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Senior Consultant, Asset Climate and ESG

Mott Macdonald

Senior Consultant, Asset Climate and ESG

Salary Not Specified

Mott Macdonald, Adamsdown, Caerdydd - Cardiff

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 4 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 1c7d91fc903444f5821849fd85b92989

Full Job Description

  • Supporting business strategy and execution

  • Support development of a value proposition in line with overall Strategic Advisory strategy offering and fostering a culture of learning and excellence.

  • Accountable for leading or supporting our response to market intelligence, from which a more focused capability growth strategy can be developed and implemented.

  • Collaborate to connect propositions from across all Strategic Advisory Chapters, and Mott MacDonald more broadly, focusing on infrastructure asset owner challenges in the first instance.


  • Culture & People


  • Lead by example, embodying an inclusive, supportive and open leadership style and contributing to a culture of high performance and trust

  • Work with Asset & Climate ESG Lead to lead bids and bid teams

  • Work within our assurance framework to structure delivery team and deliver great work to our clients


  • Thought leadership, innovation and best practice


  • Work with Asset Climate & ESG Lead to support and lead our external engagement and market positioning initiatives

  • Represent Strategic Advisory at key industry events in line with capability growth plan

  • Support awards submissions (especially with Clients) and foster culture of excellence


  • WIN - Business development and growth


  • Have a key role in supporting the creation of a credible short/ medium- and long-term pipeline of work that align with our key

  • client and sector focus and our value proposition

  • Continue to build and own relationship with the corresponding Advisory leadership, focusing on UK, European and Global business and in line with the relevant practice plans

  • Nurture direct client relationships, spotting opportunities to drive further high-value work

  • Support Asset Climate & ESG Lead as required and role model behaviours that help us create a clear and viable pipeline

  • Develop strong internal networks and support opportunity growth via other teams


  • DO - Project Delivery and Governance


  • Lead project delivery and client relationships in line with our governance models


  • LEARN - Capability building


  • Actively coach and mentor colleagues in technical project delivery and bid excellence, We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

    • Accessibility
    We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.
    Agile working
    Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.
    We offer some fantastic benefits including:
    Health and wellbeing
  • Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.

  • Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.

  • Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.

  • A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.

  • Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.


    • Financial wellbeing
  • We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.

  • Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.

  • Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.

  • Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.

  • As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

    Knowledge of circular economy principles is preferred, but not essential, Excellent and demonstrable consultancy skills, including management consultancy, asset management, programme management or equivalent, ideally supported by qualifications and/or accreditations

  • Significant knowledge of climate change and ESG, with preferable experience developing and executing climate change or ESG strategies for clients at the c-suite, overseeing its implementation across an organisation

  • Considerable experience in at least one Infrastructure sector i.e. Transportation, Energy, Water or Built Environment

  • A proven track record in stakeholder engagement and management, bringing together diverse teams or organisations to drive purpose led outcomes

  • Expertise and knowledge of major programme functions, business acumen and how people, performance and projects come together

  • Demonstrable experience of business development and client relationship management in a consultancy setting, with an ability to win new work that builds a strong pipeline

  • Commercial acumen in directing consulting commissions

  • Strong communication skills, polished creative/technical writing and a confident presenter

  • Emerging track record in pushing the boundaries that is evolutionary in consultancy, i.e. bring progressive approaches, thinking and ways of working

  • Customer centric perspective focusing on outcomes and whole-life value

  • Ability or emerging ability to influence stakeholders at all levels including the executive team


    • Behaviours / qualities
  • Commitment to company PRIDE values (Progress; Respect; Integrity; Drive; Excellence)

  • A self-starter mentality with a desire to apply initiative and new ideas, comfortable working in a dynamic, evolving environment

  • Understand the vital leadership, capability and cultural components that drive the people element of service offerings and be able to articulate the value that this brings

  • An open minded, assertive, collaborative attitude; a strong sense of team spirit; vision driven

  • Adaptable, versatile and agile with the ability to respond rapidly and effectively to challenges

  • Ability to think laterally, bringing creativity to problem solving

  • Demonstrable passion for digital and delivering built environment transformation

    We're a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.

    • Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients' businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
    A fundamental part of this is respecting each person's differences and striving to meet their needs.
    We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor's top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.
    Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.
    About the business unit
    The vision for Strategic Advisory portfolio is to "Empower lasting industry transformation". We partner with clients to navigate complex organisational challenges and discover opportunities by providing high value management consultancy services that deliver transformational change.
    Our dynamic and diverse team is not short on ambition. We want our people to have genuinely exciting and fulfilling careers full of equal opportunities for growth, with a real sense of purpose through meaningful work and relationships. All of this is underpinned by a culture of trust and transparency. We deliver our work online as a fully hybrid team, we continue to embrace technology change to support greater flexibility and work-life balance.
    We are passionate about bringing our purpose to life to improve society by considering social outcomes in all we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients' businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
    Overview of role
    We are looking for a Senior consultant to provide technical expertise to our high growth and potential Strategic Climate Change & ESG offer.
    Our vision for the Asset Climate & ESG offering: empowering infrastructure owners, operators and investors to manage climate and ESG-related risks, maximise opportunities, deliver change and realise benefits from the transition to a resilient, low-carbon, nature-positive and inclusive world.
    Our clients own, invest in, or operate critical and highly complex infrastructure assets or portfolios of infrastructure assets.
    Our vision for the Asset Climate & ESG offering: empowering infrastructure owners, operators and investors to manage climate and ESG-related risks, maximise opportunities, deliver change and realise benefits from the transition to a resilient, low-carbon, nature-positive and inclusive world.
    Our clients own, invest in, or operate critical and highly complex infrastructure assets or portfolios of infrastructure assets.
    The opportunity

  • A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.

  • Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years' service.

  • Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.


    • Enhanced family and carers leave
  • Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.

  • Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.

  • Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.


    • Learning and development
  • Primary annual professional institution subscription.

  • A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.


    • Networks, communities, and social outcomes
  • Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.

  • Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.