Senior/Managing Consultant – Energy Transition & Utilities

Senior/Managing Consultant – Energy Transition & Utilities Overview

Capgemini Invent is looking for an experienced Senior Consultant or Manager to join its Energy Transition & Utilities practice. The team works with clients facing major change across the energy and utilities landscape, combining strategy, creativity, science, data and technology to design and deliver practical transformation. The role sits within a growing area of the business where demand is increasing because of major sector investment and Capgemini Invent’s position in the market.

The practice supports organisations across electricity and gas transmission and distribution, energy retail, central market bodies, water, and nuclear. The work is focused on helping these clients respond to complex challenges and deliver change that is grounded in business reality, enabled by digital, data and AI, and shaped through close collaboration with clients and colleagues.

What you will do

• Take responsibility for major workstreams and, where appropriate, lead full client engagements within the Energy Transition & Utilities practice.
• Help develop new business opportunities by shaping the solution, delivery model, resourcing plan and commercial assumptions.
• Own clearly defined work packages that address the most pressing issues facing clients.
• Design and deliver transformation workstreams that use digital, data and AI to turn strategic priorities into practical implementation.
• Lead teams to deliver high-quality outcomes that create clear value for clients.
• Build trusted relationships with clients, including senior stakeholders, and act as a reliable delivery partner.
• Work across Capgemini’s wider organisation to draw on global expertise and improve delivery quality and client success.
• Contribute to the development of propositions with the global network so the practice can strengthen its market position.
• Support the growth of the Energy Transition & Utilities business by helping build team capability.
• Represent Capgemini’s values in both internal and client-facing relationships.
• Coach and support junior colleagues as part of your leadership role.
• Contribute to consulting work spanning strategy, operating model, business change, digital, data and AI-enabled transformation.
• Work collaboratively with clients, account teams and colleagues to turn business problems into practical, implementable responses.

What the team is looking for

• Strong consulting delivery experience and/or experience in an industry transformation role within Energy & Utilities.
• Sector experience in one or more of the following areas: electricity transmission and distribution, gas transmission and distribution, energy retail, central market bodies, water, or nuclear.
• Excellent consulting skills, ideally gained in a major consulting firm and/or in an industry role with a strong consulting background.
• Commercial awareness, including experience supporting proposals, account development and new business through client relationships and personal networks.
• Ability to work effectively in a matrixed organisation and collaborate with peers and senior leaders.
• Experience contributing to proposition development and leading strong workstreams or delivery teams.
• Ability to work with clients and internal teams to create practical solutions that can be implemented in the real world.
• Experience across advisory, consulting and transformation services in Energy & Utilities, which may include corporate strategy, business planning and regulatory advisory work.
• Experience with business and IT operating model design, restructuring and performance improvement.
• Experience delivering large-scale transformation and programme delivery across areas such as operations, supply chain, asset and capital programmes, customer, and workforce.
• Experience with digital, data and AI-enabled transformation, including spotting where emerging technologies and automation can improve outcomes.
• Awareness of trends such as advanced analytics, automation, AI-enabled ways of working, digital platforms, intelligent operations and digital twins, along with curiosity about how they can be applied to client challenges.

Why this role is appealing

The energy transition is presented as a defining challenge for this generation, but also as a major opportunity for the economy and society. Capgemini Invent’s view is that the move to clean energy is not only about reducing emissions; it also enables broader industrial growth, social opportunity and stronger customer relationships for energy and utilities organisations. The team is motivated by helping clients capture that potential and by working at the forefront of the UK’s energy transition, shaping the future of critical infrastructure.

Working environment and culture

Capgemini says inclusion is a core part of how it operates, with an emphasis on creating a workplace where people can be themselves. The company says it aims to support a healthy work-life balance and has embedded hybrid working into everyday practice. Flexible working arrangements are available to all UK employees.

Employee wellbeing is described as a priority. Support includes trained Mental Health Champions across business areas and access to wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy. Capgemini also states that it is a Disability Confident Employer at Level 2 and will offer an interview to candidates who declare a disability and meet the minimum essential criteria, provided they opt in during the application process.

The company also highlights its social impact and sustainability focus, including efforts to reduce its own carbon footprint and improve access to the digital world. It notes that it has been recognised by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the world’s most ethical companies for the tenth year.

Location, flexibility and employment details

The role can be based in London, Manchester, Newcastle or Glasgow. However, the successful candidate must be fully flexible about assignment location, as the work may involve being away from home for periods of time at short notice.

This is a permanent role for an experienced professional.

Capgemini is a global AI-powered business and technology transformation partner with a large international workforce and operations in more than 50 countries. The group combines strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations capabilities to deliver end-to-end services and solutions.

Reward

The package includes flexible benefits that can be chosen to suit personal circumstances, along with a variable pay component linked to grade and to company and individual performance.

How to apply

Applicants can use the on-page application process, including the standard apply button and the option to start an application with LinkedIn.

Degree Requirement: Not Specified

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