Role Profile

Consultant

Summary:

The Consultant is a key part of the Blueprint team responsible for delivering project solutions to a wide range of client needs. In this role, the post holder will be operating either independently or as part of a delivery team.

Project work is varied and can be based on the client site or in the Blueprint office. Blueprint clients are organisations who deliver exciting and challenging capital projects and have a need for Blueprint services in either supporting delivery and/or changing project delivery working practice.

Our Values – Is this you?

Our values are at the heart of what we do. We encourage our team to embrace these values and apply them when working both on Blueprint or client assignments. Do these values reflect you?

Key Features of the role:

The Consultant has a range of opportunities at Blueprint in developing a career within Project Controls, Project Management and Commercial Management and the wider business areas. Within the business, the Consultant will have specialised in one of the following discipline areas and have a solid understanding of at least one other area:

Project Planning
Estimating
Cost Control
Risk Management
Change Management
Reporting and Data Analytics
Project, Programme & Portfolio Management (P3M)
Commercial Management

In addition to the technical discipline areas, as a Consultant, the post holder will have the opportunity to further their experience and develop skills in Business Management, Bids & Sales Management and Internal Blueprint project delivery.

In supporting the delivery of our client work, the post holder will work within a team focussed on delivering to the client’s quality expectations. The post holder will be expected to deliver services either for Blueprint specific consultancy work or as a part of a client team when necessary.

Projects are varied and often challenging and the post holder must be able to demonstrate that they are able to remain calm under pressure, think objectively, listen to others and uphold Blueprint values at all times.

The client work will often be based at the client’s site and will give the consultant exposure to many different working environments into which the post holder will need to adapt and quickly take on the culture of that organisation.

Knowledge and Attributes

To start working with Blueprint in this role it is a requirement that the potential post holder can demonstrate the following;

Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a Project delivery role
Good communication skills
High level of numeracy and excellent analytical skills
Excellent MS Office skills
Good understanding of Project lifecycle from Inception through to Close Out
Working level Knowledge & Experience in one of the areas of Project Controls, Project Management or Commercial Management
Working level knowledge and application of project management software and tools
Knowledge of Commercial arrangements on Projects or in Business
The ability to interpret, analyse and present data for management action
Relevant experience in Project Controls and/or Project Delivery, preferably in a highly regulated environment
Customer Focussed with an understanding of the importance of the role and its importance in delivery of excellent customer service
Adaptable with a willingness to respond positively to new ways of working

Qualifications & Experience

Minimum of HNC/HND in a relevant discipline or demonstrable equivalent experience
APM Project Fundamentals Qualification, MRICS or equivalent
Experience in a Project Controls, Project Management, Commercial Management or Project Delivery environment