ESS Business Advisor
6 Month Contract (Initial)
London or Warwick
Hybrid Working
Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive.
We are happy to be recruiting for one of our high-profile Utilities clients. They are currently looking for an ESS Business Advisor to join them for an initial 6-month contract. However, there may be scope for extension.
Role Purpose/Overview:
Engineering Support Services (ESS) provides highly skilled engineering support with diverse technical, project and analytics skill via an outsource model with our delivery partner. We partner with business units (BUs) at each step through ideation, transformation and delivery covering five main key service lines; System Modelling and Early Development, Work Management Support, Asset Management Support, Project Controls and Data Management Support.
This role will lead end-to-end delivery of ESS services building relationships between ESS, business units and our delivery partner; with goals to deliver value adding propositions and enabling the company to be at the heart of a clean, fair, and affordable energy future. The role will oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and seamless execution. You will lead activities from identifying business needs, engaging stakeholders, developing proposals, and formalising agreements, to delivering solutions that drive impactful outcomes. This role requires a strong strategic mindset, exceptional leadership skills, and a focus on operational excellence.
Key Accountabilities:
Business Identification & Engagement
Technical know-how of at least one of the key service lines that ESS has to offer with ability to grow and improve performance of all other key service lines.
Build and maintain strong relationships with Business Units (BUs) to identify opportunities where ESS can add value.
Facilitate initial discussions to understand business needs, challenges, and transformation goals.
Act as a trusted advisor to BUs, ensuring alignment of ESS services with their strategic priorities.Proposal Development:
Collaborate with the Delivery Partner and stakeholders to design tailored solutions that address business requirements.
Lead the development of proposals, ensuring clarity, feasibility, and alignment with business objectives.
Present proposals to stakeholders and secure buy-in.Statement of Work (SoW) Development:
Oversee the drafting and refinement of SoWs, ensuring all deliverables, timelines, and costs are clearly articulated.
Work closely with legal and procurement teams to finalise agreements.
Obtain necessary approvals and sign-offs from all parties.Blueprinting & Planning:
Lead blueprinting sessions to define project objectives, scope, milestones, and success criteria.
Ensure robust project plans are developed, incorporating risk management and resource allocation with support from our delivery partner.
Align delivery plans with the overarching BUs strategies.Delivery Oversight:
Oversee the execution of projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality.
Monitor progress against milestones and proactively address any challenges or roadblocks.
Ensure strong governance, transparency, and stakeholder communication throughout the delivery phase.Collaboration & Team Leadership:
Lead and inspire the delivery team, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and excellence.
Promote cross-functional collaboration to optimise project outcomes and operational efficiency.
Ensure continuous professional development of the delivery team.Knowledge, Experience & Technical Know How:
Proven experience in end-to-end project delivery within a complex regulatory environment
Demonstrable background in cultivating relationships at all levels within a complex organisation.
Strong strategic and operational leadership.
Demonstrable experience of stakeholder management, problem solving, making progress in a complex and ambiguous environment with dynamic priorities and at pace,
Knowledge of utilities and engineering experience would be an advantage.
Proven quantitative, analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual thinking skills.
Technical knowledge of any of the ESS key service lines, change and project management approaches.
Excellent stakeholder interaction skills, collaborative work style and strong interpersonal and team skills.
Ability to lead teams, motivate others and work collaboratively with customers and colleagues.
Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly, with excellent written and oral presentation and communication skills.
Excellent facilitation skills.
Demonstrated commerciality, analytical skills, stakeholder management and professionalism, working in a fluid and fast paced environment.Location:
This is a hybrid working role, with a requirement to work from either the clients Warwick or London office at least 2 days a week
Working hours:
Standard working hours with some flex where required.
If you feel that this is a role that would suit you then please apply today.
If you do not hear from us within 48 hours of your application, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Pontoon Solutions are an equal opportunities company