Consultant - Programme Controls - Energy

As part of our growing Advisory Services team within the Energy sector, we are looking to connect with talented consultants who are passionate about helping clients deliver complex infrastructure programmes more effectively.

Roles can be based in any of our UK offices, with particular interest in candidates located in London, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, or Edinburgh, with travel as required.

At Stantec, we bring together expertise across business consulting, engineering, digital transformation, project controls, programme management, and delivery. We work at the intersection of innovation, collaboration, and client service to solve some of the most complex challenges facing the energy sector today.

Our Advisory Group has an established track record of supporting major infrastructure programmes across the UK's Energy, Water, and Transport sectors. Through our work with some of the country's largest utility providers and infrastructure developers, we continue to experience significant growth, creating exciting opportunities for professionals looking to make a meaningful impact.

As a Consultant within our Advisory Services team, you will support the successful delivery of major capital programmes by combining programme controls, data management, digital innovation, and performance insight.

Working closely with project controls, PMO, commercial, and delivery teams, you will help clients improve how they plan, manage, and report the delivery of large-scale investment programmes. Your role will involve developing and maintaining integrated schedules using Primavera P6, managing programme data across planning, cost, risk, change, and performance reporting, and supporting robust governance and assurance processes.

You will also play an active role in driving digital innovation, using tools such as Power Automate and Microsoft 365 applications to streamline workflows, improve efficiency, and enhance reporting capabilities. As organisations increasingly adopt emerging technologies, you will contribute to the practical implementation of AI tools that improve productivity, automate routine activities, and generate greater insight from programme data.

Alongside this, you will support cost control activities, including forecasting, budget monitoring, variance analysis, change control, and Earned Value Management, helping clients gain clear visibility of project performance and make informed decisions throughout programme delivery.

As part of Stantec's wider Advisory community, you will have the opportunity to develop your skills across a broad range of service areas, supported by extensive professional development, training, and networking opportunities.

In this role, you will help organisations deliver some of the UK's most significant infrastructure investments by improving the way programmes are planned, governed, monitored, and reported. Through your work with programme data, controls processes, and digital tools, you will provide the insight and structure that enable better decision-making and more predictable project outcomes.

By strengthening scheduling, cost management, governance, and performance reporting practices, you will help clients identify risks and opportunities earlier, improve efficiency, and increase confidence in programme delivery. Your contribution will support greater transparency across projects while enabling leadership teams to make decisions based on accurate and meaningful information.

You will also play an important role in driving innovation, helping clients embrace new digital approaches and technologies that reduce manual effort, improve productivity, and unlock greater value from data. Through collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, you…