Transformation and Strategy Consultant

Our People & Places Solutions business – reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the “why” of what we do – the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society as a whole. From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology – we’re integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow.

Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.

Your Impact:
Thriving communities. Healthy cities. A brighter future. At Jacobs, what we do is more than a job, we work every day to make the world better for all.

In our strategic advisory work, we’re empowering our clients to deliver smarter, more sustainable, and more affordable solutions for tomorrow. From optimising asset performance to developing robust strategic programs, we work to build clients’ strategies, organization and assets together to reduce risk, improve institutional outcomes and provide a return on investment.

Our Strategic Consulting team in the Middle East continue to lead the market in sustainability, asset management, digital and transaction advisory services. As we continue to advance service offerings to our clients, we have a ‘cross-sector’ team of specialists whose objective is to work with our clients to help improve decision-making in their organizations.

Our transformation services group is a diverse team of experts that support our clients to tackle their biggest strategic challenges, providing transformational and sustainable value. We create customer-centric strategy and deliver transformation solutions across the infrastructure industry and emerging markets. We support our clients on setting their vision and strategy for infrastructure delivery. The work we do includes change roadmaps and support, target operating models and organisation structures, organisational capability mapping, process optimisation, benefits management realisation, people-centric PMO to support infrastructure delivery, options analysis for delivery models and innovation strategy and design.

We are a team of enthusiastic and driven individuals with a shared sense of purpose, who support each other to provide outstanding results for our clients and rewarding careers for the whole team.

There are opportunities for all grades from Junior Consultant through to Associate Director in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. This is primarily an office-based role, but we also provide a hybrid working model. Travel to our clients and work overseas on short consultancy assignments from time to time may be required.

As a consultant within our transformation services group, your responsibilities will include:

• Lead on project delivery (or a workstream within a larger programme of work) with accountability for management of the project team.
• Establish and foster relationships with clients and delivery partners
• Manage client stakeholder relationships to ensure buy-in to an agreed solution.
• Take responsibility for the development and delivery of specific elements of high impact presentations to clients.
• Provide coaching and guidance for junior staff
• Lead internal business development and practice improvement initiatives such as bids, proposals, capability development

Here’s What You’ll Need:
You’ll be motivated and enthusiastic with a personal drive for high quality work, holistic thinking and pragmatic solutions. You will be a collaborative team player who is proactive and willing to learn. Our team is looking for people with a growth mindset and the ability to constructively challenge accepted norms and seek better ways of doing things. As a member of our team, you will live inclusivity and diversity in all forms.

Clients are at the heart of everything you do, and you’ll demonstrate the ability to constructively challenge the accepted norms and always seek a better way. You’ll also have:

• Experience managing projects and leading workstreams on one or more of the following areas: Programme delivery models, transformation programmes, change management, strategy and vision, operating models, organisation design, PMO, benefits management, innovation, maturity assessments.
• Consultancy experience desired in infrastructure or industrial sectors such as energy, rail, transit, highways, water environment, climate response, aviation, defence, nuclear, ports and buildings
• Knowledge and application of industry frameworks on programme delivery and transformation
• Experience of developing and maintaining client and stakeholder relationships
• Ability to engage communicate with stakeholders at all levels where required
• Experience working in a programme and/or project environment with multiple stakeholders and of operating in cross-business teams, including digitally enabled infrastructure programme

Jacobs. A world where you can.

From our inclusive employee networks, to our positive mental health champions – we are committed to driving a culture of caring where you can be you. Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally – and together, our diverse perspectives and unique backgrounds power our collective strength. We collaborate and share! By supporting one another, we all succeed.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we have gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximise your potential. You will uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities to do good too – from participating in our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you will discover how you can cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals – all at a single global company.

Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.

Please note: If you are being represented by a recruitment agency you will not be considered, to be considered you will need to apply directly to Jacobs.