Business Improvement and Transformation Consultant

The Opportunity

Are you passionate about driving change and delivering real value to clients? Do you thrive in dynamic environments and love collaborating with diverse stakeholders? Join our growing Business Improvement and Transformation team at Stantec and help shape the future of water sector innovation.

We're looking for an experienced, people-oriented Business Improvement and Change Consultant to support high-impact transformation projects across key water sector clients to be based in Leeds with travel as needed. This is a key role in supporting delivery of projects focusing on enabling effective people change by embedding Lean, Continuous Improvement and Change Management principles.

Sitting within the Business Information and Transformation team, reporting to the Senior Principal Consultant, you will be working closely with internal & external stakeholders to delivery change initiatives. You will work across the organisation spanning from engineers, project managers, contractors, commercial teams amongst many others.

We are looking for someone with strong problem-solving skills and keen attention to detail, who thrives in a collaborative team environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop business cases and performance metrics  
• Develops E2E process maps and use data to identify and recommend key opportunities for improvement and change.
• Conduct change impact assessments and stakeholder mapping 
• Create and execute communication and engagement plans.
• Co-facilitate workshops and manage follow-up actions.
• Support and align initiatives with an organisation's overall goals and objectives
• Oversee the planning, execution, and successful delivery of change projects, ensuring that quality, scope, and timeline requirement are met.
• Support delivery of projects and change efforts from planning to adoption and ensuring to smooth transition to business-as-usual.
• Write reports and develop case studies.

About you -

You will be experienced in change or transformation projects with strong EQ and have the ability to manage time and stakeholders effectively whilst being flexible to work across multiple projects and locations.

You will have proven experience of embedding a continuous improvement culture across large teams and / or across organisations.

You have a passion of driving continuous improvement and change.

You have the ability to think strategically and align initiatives with an organisation's overall goals and objectives.

Effective project management skills to plan, execute, and deliver projects from inception to delivery.

Strong understanding of business processes, preferably in operational organisations.

Additionally, you have hold change management certifications (Lean/APMG, Prosci) and have experience working in a consultancy setting or water sector experience.

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities. 

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients' vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today's challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities. 

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn't exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact [email protected]  and we will talk to you about how we can support you.