Digital Consultant – Digital Advisory and Transformation

Location: Bristol, Croydon, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle – UK

Contract: Permanent – Full Time

Job Ref: 11744

Overview Of The Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Digital Consultant to join our advisory and programme delivery team. The candidate will work within the Asset, Information and Data Advisory team, supporting the development of digital twin and smart city strategies for major UK infrastructure projects such as the New Hospitals Programme, Sizewell C and the Anglian Water Reservoirs Programme.

Key Responsibilities And Duties Include

• Support and develop digital twin strategies and roadmaps aligned with client and international standards.
• Support smart city vision and strategy definition, smart service identification, and user‑centric design through personas, user journeys, and use cases, ensuring alignment with citywide objectives.
• Engage stakeholders through workshops and collaborative sessions to define, prioritise, and document digital twin and smart city use cases, validate concepts, and refine priorities.
• Provide guidance on data management, including collection, analytics, visualisation, quality, security, privacy, and ethical use.
• Support and develop information management frameworks aligned with ISO 19650 series.
• Develop high‑level visualisations, diagrams, and digital solution architectures to illustrate strategies and integration points across systems.
• Provide insights on ICT infrastructure and operational requirements to ensure scalability, interoperability, and resilience of digital and smart city solutions.

Candidate specification – Essential

• Experience in working with clients to develop digital strategies, initiatives and roadmaps; familiarity with the Gemini Principles, Data Value Chain, federated digital twins, and international standards (ISO 30173, 30186, ISO 37101, 37106, 37120, 37122, 37123).
• Understanding of data management practices (data governance, integration, security, privacy, and ethics).
• Excellent communication and consulting skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into actionable strategies.

Candidate specification – Desirable

• Proven experience in developing and delivering digital twin or smart city strategies.
• Background in engineering, data science, information management, smart cities, or digital transformation.
• Experience applying systems thinking to model real‑world systems and inform digital twin and/or smart city solution design.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and define smart services that enhance urban living, sustainability, and operational efficiency.
• Experience with concept visualisation tools, including 3D models and diagrams, to communicate strategies effectively.
• Knowledge of ICT infrastructure and digital solution architecture within a smart city context.
• Familiarity with digital twin platforms, modelling tools, or smart city platforms.
• Experience working on large‑scale urban development projects or national digital twin/smart city programmes.
• Track record of contributing to thought leadership, publications, or innovative projects in the digital twin/smart city domain.

UK Immigration

We are not currently offering sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. We welcome applications from candidates eligible for alternative immigration routes that do not require sponsorship.

Agile working

We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces well‑being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment practices to ensure equal opportunities for all.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com.

We Offer Some Fantastic Benefits Including

Health and Wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support everyday health costs.

Financial Wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit and absence and return to work support due to long‑term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• Annual bonus schemes for all colleagues.

Lifestyle

• Minimum of 33–35 days holiday each year inclusive of public holidays. Ability to buy or sell leave through flexible benefits program.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers.

Enhanced Family and Carers Leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and Development

• Annual professional institution subscription.
• Opportunities to enhance technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self‑development options.

Networks, Communities, and Social Outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support LGBTQ+, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, and parent/carer communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

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Location(s): Bristol, Croydon, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh, London – UK

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Various

Discipline: Digital design

Job Ref: 11744

Recruiter Contact: Alice Roostan