PROUDFOOT - CONSULTANT / SENIOR CONSULTANT - USA

Chicago, IL
Contracted to Full Time
North America
Mid Level

Primavera P6 experience preferred

ABOUT YOU

You are a leader with strong character and values. You love challenging growth opportunities and solving problems with diverse people on a global scale. You love doing meaningful work that adds value to society. You are naturally curious, have a growth mindset, is one who thrives in an environment that empowers you to behave as an intrapreneur, and one who is encouraged to challenge the status-quo by offering new perspectives and solutions that will improve value creation. Wherever you go, you improve the climate, collaboration, and the development of people, achieving the outcomes of improved individual productivity and improved organizational profitability. You are a driver of high-impact sustainable results.

What if you could work with an organization that is fully committed to creating greater value in you, while you are using your talents and strengths to deliver greater value creation for our clients and their customers?

You can, with Proudfoot!

ABOUT US

Proudfoot is the preeminent global operational consultancy. Our core philosophy is “transformation through people” – creating alignment, changing behavior, and transforming companies with people-first solutions to their operational challenges. Our unique approach links hard analysis with one-on-one coaching and boots-on-ground support to achieve dramatic business improvements, helping leaders tap into the energy and ideas of the people across their organization. With 70+ years of experience, we know that employees will engage and contribute when given information, tools, authority, and respect — and we know our clients achieve their highest aspirations through the commitment and hard work of their people.

More info here: https://www.proudfoot.com/

OPPORTUNITY

We are currently seeking Consultants / Senior Consultants with work experience to help our clients to achieve levels of performance delivering results on a scale and at speed. We are looking for candidates with Mining, Natural Resources, Industrials, Manufacturing, and Engineering experience. You may be expected to work globally.

Our consultants assist with the thorough review and re-design of existing business practices and processes for all facets of a client’s business. We are delivering accelerated operational ramp-ups to ensure on time, on cost project completion and time-to-production; We reduce operational conflicts across the silos to ensure “best for project” decisions are implemented, while moving the complexity out of your daily operations. You work with people at all levels within an organization to gain valuable business experience

Our solutions are customized to our client workplace, designed specifically for the client need at hand, ultimately engaging the hearts and minds of people to establish buy-in and maintain their involvement throughout the Proudfoot experience and beyond, empathy and emotional intelligence ate important success factors.

Duties of the  Consultant / Senior Consultant:

  • Delivering the identified outcomes to the client, this is the Proudfoot value proposition
  • Accurately analyzing process plant, systems, organisational function and structures using interviews, observation, data and statistical analysis studies and techniques to determine where and how to generate measurable benefits
  • Train client individuals in the effective use of management systems, tools, techniques, group problem solving and team building and consensus development skills
  • Prepare and conduct meetings and one-on-one interfaces with client and colleagues
  • Prepare written and oral feedback, presentation materials, critiques, systems documentation, process descriptions, evaluations, data summaries and reports.

Skills and Experience required:

  • College degree required
  • Primavera P6 experience preferred
  • Exposure to Business performance improvement, reengineering, lean manufacturing or Six Sigma
  • Excellent communication, team work and analytical skills with a result orientation
  • Mining, Natural Resources, Manufacturing, Industrials or Process Engineering experience a plus.
  • Willingness to travel extensively
  • Advanced data analysis skills using the latest software
  • Stakeholder engagement skills across multiple industries
  • Deep experience and competency with MS Office applications
  • Proficiency in English a must, additional languages a plus
  • Able to coach and influence client teams
  • Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
  • Ability to present thoughts clearly and with conviction
  • Previous consulting experience a plus
  • Must reside and be able to work in the United States

Helpful Professional Attributes

  • Strategic thinker, with a bias for action
  • Detail and process-oriented, with a built-in quality mindset
  • Innovator, always questioning the status quo, with a creative bent to overcome obstacles
  • High emotional intelligence, with the demeanor and presence to engage the c-suite and the loading dock in transformational change
  • Mentor and coach – a servant-leader who makes people and teams better and more effective

We are seeking ambitious and driven candidates who thrive in a high-energy environment, and who are excited by the opportunity to stake their claim in a fast-growing sector and business. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a firm with other talented individuals and make a major impact right away.

Participate in the business renaissance the world needs.

With Proudfoot, you can!

Make ensure you list all the countries in which you are a citizen. If you have work authorization for a country that you are not a citizen of, please explain this on the top of your cv/resume.

Proudfoot is an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; colour, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law.

Owing to the number of applications, regrettably it will not be possible to give individual feedback however successful candidates will be contacted via email for an initial screening call.

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