Consultant - Networks

Location: Our Head Office is in Nottingham. This role is predominantly remote but travel to clients' sites will be required.

Hours: Our results focus allows us to be really flexible on hours. We have successfully been able to accommodate part time, flexible working, compressed hours, variable hours etc.

Total Package: up to £63,500 for an outstanding candidate (plus Private Medical, Pension, 33 days Holidays including bank holidays + holiday purchase scheme).

Closing Date: 28th February 2026

BFY Group is one of the UK’s fastest-growing management consultancies, trusted by leading organisations in Energy, Utilities, and Private Equity. We build strong partnerships with our clients, working practically to tackle their toughest challenges, realise opportunities, and achieve lasting results.

Since our founding in 2004, we’ve been proud to remain an independent, privately owned firm, becoming an Employee‑Owned firm earlier this year, based in Nottingham, working with clients throughout the UK.

We’re a high performing team that looks after each other, putting a huge amount of effort into creating an environment that offers meaningful work, the opportunity to develop and grow, and the ability to have fun whilst doing it. We specialise in Transformation, Strategy and Commercial Excellence, Operational Turnaround and Recovery, and ESG and Carbon Reduction.

We’re proud of the recognition we've received for our growth and impact. We’ve been named one of the UK’s Leading Management Consultants by the Financial Times, featured in The Sunday Times Hundred as one of the fastest‑growing private companies, and earned multiple Best Workplaces awards. In 2025 Ian Barker, our Managing Partner, was twice recognised as a finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year, at national level by Lloyds and regional by EY for the Midlands.

Our employee experience is rated 100% by Great Place To Work UK, beating typical companies by 40%, with 100% of our team agreeing that joining BFY is a welcoming experience, they are proud to work here and that everyone is offered training or development to further themselves.

We are recruiting for Consultant(s). This is a client facing role with expected travel/mobility. We understand that everyone’s circumstances are different and are committed to supporting your work life balance. Please let us know if you have any flexible working requirements.

As a Consultant you will be a trusted client advisor and partner enabling the delivery of significant transformational change in a project environment.

We need people who are passionate about high quality output, have a strong work ethic and take pride in their work. Be able to communicate with confidence, adapt listening and respond to challenges.

We want people who can contribute to building a high performing team, leading, and inspiring others around them to deliver exceptional client outputs.

We’re looking for people who have a growth mindset and are committed to their continuous personal development, understand capabilities, development areas and have a plan.

We are looking for people with a mix of the following:

• Experience in energy (electricity or gas) or water networks (either general experience or a focus/expertise in a specialism or niche area)
• If you have experience in any of the following, that’s a huge bonus:
• Asset management, field service management, networks operations planning, incident management, connections planning and management, and networks resilience
• You may have worked in consultancy or perhaps in in‑house change / CI leadership roles
• We’re less interested in formal qualifications, but more interested in how you lead, motivate and inspire people, shape and deliver problem solving and large‑scale transformation in energy and / or water networks

If the role sounds interesting, and you think you would be a good fit, and you’d like to know a bit more before applying, please reach out to one of the team. If the role is not right for now, there may be other more suitable roles available in the future, which you can stay updated on here.

• A package of up to £63,500 for an outstanding candidate
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