Senior Consultant - Networks in Nottingham

Location: Our Head Office is in Nottingham. This role is predominantly remote but travel to clients' sites will be required.

Hours: Our results focus allows us to be really flexible on hours. We have successfully been able to accommodate part time, flexible working, compressed hours, variable hours etc.

Total Package: up to £85,000 for an outstanding candidate (plus Private Medical, Pension, 33 days Holidays including bank holidays + holiday purchase scheme).

Closing Date: 28th February 2026.

Who are BFY group? BFY Group is one of the UK's fastest-growing management consultancies, trusted by leading organisations in Energy, Utilities, and Private Equity. We build strong partnerships with our clients, working practically to tackle their toughest challenges, realise opportunities, and achieve lasting results. Since our founding in 2004, we've been proud to remain an independent, privately owned firm, becoming an Employee-Owned firm earlier this year, based in Nottingham, working with clients throughout the UK. We're a high performing team that looks after each other, putting a huge amount of effort into creating an environment that offers meaningful work, the opportunity to develop and grow, and the ability to have fun whilst doing it. We specialise in Transformation, Strategy and Commercial Excellence, Operational Turnaround and Recovery, and ESG and Carbon Reduction. We're proud of the recognition we've received for our growth and impact. We've been named one of the UK's Leading Management Consultants by the Financial Times, featured in The Sunday Times Hundred as one of the fastest-growing private companies, and earned multiple Best Workplaces awards. In 2025 Ian Barker, our Managing Partner, was twice recognised as a finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year, at national level by Lloyds and regional by EY for the Midlands. Our employee experience is rated 100% by Great Place To Work UK, beating typical companies by 40%, with 100% of our team agreeing that joining BFY is a welcoming experience, they are proud to work here and that everyone is offered training or development to further themselves.

Requirements

What would you be doing? We are recruiting for Senior Consultant(s). This is a client facing role with expected travel/mobility. We understand that everyone's circumstances are different and are committed to supporting your work life balance. Please let us know if you have any flexible working requirements. As a Senior Consultant you will be a trusted client advisor and partner enabling the delivery of significant transformational change in a project environment. We need people who are passionate about high quality output, have a strong work ethic and take pride in their work. Be able to communicate with confidence, adapt listening and respond to challenges. We want people who can contribute to building a high performing team, leading, and inspiring others around them to deliver exceptional client outputs. We're looking for people who have a growth mindset and are committed to their continuous personal development, understand capabilities, development areas and have a plan.

Experience in energy (electricity or gas) or water networks (either significant general experience or expertise in a specialism or niche area).

Strong general experience and/or specialism in at least one of the following areas: asset management, field service management, networks operations planning, incident management, connections planning and management, and networks resilience.

You will have worked in consultancy or perhaps in inhouse change / CI leadership roles. We're less interested in formal qualifications, but more interested in how you lead, motivate and inspire people, shape and deliver problem solving and large-scale transformation in energy and / or water networks.

If the role is not right for now, there may be other more suitable roles available in the future, which you can stay updated on here.

Benefits

What's on offer? Competitive salary, in line with your capability and experience. Package up to £85,000 for an exceptional candidate. Biannual bonus scheme (in line with performance reviews). 33 days holidays (25 days plus 8 bank holidays) and a holiday purchase scheme. Receive 1 additional day of holiday per year after 2 years of service (up to 5 extra days). Private medical insurance for you and cohabiting partners and children under 18. Access to high-quality support through our wellbeing partners Plumm Health and Mintago. Option for additional pension salary sacrifice EV salary sacrifice scheme.

We embarked on a journey a few years ago to ensure we created a growing, sustainable consulting firm that would give people meaningful work, be a great environment for development, while preserving our culture of "we're a bit different". We deliver exceptional work for clients, as part of a high performing team. Our results focus allows us to be really flexible on working location, and hours. We have successfully been able to accommodate fully remote working, flexible working, compressed hours, variable hours, etc. You will be given huge amounts of trust, freedom, and support where you need it to deliver in your role. We have great fun. We do a company wide check in twice a week, regular social events and we have an awesome selection of memes for all occasions.

What do our people say about working here?

"BFY really focuses on the employees and understand that the majority of the job is learned whilst working for clients. They teach you the essentials of the business and provide learning material to start your consultancy journey to ensure everyone has the same initial level and then you start consultancy work within a week or two. It's really incredible to see the level of trust they place in you to allow you to work with clients so early on, rather than have you sat watching from the side lines." - bfy consultant, joined BFY December 2023.

"When you join a new company, it can be daunting, am I good enough? Will I be able to do it? Imposter syndrome can be a real worry, joining BFY is a genuinely awesome experience. Through the process you get to speak to everyone on the team and what is amazing is how open and readily available to help EVERYONE is! The culture here is fantastic and you get to make your own decisions within an incredibly supportive framework." - keV senior manager, joined BFY September 2022.