We are Looking for a Technical Consultant from Oil & Gas Energy
What is the Agile Talent Community?
The Agile Talent Community is a network of contract professionals given the opportunity to work with our clients on a project-by-project basis and provided with strong support and development opportunities offered by Grant Thornton. You'll get the freedom and advice to work in a way that suits you, that is compliant, and be able to choose the projects you take on, allowing you the independence to manage your time more effectively. The Agile Talent Community reflects the same values that sit at the heart of Grant Thornton: a commitment to diversity and inclusion, a client centric, quality driven ethos and a fundamental care for our people and doing what's right, ahead of what's easy.
Everyday inclusion
Our ambition is that we are fully inclusive every day. This means that our working environment is one where everyone's experience is important. Where people are treated fairly, and everyone has equal access to opportunities and where everyone feels safe to be themselves. We want to create a culture where it's okay to ask questions and to understand more about different perspectives, so that we continuously educate and inform each other.
Joining us in Advisory
We help and support clients achieve their strategic goals by guiding them through new legislation changes and helping to navigate accounting, regulatory, technology and operating model change. The world around us is changing and our teams help clients remain agile and adapt to these changes and stay ahead of the competition.
Skills / experience we're looking for:
We are looking for an individual who has experience in the oil & gas / energy sector in a commercial or technical role, and has a strong understanding of the industry and proven capability to analyse a project's viability.
- A demonstrable track record as a Technical Consultant or Analyst within the Mining sector with experience of appraising exploration and development projects.
- Experience working in the Extractive and / or Commodities industry is beneficial.
- Experience in a consulting or advisory or research environment with a focus on the Mining and/or Commodities sector (e.g. equity research).
- Experience of producing project assessment or valuation reports, ideally as a competent person. You will have experience with the technical appraisal of documents to assess projects as well as on-site field work.
- Have as a minimum an engineering or science degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. geology, geophysics, geosciences or earth science).
- Be a member in good standing of an appropriate professional body (e.g. the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, the Geological Society of London, the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers).
- Communication and relationship building skills with clients and colleagues.
- Analytical skills and the ability to commercially analyse financial data
Opportunity
As a Technical Consultant you will be working closely with our Equity Capital Markets team within Corporate Finance providing industry expertise to support the team's service delivery. You will be assisting in the management of retained clients, as well as working on the evaluation of potential transactions such as IPO opportunities. You will be typically be reviewing announcements, presentations, admission documents, transaction, or regulatory related documents, as well as meeting with management teams.
The consultant is not expected to be office based. The work is on an ongoing basis, typically averaging 1 day a month spread over the month. However, the consultant should be prepared to travel (including overseas) for short trips to client operations as part of site visits (these may be accompanying a member of the corporate finance team), as and when required.
Development: We believe our success is intrinsically linked to yours and will provide necessary training and support whether you're on a project or not. From helping you navigate incoming regulation for freelancers to providing dedicated points of contact and offering training, we will always be there to support, advise and help you develop.
Independence: A project focus lets you take on work as and when you want. The projects themselves will generally be full time, but this control allows you to create room around them for other priorities. We know you will need scope to pursue other interests whether personal or professional. The Agile Talent Community provides you that space without restriction.
How to join:
You'll first apply by sending your CV to us. If your skills match with what we are looking for, one of our recruiters will get in touch and walk you through the recruitment and onboarding process. If there's interest to continue, we'll invite you to an interview with some of our key business leads. If successful, the final step will be to complete the contracting process and background checks. Once your background checks are complete and documentation is signed, you'll be ready to start working with our team to find the right opportunity! You'll have a dedicated Relationship Manager, who will be able to match you with the right projects based off your availability and skill sets and making sure you are aware of the training and networking opportunities available.