Consultant / Senior / Principal Consultant - Regulatory Advisory, Water Sector

Job Description

Our Programme Advisory business, set up in 2018, offers services to clients in the strategy, set-up and transformation of their capability to deliver major programmes and projects, with a market leading client base across the public and private sectors. Our key differentiator in the market is that we offer practical, accessible advice informed and underpinned by broad technical delivery capability and industry experience of our core business.

As part of Programme Advisory, the Regulatory team specialises in supplying strategic advisory and assurance services to regulators for major programmes and asset owning organisation within the utilities, power, transport and telecoms sectors in the UK.

Our diverse and growing team of experts positively influence others and have an inclusive culture, bringing innovative thinking to some of the world’s most complex problems. We are stronger together and work well to collaboratively deliver tangible outcomes both internally and externally.

We are seeking talented individuals at Consultant, Senior Consultant and Principal Consultant grades to be based from our Birmingham or London office (other UK locations can be considered) who are seeking the next step in their career, and are motivated to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of regulated industries, supporting our clients to deliver excellence in governance, compliance, and strategic transformation. Joining the team will afford you exciting opportunities to directly support world renowned clients, enhance your consulting skills, shape your career, and directly contribute to the team’s exciting growth trajectory.

The ideal candidate will have experience within the water sector of capital delivery, operations, customer service, regulation, or asset management with an ability to diagnose performance improvement opportunities and deliver the changes needed to realise them.

Responsibilities will include:

• Leading/supporting the identification and implementation of strategies that improve governance, operational performance and/or reporting
• Leading/supporting projects looking at how regulation and policy impacts on companies and other stakeholders and auditing or reviewing submissions from companies to determine if they align with regulatory requirements and expectations
• Leading/supporting projects with companies in the development of their periodic business plans or investment programmes
• Leading/supporting projects with regulators to deliver strategic sector goals
• Leading/supporting business generation activities

Qualifications

We welcome applicants from the water sector from all backgrounds. Whether your experience comes from working for a regulator, capital delivery, operations, asset management, or elsewhere — we value your unique perspective.

You might have gained your skills through professional roles, entrepreneurial ventures, volunteering, or personal projects. What matters most is your ability to drive change and deliver results.

Essential skills and experience:

• Previous experience within the water sector (for a company, regulator or other relevant industry organisation)
• Problem-solving capabilities
• Understanding of regulated sectors and their challenges
• Ability to develop insights and translate them into actionable solutions
• Delivering outcomes in complex environments
• Bachelors degree or equivalent 

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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