Associate Client Director – Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactor (RR SMR)

Frazer-Nash Consultancy is seeking an Associate Client Director to join our engaging and expanding team, supporting a strategic partnership with Rolls-Royce on the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) programme. This role provides a unique opportunity to help shape and deliver innovative solutions in a highly impactful and regulated industry, contributing to the UK’s clean energy future.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Collaborating with the Client Director to grow a key account through strategic engagement and delivery excellence.
• Managing the development of proposals and guiding the delivery of multidisciplinary, outcome-based projects.
• Building trusted relationships with clients and stakeholders, ensuring their needs are understood and met.
• Improving innovation, quality, and client satisfaction in every project.
• Supporting the expansion of Frazer-Nash’s management consultancy capability in highly regulated sectors.

We’re Looking For Someone Who Has

• Experience in management consultancy.
• Experience in business transformation or change leadership.
• Experience leading complex, multi-disciplinary projects.

Experience In The Context Of

• Complex engineering product development.
• Programme delivery involving design, manufacturing, installation, or commissioning.

Qualifications We Are Looking For

• Experience in highly regulated sectors such as nuclear or defence.
• Proficiency in business capability or process design and implementation.

What You’ll Bring

• A Master’s degree or equivalent experience in delivering complex assignments.
• Demonstrated ability to engage clients and develop accounts effectively.
• Deep understanding of industry trends, challenges, and opportunities.
• Robust leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• A collaborative mindset with the ability to lead diverse, multidisciplinary teams.

How to Apply

To support your application, please provide a tailored CV and cover letter (maximum of two A4 pages) detailing your understanding of and suitability for the role, personal interests and experiences relevant to market sectors and customers, and any challenges you foresee with mitigations.

Due to the nature of the work Frazer-Nash Consultancy undertakes, candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment screening and must be able to satisfy clearance criteria for UK National Security Vetting.

Location and Working Pattern

Location: Bristol, Dorchester, Gloucester, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Burton or Glasgow. Working pattern: Flexible hybrid working with time split between the office and home.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with yearly reviews
• 25 days holiday + the opportunity to buy 5 days
• Welcoming work culture
• Flexible working
• Enhanced parental benefits
• Company pension scheme
• Targeted professional development
• Life assurance
• Private healthcare membership
• Bonus scheme linked to company performance
• Paid membership fees to a professional institution
• Support in attaining professional membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season rail ticket loan
• Additional optional benefits tailored to personal requirements

Closing date: 31st October; the role may close earlier if sufficient applications are received.