Acclāro Consulting

Senior Consultant – Cleantech                                                                                                                                  UK

Our client is a globally respected high technology consultancy with an exceptional pedigree in the design and development of disruptive products, accelerating time to market, IP Development and technology and business consulting for a wide range of global clients in the medical, clean tech, electronics and communications sectors.

Main purpose of the job

You will work with the Head of our client’s global Clean Technology business unit, your responsibility will be to support the growth of the business and execute significant technical project delivery and client management activities that result in continued growth of the unit.

Type of work undertaken by the division/group

The Clean Technology business develops a wide range of high technology products for the renewable energy sector and delivers energy efficient sustainable designs for their broader client base. Our previous work has included electric vehicle drives, micro-gen systems, ultra efficient household appliances, hydrogen sensors for fuel cell vehicles and advanced sensors for the renewable energy industry.

Our client combines highly creative lateral thinking with excellent technical skills and broad industry experience to form powerful development teams.  Their work ranges from complete product developments to providing consulting services for clients on their technology, strategy or development processes.

Specific responsibilities

As a senior member of staff, you will support the clean technology business in a variety of ways from exhibiting and presenting at key conferences to representing the group at sales meetings.  You will use your strong technical expertise and knowledge of the clean technology field to develop relationships with current and future clients by understanding their needs, writing proposals to define the work programmes, holding technical workshops and presenting data.

You will provide a technical point of contact within the company for clients. Significant project management tasks will be a key part of the role, and you will lead multi-disciplinary projects teams and have a demonstrable understanding of systems engineering.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced engineer or scientist with the ambition and ability to achieve excellent results in a highly demanding industry and to find novel and radical solutions to new and existing problems under tough commercial, regulatory and time constraints.

Your specific responsibilities will vary according to your particular expertise but are likely to include:

·         Technical authority on clean technology projects

·         Technical expert for consulting projects

·         Definition of technical solutions for product or system developments

·         Leading design engineers to realise your technical solutions

·         Project management of significant development projects

·         Systems engineering or technical review of complex development projects

·         Compilation of system architecture specifications

·         Transfer of designs to manufacture through liaison with external suppliers

·         Writing technical reports and producing high quality design documentation

Minimum requirements

To meet the requirements of this role you should have a demonstrable track record in the successful delivery of technology rich projects, a high level of practical experience within an engineering design environment along with deep technical and theoretical skills. An excellent first degree in an engineering or science related discipline is essential.  Knowledge of the broader clean technology area is required; ideally you will have recent experience in the renewable energy or clean technology sectors.

You should be a self-motivated team player who is highly enthusiastic about the future of clean technology.  Significant project management or project leadership experience is essential.

Future Prospects

Our client is very committed to developing its employees’ careers and has a flexible policy for individual capabilities and preferences. Promotion is linked to merit.

Employment benefits

·         Good salaries, based on merit and reviewed annually

·         Profit share in addition to basic salary

·         Flexible working hours

·         Free lunches and refreshments

·         Private medical insurance and company sickness scheme

·         Pension scheme including free life assurance

·         25 days annual holiday plus bank holidays

·         Assistance in relocation if applicable

·         Active social committee

·         Above all, real responsibility for real business problems, with good career prospects based on merit

·         Excellent career development and training opportunities