadmap and success metrics for client programs, including 5D BIM (cost + schedule) and model-based quantity management
• Apply advanced scheduling and risk analytics - constraint-based planning, scenario simulation, Monte Carlo - to quantify outcomes and de-risk recommendations
• Build Power BI / Tableau control towers and pilot AI tools that speed delivery and leave the client with reusable assets

ABOUT YOU:

• Relevant experience of 2-5 years for undergraduates and 0-3 years for postgraduates from a top-tier college with a strong academic record and 3-4 years of relevant experience in capital projects, project controls, PMO or management consulting
• PMP certification or active progress toward it is an advantage (not mandatory at this level)
• Hands-on with at least 2-3 of: Project controls, P6/MS Project, Power BI/Tableau, BIM (Navisworks/Revit/Synchro), EVM, ALICE - Generative Scheduling, AI tools
• Strong analytical, MS Office, communication, problem-solving, and team-player skills; able to handle multiple tasks and work under pressure

WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO WORK

We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the worlds best places to work, a champion of diversity and a model of social responsibility. We are currently ranked the #1 consulting firm on Glassdoor s Best Places to Work list, and we have maintained a spot in the top four on Glassdoors list for the last 12 years. We believe that diversity, inclusion and collaboration is key to building extraordinary teams. We hire people with exceptional talents, abilities and potential, then create an environment where you can become the best version of yourself and thrive both professionally and personally. We are publicly recognized by external parties such as Fortune, Vault, Mogul, Working Mother, Glassdoor and the Human Rights Campaign for being a great place to work for diversity and inclusion, women, LGBTQ and parents.