Consultant - Upstream Oil & Gas

2 weeks ago


Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Wood Mackenzie Full time
Company Description

Wood Mackenzie are the global research, analytics, and consultancy business powering the natural resources industry.

For 50 years, we have been providing the quality data, analytics, and insights our customers rely on to inspire their decision making.


Our dedicated oil, gas & LNG, power & renewables, chemicals, metals & mining sector teams are located around the world and deliver a variety of projects based on our assessment and valuation of thousands of individual assets, companies, and economic indicators such as market supply, demand, and price trends.

We have over 1,900 employees in 30 locations, serving customers in nearly 80 countries.

Together, we inspire and innovate the markets we serve - providing invaluable intelligence to help our customers overcome the toughest challenges, and make strategic decisions that will, ultimately, accelerate the world's transition to a more sustainable future.


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Job Description:


You will sit within the upstream and carbon management team; however, you will regularly be working cross-sector and engaging with colleagues in research and consulting from across the regional and global organisation.

Increasingly our projects require cross-sector collaboration and this is a key feature of the job.

Main Responsibilities
As a Consultant at Wood Mackenzie, you will lead the successful delivery of consulting projects:

  • Understanding the global and regional energy market dynamics, being able to effectively discuss recent events and implications with clients and colleagues
  • Structuring overall engagement objectives in line with the client's issues and needs
  • Developing an effective work plan and organizing proper resources for the projects
  • Providing clear, focused support and expertise to your team in structuring and solving problems
  • Managing the workload while coaching team members to ensure a successful delivery
  • Communicating recommendations and sensitive messages to senior level client audience
  • Researching the client organization and industry, conducting interviews, and facilitating workshops with client employees, management teams and other stakeholders
  • Identifying business development or followon work opportunities
  • Executing new project scoping, lead discussions and work proposal drafting
  • Training, coaching, and mentoring junior consultants
  • Generating innovative ideas and approaches to industry issues and participating in new offering development

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline such as engineering or finance
  • Previous experience (5+ years) at a consulting firm, oil & gas company, bank, or other such analytical role at a renowned company within the energy industry
  • Ability to demonstrate broad industry knowledge combined with sharp business acumen on upstream and energy transition issues
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to quickly identify trends and communicate key messages using complex datasets
  • Highly numerical with modelling experience a strong positive but also market profiling, market and commercial exposure, risk identification and strategy development
  • Distinctive innovative mind set
  • Fluency in English is mandatory
In addition, the following would be considered advantageous;

  • Experience working with international companies
  • Experience working across the energy sector
  • Exposure to corporate strategy projects

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Additional Information

WoodMackenzie is an equal opportunities employer.


We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability.



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