R&D Engineering Consultant

Location – London (Open to Flexible Working, Multiple roles available)

This opportunity is ideal for an engineer (with industry experience) wishing to use their engineering knowledge in a creative and analytical way and looking for an opportunity to take a leading role with clients. This role will require you to work in close collaboration within a team-based and consultancy environment. It will also require you to have strong technical knowledge, technical report writing skills, interpersonal and communication skills, project management skills and client relationship-building abilities.

The successful candidate will get the opportunity to work as part of the wider Business Tax Advisory group of our client, in a diverse team of highly successful tax and industry specialists.  

 
You will be required to work closely with senior and lead engineers across the relevant engineering sectors and will be responsible for analysing scientific and technological aspects of R&D projects. You will play an active role in developing technical reports of clients’ projects and taking part in extensive client communication.  


As well as working directly with existing contacts, you will also be offered the chance to support business development opportunities and cross-sector engineering claims.  

Your key responsibilities  

  • Leading or working as an effective member of a project team, exhibiting strong communication skills and be able to work collaboratively with other team members of different skill sets  
  • Writing compelling technical project reports to bring out the key technical factors of client projects to support R&D tax claims  
  • Interaction with clients’ senior technical and engineering staff in order to develop a comprehensive understanding of the projects undertaken and identify how aspects of projects meet the R&D Guidelines  
  • Application of advanced problem solving skills and critical thinking to apply to project execution and delivery  
  • Building and maintaining relationships with clients to provide high levels of client service  
  • Responsible for high-quality delivery of advice and solutions to major clients, ensuring management of risk and reputation  
  • A keen desire to adapt and flex existing knowledge to different engineering sectors and build on the core capabilities  

Skills and attributes for success 

  • Engineering or Science Degree qualified  
  • Ideally, you will have work experience in your chosen industry as an engineer  
  • You have experience in dealing with technological challenges faced by industry professionals, such as engineering design, the development or improvement of manufacturing processes, development of new products and improvement to existing products  
  • You have the ability to swiftly adapt to and learn about different industry sectors – such as automotive, aerospace, civil, defence, food & drink, life sciences, electronics, and have strong business acumen  
  • You interact readily with other technical professionals, have outstanding interpersonal skills and excel in eloquence and concise summary of information  
  • Strong attention to detail and first-time accuracy is essential  
  • Interest in project and company finances and the application of tax treatment 

What we look for  

 
We’d like to hear from you if have a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. You can expect plenty of autonomy in this role, so if you have strong technical, interpersonal and communication skills with an enthusiasm to build client-relationships, this role is for you.  

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