Management Consultancy Placement Scheme 2023

As a Management Consultancy placement student on our prestigious programme, you’ll join one of the fastest growing placement schemes at one of the world’s leading consultancies. At Atkins you’ll not only be joining an exciting and forward-thinking team of highly driven people, you’ll also be working on and contributing to some of the most interesting public and private sector projects shaping the future of the UK.

Our placement scheme pairs learning from experience on transformative national and digital projects with a continually evolving development programme, designed to give you the tools and skills you need to become one of our industry’s future leaders. Our award-winning management consultants work on ground-breaking projects, taking on hands-on roles, providing independent advice and guidance to deliver real world change and benefit. Some of our clients include: Ministry of Defence, Department for Education, Home Office, Heathrow Airport, HS2, EDF Energy and a wide range of Government, Security and Intelligence clients.

At Atkins we offer a world of opportunities that will enable you to shape your career the way you want to. You’ll be involved in a variety of assignments, consulting all kinds of public, private and security clients, and supporting them through business change and digital transformation.

Brilliant minds. World-changing ideas. We’re one of the world’s most prestigious consultancies. With the Atkins Placement scheme, you’re in great company.

Where could I work?

As a placement student you could find yourself in one of the following locations:

Industrial placement locations: Bristol

Degree requirements: On track to achieve a minimum of a 2.2 or above Bachelor’s degree in virtually any discipline

You’ll be provided with support and training to enable you to drive your career forward and learn to become a world class management consultant. You’ll develop core and specialist consultancy skills through a mixture of client and internal projects, development and training activities. You’ll work both independently and as part of a team, in a mix of client environments with guidance from a variety of experienced consultants. From the exciting projects you’ll work on to the wide variety of career paths you can pursue, we will challenge you and support your development from day one.

Activities can include, but are not limited to:

• Working on a variety of projects across government and critical national infrastructure that influence the future of the UK
• Delivering value at any stage of the project lifecycle including designing, developing and implementing innovative solutions
• Developing complex, technological solutions to client problems, supporting the nationwide digital transformation
• Winning new work by creating compelling bids and spotting opportunities to grow Atkins’ services
• Working across stakeholder communities to build consensus for strategically important changes and assess the impact they may have
• You’ll become part of our vibrant Junior Consultant community, collaborating with other talented young professionals, and will be aligned to one of the following business areas:
• Business Consultancy & Transformation – tackling complex business issues, specialising in areas such as strategy, change, digital transformation, stakeholder engagement and cost modelling.
• Programme Delivery – focusing on understanding client objectives to deliver successful outputs and outcomes, using project management methodologies and providing value to our clients at every stage of their projects.
• PMO Services & Solutions – providing advisory services and delivering the implementation and optimisation of portfolio, programme or project management offices (PMOs), to help our clients can solve some of the most interesting challenges facing them today.