The Consultant will work on the successful delivery of projects for Clients as a member of project teams within a market program. This includes providing support to the Project Manager with initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling and closing projects. As part of a project team, the consultant will maintain relationships with Clients and key decision makers to help identify follow-on business opportunities and maintain customer intelligence.
What you will do
- Work on project tasks with other team members under the supervision of a task lead and/or a project manager to ensure quality services are delivered on schedule and within available budget to meet customer requirements.
- Assist project manager with defining and sequencing project tasks, estimating task duration and developing a project schedule as part of developing a project management plan
- Review project management plans to understand the scope, schedule and assigned work authorization
- Plan and schedule client meetings
- Participate in client and project team meetings
- Assist with research and data analysis, to include but not limited to assisting with conducting customer or stakeholder analyses
- Prepare written documents, reports, and presentations
- Develop conclusions and recommendations, write reports, and assist with client presentations
- Assist with giving oral presentations to Clients
- Track and report hours spent executing projects
- Work with individuals at all levels, provide input to reports and other deliverables, execute multiple assignments, meet agreed deadlines, and adjust to changing client demands
- Perform quality assurance on project deliverables
- Develop relationships with existing customers to facilitate development of new business.
- Meet with new and existing Clients to listen to their needs
- Communicate client needs to project managers and supervisors
- Identify new business opportunities with existing customers for current and/or additional services.
- Participate in marketing activities, conference presentations, technical whitepapers
- Participate in proposal development including writing proposals and estimating level of effort
- Learn, understand and be conversant in ABS Group products and services
- Review published reports and news articles about existing and potential new Clients to identify customer intelligence
- Network to meet new potential Clients
What you will need
Education and experience
- 0-1 years of professional / work experience preferred
- Must have a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience ideally in subjects related to Geography, Earth Sciences or Environmental Science.
- Interest in renewable energy related activities, including research into emerging markets preferred.
Knowledge, skills, and abilities
- Ability to gain knowledge of ABS Group products and services.
- Strong written, verbal communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Perform research and provide analysis on research performed.
- Gather and analyze data effectively.
- Apply critical thinking to a wide variety of complex problems.
- Working knowledge of Google Maps KML file coding and ability to use AI models for programming and LLM related activities.
- Ability to work under tight deadlines and multitask in a busy consultancy business environment.
- Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Ability to gain working knowledge of the ABS Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental Management Systems.
- Must be a UK National, or with legal right to remain.
Reporting relationships
Reports to a Manager, Director or Executive level position.
Working conditions
Work is primarily sedentary; exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
