Transformation Consultant

Company: Wood
Location: Houston
Posted on: May 16, 2022

Job Description:

Overview / Responsibilities

Wood is currently recruiting for a Transformation Consultant in Houston, Texas. This is a contract position working within a Wood Client office. The Transformation Consultant will be a contractor for the Client's Business Process Optimization (BPO) team, reporting to the Director of BPO who is based in Houston. The BPO group is responsible for delivering a portfolio of strategic transformation projects across the company as internal consultants. The Transformation Consultant will play a key role in delivering high impact transformation projects within the portfolio.

Wood offers health benefits, 401k, vacation and more.

Authorization to work lawfully in the US without sponsorship from Wood is required

This role is primarily responsible for the following:
--- Developing deliverables for strategic transformation programs with a variety of audiences including senior executives
--- Partnering with business leaders and subject matter experts to understand their challenges, gather and analyze data, and develop recommendations to support improvement
--- Establishing project structure and facilitating progress through project planning, tracking and reporting
--- Preparing and delivering project communications, partnering with Corporate Communications or Organizational Change Management as required.

Minimum of 8 years of experience leading change for large companies, with at least 2 years of experience in the oil and gas industry.

Experience includes:
--- Project management
--- Workshop planning & facilitation
• Business process analysis and optimization
--- Organizational change management
--- Communications

Outstanding communication, interpersonal, administrative, organizational, and leadership skills;
--- Ability to analyze information, identify themes and distill information for various audiences;
--- Experience in analyzing complex processes and multi-faceted problems, and developing solutions to simplify and streamline
--- Ability to adapt communications, interpersonal style and work product for different situations and audiences
--- Capability to prioritize effectively to meet deadlines and work quickly with multiple workstreams happening in parallel
--- Ability to identify what needs to be done and proactively address needs with limited oversight or direction
--- Ability to work effectively in a matrix environment and collaborate across functions and geographies
--- Proficiency in planning workshops or meetings to achieve an objective
--- Strong attention to detail
--- Adept in Microsoft products (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Visio, Teams and SharePoint
--- Consulting experience is desired

Working Schedule will vary slightly based on work requirements, but typical hours are:
7:30am-5:30pm Mon-Thurs // 7:30am-11:30am on Friday only
Mon, Tues and Thursday in the office // Wed and Friday remote

Skills / Qualifications

Soft Skills:
--- A natural desire to work with a sense of urgency
--- Strength of character, including the highest levels of honesty, integrity, ethics, professionalism, trust, and loyalty
--- An approachable, likeable personality
--- Intellectually curious, willingness to tackle all types of work, and an eager learner
--- An agile mindset with the ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
--- A hands-on individual who can see the big picture
--- An individual with the ability to work collaboratively across the entire organization
--- Self-aware with excellent communication skills, both written and oral

Company Overview

Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world's most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement (EEO)

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.

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