Role Profile

Junior Consultant

Summary:

The Junior Consultant works as part of the Blueprint team to provide project delivery support to our clients. 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 Junior Consultant has a range of opportunities within Blueprint whether progressing a career within Project Controls, Project Management, Commercial Management or assisting with managing the wider business.

Within Blueprint, the Junior Consultant will work in and develop in one or more of the following technical disciplines:

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 Junior Consultant the post holder will have the opportunity to gain experience and develop skills in Business Management, Bids & Sales Management and internal project delivery.

In supporting the delivery of client work, the post holder will work within a team focussed on delivering to the client’s quality expectations. 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.

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;

Good communication skills
Excellent MS Office skills
High level of numeracy and excellent analytical skills
Basic knowledge of project management software and tools
Awareness of the level of interaction required with the project team function to support the successful delivery of projects
Awareness of Commercial arrangements on Projects or in Business
The ability to summarise and present financial data for management use
Relevant experience in A Project Delivery 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
Some Experience in a Project Controls, Project Management, Commercial Management or Project Delivery environment