Consultant II

The Consultant II aligns with business and IT stakeholders to translate business issues and requirements into best practice processes, blueprint, and functional specifications. This role is responsible for working on complex challenges utilizing and developing technical skills contributing to both client and internal projects working both collaboratively and independently. The Consultant II is also responsible for assisting more junior members of the team.

During the software development and implementation, the Consultant II is responsible for securing quality of deliverables and effectiveness of communication between the implementation teams (Configuration, interfacing, data mapping/conversion etc). Along with project responsibilities this role is involved in Advisory Services projects, where they assess and advice clients on their maturity in Asset Management and/or Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems.

• Provide technical leadership throughout the lifecycle of a project including development, testing, and deployment of technical solutions and ongoing support
• Configure and customize client solutions applying in-depth knowledge of workflows, system configuration, and customizations to develop asset management technical solutions for customers
• Concurrently deliver multiple projects which support the complex and demanding requirements of project delivery
• Identifying and tracking issues related to project delivery
• Manage the facilitation/documentation of system design workshops, process reengineering workshops and the creation of project and system documentation including process maps, system requirements, data standards, and training materials
• Acting as an advocate for the end-user within the project delivery team
• Assessing progress against project delivery plans and report risks to the project team
• Assist with coordinating data modelling and data collection activities
• Seeking continuous improvements in implementation of processes and procedures and deliver independently or with the team
• Oversight of development, testing, and deployment of technical solutions
• Fully responsible for smaller work packages or larger scopes of work and design solutions based on experience
• Provide client support and training
• Take an active role in preparing responses to RFIs and RFPs
• Controlling scope of project design and deliver high-quality, value-added results for both client and internal projects
• Mentor and guide junior members of the team
• Requires sitting or standing at will while performing work on a computer (or any other physical requirements)

• Qualifications
  • Graduate education in a relevant degree or subsequent highly applicable work history
  • Desirable:
    Appropriate Software accreditation in chosen discipline.
    
    E.g. IBM Maximo Certification or equivalent;
    Agile DSDM Certification
• Knowledge
  • 4 to 7 years’ experience
  • Minimum of 2 years’ experience working within asset intensive industries or facility management environment
  • Demonstrable understanding and knowledge of databases (DB2, Oracle, MSSQL)
  • Good Structured Query Language (SQL) writing skills
  • Understanding of data replication technologies and the basic principles of software delivery techniques
  • Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) expertise
  • Experience with the integration of business solutions with Enterprise Resourcing Planning (ERP) solutions
  • Experience with asset management systems (e.g. IBM Maximo, Asset Wise, SAP, Infor, Oracle, Sales Force) or related applications
  • Experience providing support to customers or end users
  • Good understanding of IT Networking & Communications
  • Experience implementing and integrating 3rd party application
  • Excellent logical analysis and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to multi-task in a fast-moving environment with moving timescales and strict deadlines
  • Excellent communicator with high standard of written communication, verbal, and numerical reasoning skills
  • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, systems and general database applications
  • Highly developed analytical and deductive skills to identify and grasp client’s needs
• Database experience (SQL…