Principal Consultant - Programme Advisory; North & Midlands

Overview

Programme Advisory Team - Join our Growing Complex Projects Advisory Practice

We’ve experienced significant success in the complex projects sector over the last three years, positioning Programme Advisory as one of the fastest-growing parts of our organisation. With ambitious plans for even faster growth in the coming years, we are looking to expand our team with talented and passionate professionals.

Our Programme Advisory team works with some of the largest and most complex infrastructure programmes in the UK, supporting sectors such as Nuclear, Aviation, Defence, Water, Transportation, Power, and Renewables. We’re currently embedded in major UK programmes, including Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C, High Speed 2, TRU, and Thames Water.

Our clients face increasing pressure to drive productivity, improve performance, and reduce costs. We help them create the structures, processes, technology, and behaviours needed to turn their vision of a more streamlined operation into reality.

We pride ourselves on our collaborative approach, empowering our clients with trusted partnerships to solve complex challenges and ensure they are well‑positioned for future success.

By joining our Programme Advisory team, you will be part of a genuinely collaborative environment where everyone is supported to maximise their talents. We believe in recognising everyone’s contributions equally while delivering excellence together.

Are you someone who:

• Thrives in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment and is driven to make a real impact?
• Is passionate about contributing to transformational change across major infrastructure sectors?
• Enjoys solving complex challenges and delivering innovative solutions?
• Is motivated by working within multidisciplinary teams across different client environments?

If you answered "yes" to these questions, this role could be an excellent fit for you!

This is a unique opportunity to work alongside some of the most experienced teams in the global Atkins

Réalis business, across a wide variety of programmes. You will play a pivotal role in helping us achieve our ambitious growth objectives while also developing your career and advancing your personal growth journey.

• We are seeking enthusiastic individuals to support our three core capability pillars.
• Technical Leadership:
  Acting as subject matter experts, providing expert advice and insight to clients across infrastructure sectors.
• Operational Leadership:
  Supporting the development and growth of future Atkins
  
  Réalis teams, prioritising welfare, talent retention and professional development.
• Win Work Leadership:
  Advocating our capabilities to clients, helping to expand our portfolio and secure new projects.

• Bringing around experience in major programmes across consultancy and complex infrastructure, this profile blends strong expertise in Target Operating Models, organisational change, and maturity assessment. Experience of leading PMO, transformation, and strategy initiatives, working confidently with senior stakeholders, and guiding teams to deliver high‑quality outcomes.
• Programme Lifecycle:
  You will contribute across the full programme lifecycle, leading the mobilisation and delivery of major transformational projects and PMOs.
• Target Operating Model: design and refine Target Operating Models that align structure, processes, governance, technology, and capabilities to strategic objectives.
• Maturity Assessments: conduct robust maturity assessments across PMO, programme delivery, governance, and organisational capability domains producing clear evidence‑based insights and recommendations.
• Organisational Change:
  Planning and delivering organisational change interventions to support smooth transition, assessing change impacts and developing targeted strategies for adoption and communication.
• Process Mapping:
  Develop and document best practices, processes, and guidance for programme teams and PMOs, such as creating PMO Handbooks and similar resources.
• Strategic Advisory:
  Provide strategic advice on business transformations, organisational design, portfolio management, and improving programme efficiencies to deliver superior performance.
• Stakeholder…