Consultant - Transport Consulting

Plan Zero is Mitie’s initiative to make net-zero carbon happen. Our knowledge of customer estates, combined with our ability to execute a zero-carbon strategy from assessment through to delivery is, we believe, unrivalled. Our customers include the biggest organisations in the UK and to date we have saved them over 353,000 tonnes of carbon.

We believe every organisation has a responsibility to act to reduce their impact on the planet and we are recruiting talented, passionate people to help us make Plan Zero happen.

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Mitie is the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, looking after a large, diverse, blue-chip customer base, from banks and retailers, to hospitals, schools, and government offices. Mitie has over 77,000 people, 100+ office locations, and thousands of customers across the country, there’s no limit to what you can achieve if you work for us.

How you will make Plan Zero happen

Mitie is passionate about bringing about positive change for our customers and aspires to be their decarbonisation partner as they embark on the journey to Net Zero. A key element of this is the electrification of transport, including our customers’ fleets, and this role will play a crucial part in defining what the transition to electric vehicles (EV) and deployment of associated charging infrastructure looks like for our clients, as part of their broader decarbonisation agendas.

The role will be part of the Plan Zero Consulting & Advisory team, Mitie’s team responsible for advising clients on how to accelerate their path to net zero by defining and executing decarbonisation solutions. You will be part of the Transport team and will support customers to understand the trends impacting future mobility and how they should respond in order to reduce emission from transport operations. You will work very closely with the EV Solutions team, which designs and implements EV charging infrastructure solutions for clients, and by being at the interface of the Consulting and Business Development teams, the role will ensure that advisory opportunities can move into the delivery and execution phase.

What will you do day to day?

The Transport Consultant will report to the Transport Consulting Manager, while working closely with all relevant members of the Plan Zero Consulting & Advisory team. You will be expected to deliver billable consultancy services to new and existing customers as required by specific engagements. From a future mobility and transport perspective, the work will focus on delivering advisory services that are aligned with the target segments and value proposition that the EV Solutions team is selling to clients.

Typical advice you would be providing our clients includes:

• Defining high level fleet transition strategies taking in consideration our customers’ fleet size, vehicle types, vehicle use cases, and charging requirements
• Written proposals defining customer needs, Mitie solutions and the benefits to the customer
• Educating customers on the implications of transitioning to EVs, including potential high-level impacts on business operations
• Communicating the implications of electrifying their fleets on the broader decarbonisation agendas, including consideration of green power to supply charge points, potential deployment of behind the meter storage and/or on-site generation to provide a comprehensive view of net zero activities to customers
• Identifying innovative and tailored solutions to support our clients’ fleet decarbonisation ambitions

As part of your role, you will be:

• Managing a suite of client facing transport decarbonisation projects
• Preparing written client proposals to support decarbonising fleet
• Performing analysis on customer fleet data to generate insights
• Producing impactful reports with findings and recommendations
• Delivering presentations to clients and participating in workshops
• Undertaking market studies for new low emission vehicle technologies and solutions
• Engaging with fleet and industry stakeholders through workshops, webinars, and other methods
• Building close relationships with clients and become a ‘go-to’ contact for sustainable transport related queries
• Supporting development project proposals for customers tailored to their transport decarbonisation needs
• Market and company research on transport decarbonisation topics, current and future trends, company net zero strategies.

This role requires experience in sustainability and/or transport, as well as knowledge of energy and carbon reduction strategies supporting net zero decarbonisation plans. The role will be responsible for delivering projects that provide a clear pathway to enable the electrification of fleets and transport operations, enabling our clients to go harder and faster in their carbon reduction ambitions.

It will be important to establish a long-term trusted adviser relationship and communicate with business decision makers at all levels to identify needs and requirements.

Who will you work with?

The Plan Zero Consultancy & Advisory team is part of Mitie’s Decarbonisation business unit, the team that is driving the sustainability and decarbonisation agendas of our customers. The role will play a pivotal role in delivering projects that support our clients with their transition to net zero fleet operations. You will work closely with the client and business development teams, ensuring early access to client conversations and early identification of client issues and challenges.

Working closely with the other Plan Zero Consulting & Advisory teams will allow us to take a holistic view to clients, which considers all elements of their emission, including their built estate, energy procurement, waste operations and biodiversity considerations.

As part of this role, you can expect regular engagement with:

• Plan Zero Consulting leadership team to bring a comprehensive decarbonisation view to customers
• Broader pool of Plan Zero Consultants to share learnings and insight from other projects and business development activities
• Variety of customer stakeholders from either existing Mitie clients or new customers, to discuss and deliver transport decarbonisation opportunities
• Transport Consulting Senior Manager to discuss project delivery with a focus on achieving the exceptional
• EV Solutions business development teams to have early sight of opportunities
• Mitie existing customers to discuss and deliver transport decarbonisation opportunities
• Internal stakeholders including Account Managers, Technical Managers, and Operations teams to educate on the future of mobility and our role within this space

Qualifications

• University degree in a relevant field

Experience & Skills

• Experience of working with clients and having a strong understanding of the issues facing the mobility sector
• Clear understanding of implications of electrification of transport, including different options available, timing considerations as well as key challenges
• Independent thinker, with good customer facing skills and the ability to build relationships both internally and with major clients
• Ability to lead engagements and client conversations with limited oversight
• Experience in preparing written proposals and reports
• Excellent English written and oral communication skills
• Evidence of strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities
• Ability to review and assess large volumes of technical data and distil the key strategic insights
• Excellent IT skills in particularly sound knowledge of Microsoft Windows (Word, Excel, Power Point, Power BI)
• Proven self-starter and capable of working unsupervised