Senior Consultant/Consultant

What We Are Looking For
We are looking for a
Senior Consultant
with 4 or more years' experience to join our growing team.

You will have built up a portfolio of experience in the
construction or infrastructure sector
and be ready to use your expertise in new ways.

With Expedition you will be playing an important role in delivering engineering-led consultancy services. You will work within our teams to help drive innovation, productivity and efficiency improvements across the industry; provide advice and insight; support major infrastructure/construction clients, and transform major programmes. Through these projects you will deliver practical change in line with the
Construction Playbook, Project 13, NIC guidance
and other leading thinking.

As a Senior Consultant you will utilise your technical knowledge and experience of infrastructure engineering projects to identify and develop opportunities for productivity improvement and innovation and help to deliver those opportunities through planning and implementation. As a key member of the team, you will play an important role in the definition and delivery of consultancy projects.

The Role Comprises, But Not Limited To

• Contributing to the technical delivery of productivity and innovation consultancy projects, including:

• Ability to lead projects delivering process improvements using Lean (or similar) concepts to a broad range of project types.

• Technical analysis of project-based engineering challenges and opportunities.
• Research into industry-wide challenges within the construction and infrastructure sectors.
• Report writing.
• Presentation preparation and delivery.

• Working with contractors and supply chains to deliver practical innovations.

• Contributing to the commercial delivery of infrastructure consultancy projects, including:

• Commercial and technical management of projects using our systems and processes (level of responsibility commensurate with seniority of candidate)

• Communicating with clients and helping to maintain productive client relationships. (level of responsibility commensurate with seniority of candidate)

• Supporting marketing and social media activities.

• Participation in cross-trust activities, including B Corp initiatives.

Essential Requirements

• Membership of an appropriate professional body such as ICE, CIBSE, IMechE, IStructE, CIWEM (or similar) and ideally be chartered (or working towards chartership)
• A demonstrated understanding of the innovation challenges facing the construction sector, and ability to deliver innovation pilots
• Delivery of high-quality technical advice, client reports, technical publications and presentations etc.
• Demonstrated engineering project management. Strong analytical and research skills.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Passion for creating a better built environment in line with the Trust's values and ethos.
• Collaborative, flexible, and adaptable; comfortable working in a small, fast-paced organization
• Ability to effectively communicate to clients and other stakeholders (technical and non-technical).

Additional Skills And Experience (a Selection Of These)

• Professional knowledge of one or more of the following engineering/construction related areas: Civil, structural, water, energy, rail and/or the built environment.
• Expertise in lean techniques and tools, process mapping etc. Lean expert certification is preferred
• Desirably, skills and/or experience in GIS, data visualisation and analysis.
• Supporting marketing and social media activities.
• Research into industry-wide challenges within the construction and infrastructure sectors.

Who We Are
The Useful Simple Trust (UST) is an award-winning group of professional design and consultancy practices driving change in the built environment through our three brands:
Expedition Engineering, Useful Projects and Useful Studio.
Our
80+ talented and committed engineers, architects, designers and strategists
work side-by-side creating positive outcomes for our changing environment. We share space, ideas and experience, and regularly collaborate on a range of high-profile projects in the UK and internationally. Our breadth of experience gives us a depth of inter-disciplinary thinking rarely found in the industry.

As a
Social Enterprise, B-Corp and Employee Benefit Organisation
, we do things differently. Our people are highly motivated and committed, in part because our structure and values mean that our combined success is shared equitably. We share part of our profit and re-invest the rest in research, social and environmental projects. We deliver purposeful projects that we believe have a sustainable impact on our clients and the wider human environment. We are particularly focused on the sector's biggest challenges around productivity, resource efficiency and the climate emergency.

Expedition Engineering
is an award-winning engineering consultancy and has a rapidly growing pipeline of work offering consultancy services in the infrastructure and construction sector – with a client list including HS2, Network Rail, National Highways, Environment Agency, UK water companies, several major contractors and Innovate UK - and we are looking to expand our team. We work as an innovation partner to our clients, advising on efficiency and process improvements, solving challenges with novel designs, partnering with supply chains to deliver innovations at scale, and guiding the efficient delivery of innovations in practice.

We use a range of idea generation and project delivery techniques, recognising the importance of neurodiversity in both creating and evaluating ideas. Our in-house team includes experts with backgrounds in sustainability, structural and civil engineering, environmental engineering, construction, process improvement, Lean, digital technology and practical innovation delivery. We also work collaboratively with a network of academics and practitioners to augment our skill set.

Our Key Workstreams In Our Infrastructure Performance Consultancy Include

• Delivering a transformative low carbon programme with a major infrastructure client, including roll out of common elements of design.
• Accelerating industrialised bridge construction, as exemplified through our innovative AVA pedestrian bridge.
• Delivering a game changing productivity strategy for a major programme of capital works.
• Developing new methods of delivering and scaling innovations after pilot stage.
• Unlocking industrialised construction for a major construction programme in the energy sector.

Diversity Statement
UST strives to be a diverse and inclusive place where we can all be ourselves. We are working to change the lack of representation of minority groups and are particularly keen to hear from anyone with relevant skills and experience who feels they are underrepresented in the industry.

We encourage people from culturally diverse backgrounds, women, people with different abilities, LGBTIQ+ community, gender, all age groups, and those with intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics to apply. We know that diversity makes us stronger, and we are committed to creating a working environment that is inclusive and ensures everyone can be heard and valued for their contributions.

What We Offer
As an employee benefit trust, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, mentoring support to accelerate learning and plenty of opportunities for advancement. We believe in investing and growing our people as much as we do our business. The package comprises:

• An entrepreneurial environment; we're open to new ideas
• Personal development programme including enhanced learning and mentoring, as part of a coaching culture
• Flexible and hybrid working, including the possibility to work a compressed nine-day fortnight
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Service Recognition Awards
• Working Nursery Scheme
• Private medical insurance for you and your family
• Annual Eyecare Plan
• Life Assurance
• Company Pension Scheme (grade dependent, minimum of 6%)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
• Thriving Trust-wide social scene, including charitable activities.

Applying for this vacancy
This vacancy will close once we have found the successful candidate, and we will be interviewing on a rolling basis, so early application is encouraged. Please note that if your application has not been successful, you may not be contacted.

Please provide your CV and covering letter to tell us why you want to work at Expedition and the Useful Simple Trust, why you are suitable for the role, and what you could bring to the Trust. In addition, a form of assessment or presentation following the first interview may be requested. Any reasonable adjustments required will be met.

Useful Simple Trust is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or the application process, please contact,