Consultant / Senior Consultant - Strategic Advisory

Posted:
3/3/2026, 6:55:42 PM

Location(s):
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom ⋅ England, United Kingdom ⋅ Derby, England, United Kingdom ⋅ Bristol, England, United Kingdom ⋅ City of Westminster, England, United Kingdom ⋅ Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Business & Strategy ⋅ Consulting

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

Job Description

Overview

The Complex Projects Advisory Practice provides strategic, technical and commercial advice to public and private sector clients across the globe. We operate across multiple sectors, through all stages of the project lifecycle. With ambitious plans for growth, we are looking to expand our team with talented and passionate professionals with the drive needed to support diversification across multiple sectors.

We have roles available at Consultant and Senior Consultant level within our Strategic Advisory Practice. You will join a team working on some of the largest and most complex programmes in the UK and abroad. You will have a desire to work across sectors such as Nuclear, Aviation, Defence, Water, Transportation, Power, and Renewables. A core technical grounding in at least one of these sectors will be beneficial, as will the demonstration of an adaptable skillset.

Our new Complex Projects - Strategic Advisory team works as a partner to our clients to define outcomes and policy for their organisation and create investible cases for public funders and private investors.

This is a role for someone with a solid grounding in a consultancy environment, who is looking for the next challenge in their career. The successful candidate will have the right blend of technical, managerial and business development expertise to deliver projects with our existing clients and to seek out opportunities for future growth.

By joining our Complex Projects Advisory team, you will be part of a genuinely collaborative environment where everyone is supported to maximise their talents. We believe in recognising everyone’s contributions equally while delivering excellence together.

Your Role

  • You will support across all aspects of our consultancy offer, including technical delivery, work winning and broader business development activity. A desire to stretch into new areas will be essential. The role will include, but not necessarily be restricted to the following:
  • Lead/Support on the technical delivery of projects, particularly in the fields of business case, feasibility studies, whole system strategy and investment advisory.
  • Support on win work activity, including technical input to bids, pipeline development and/or account management activity.
  • Represent AtkinsRéalis at client meetings, industry events, and conferences, enhancing the company’s reputation as a leader in providing strategic advisory for the world’s most complex projects.
  • Demonstrate self-sufficiency in seeking out opportunities to support business performance.
  • Support the Complex Projects Advisory leadership team in shaping the advisory offer to deliver growth in line with our Vision 2035.
  • Collaborate closely with internal teams across our UK&I business, fostering relationships that promote knowledge sharing and support for client delivery and growth.

About You

  • A track record of undertaking technical analysis to support the development of major infrastructure schemes.
  • Calm under pressure, self-driven, and adaptable, with strong interpersonal, organisational, and communication skills. Evidence of dealing directly with clients will be beneficial.
  • A willingness to support the development of less experienced staff through on-the-job training.
  • Customer-centric with a collaborative, culturally aware approach and ability to build strong relationships.
  • Passionate about supporting the development of a new practice, with a flexible open approach, ready to grasp opportunities and deal with uncertainty
  • Experience of managing projects and/or technical workstreams successfully to time and budget.
  • Degree-level or equivalent professional qualification.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.  

AtkinsRéalis

Website: https://www.atkinsrealis.com/

Headquarter Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1911

IPO Status: Public

Last Funding Type: Post-IPO Debt

Industries: Civil Engineering ⋅ Construction ⋅ Energy ⋅ Infrastructure ⋅ Innovation Management ⋅ Mining ⋅ Transportation