Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Principal Consultant - UK Power Consultancy

(Salary Circa £50k - £60K + Benefits)  EU Nationals Only

Job Summary

Our client is an established energy consultancy company providing services in a number of areas including planning, design, construction, metering, management, operation, and regulation of electricity systems.

They provide clients with multi-disciplinary professional teams consisting of both energy specialists with extensive international experience and well practised power sector senior managers.

Currently looking for Principal Consultants to join their Colchester based consultancy team to facilitate the delivery of projects to cost, timescales and quality standards.

The role will require the delivery of international projects and will therefore require candidates to be flexible and able to undertake projects overseas, often at short notice.

Principal Consultants will be required to lead multi disciplinary teams (which may include but not be limited to engineers, financial analysts, economist and environmental specialists).

Consultants will also be expected to work in their own area of expertise and coordinate the contributions of others in related specialism’s.

This is an opportunity to join a well established, consultancy organisation with decades of experience delivering an exciting and diverse project portfolio to a wide range of customers both in the UK and overseas.

Requirements

Interested in receiving applications from experienced consultants and power sector managers with knowledge and experience in the following areas;

  • Project Management delivering to budget, time and quality constraints
  • Consultancy and advisory, particularly with an international dimension
  • Client relationship management
  • Good understanding of the global power industry including technical or other relevant specific expertise
  • Excellent communication skills, capable of producing and delivering high quality written reports and presentations
  • Degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline
  • Membership of a relevant professional body
Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include the following;

Delivering power sector consultancy assignments to budget and targeted levels of quality and timeliness.

  • Preparing written reports and presenting results to customers
  • Preparing and monitoring project plans
  • Leading project teams
  • Liaison with customers and other members of staff
  • Reporting project progress to the Head of Consultancy Projects
  • Contributing to business development, including the preparation of bids, tenders and proposals as necessary
Rewards and Benefits

The working environment is relaxed and will give the opportunity to work on a diverse range of projects within a very experienced and capable team. The Key package benefits include;

  • Flexible and family friendly hours
  • Market leading salaries
  • Annual performance reviews
  • Company contributory pension scheme
  • Private medical insurance
  • Personal development and training plan
Training

The client has a policy of training its staff as engineers or management professionals. Staff assessments will be made to develop staff accordingly.

Please send your CV to gvn@charlesandnuttall.co.uk you are interested in this opportunity