Management Consultant in Manchester

Location/s: Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Leeds, Manchester and London; UK

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

About The Business Unit

Mott MacDonald’s Advisory and Programme Delivery(APD) unit delivers both project, programme & commercial management (PPCM) services and advisory solutions across the built environment, defence, energy, water, environmental, transportation, health and care sectors.

We deliver tailored solutions that directly address our clients’ key challenges, combining our world-leading project expertise with unrivalled programme delivery capabilities and advisory services.

APD delivers services to projects ranging in scale and complexity up to £20bn, through the technical disciplines of programme management, project management, project controls, scheduling, cost management, estimating, infrastructure finance, management consulting, digital consulting and education, health and care management.

Overview Of The Role

Are you a Consultant looking for a new venture? Interested in joining a leading award winning multi-disciplinary consultancy? Looking to join a team invested in evolving our services to deliver true value to our clients in rapidly changing markets?

At Mott MacDonald, we believe in the power of people, purpose and partnership to drive meaningful transformation. As a management consultant in our strategic advisory business you’ll help our clients navigate complex challenges, unlock opportunities, and deliver lasting value - beyond capital project delivery.

You’ll be part of a dynamic, diverse, and ambitious team that values trust, transparency, and inclusion. You’ll be part of the legacy and heritage of Mott Macdonald, one of the most globally respected Engineering Consultancies. We’re committed to creating fulfilling careers, where everyone has equal opportunity to grow, contribute, and thrive. You will have the opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our Purpose and the difference we can make, particularly as an employee owned company.

As a Consultant, you will be responsible for delivering measurable value for our clients. We anticipate most commissions to be undertaken in client facing roles with other roles to support internal assignments.

Our vision is "To deliver value for society" through our Transformation & Business Change advisory services to our clients, utilising our expertise in business case development, innovation management, business change, collaboration, digital, organisational design and operational improvement.

While our management consultancy teams are primarily based in London, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Leeds and Manchester , we identify the right individuals for the right projects. Therefore, consultant colleagues are expected to travel with some time spent staying away from home to develop their career and experience.

Experience and capability requirements

• Leads and delivers multiple, medium complexity Change and Transformation assignments without supervision and fully contributes technically and functionally, individually and in teams
• Leads management and delivery of low to medium complexity assignments without supervision or work packages of more complex projects
• Authors and starting to quality assure key client documentation such as proposals; initiative scoping, planning and resourcing; progress reports; outcome reports etc
• Conducts analysis to evidence gaps identified against good practice and starting to provide related advice direct to clients e.g., recommendations for next steps, what the future could / should look like
• Demonstrates commercial awareness ranging from involvement in commercial management of projects (resourcing, fees, invoicing etc) and business development (opportunity identification, proposal creation, approach design).
• Growing demonstration of Management consultancy Foundational Values in practice: Eminence, Growth mindset, Integrity and trust, Inclusivity, Courage of convictions, Determination, Innovation and creativity, Agility, Honesty and transparency, Ethics
• Engage in the design, development and adoption of digital tools and techniques to evolve how consultancy services are delivered
• Demonstrates emotional and cultural intelligence skills, understands own emotions and those of others
• Aware of styles and methods of communication and matching these to the requirements of different audiences
• Understanding and application of appropriate process techniques, tools, methodologies and frameworks
• Participates in Practice (technical capability) development through 1:1 and / or group coaching / training
• Guides and supports colleagues, contributing to a team environment
• Working towards intermediate accredited status (with Chartered Management Consultant or equivalent)

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