Infrastructure & Capital Projects - Advisory & Whole Lifecycle Management

Location: Dublin or Cork, Ireland (with expected travel)

About the Role

Within our Infrastructure & Capital Projects practice, we are shaping how infrastructure and asset-intensive organisations plan, deliver, and operate across the full asset lifecycle.

We combine deep industry expertise with leading-edge digital technologies to help clients transform how capital projects are executed and how assets are managed-from early strategy and design through to operations, optimisation, and decommissioning.

As an Advisory & Whole Lifecycle Management Manager, you will work at the intersection of business consulting, programme delivery, and digital asset transformation, supporting clients across sectors such as utilities, transport, energy, healthcare, and public infrastructure.

Key responsibilities:

Advisory & Transformation

• Shape and deliver transformation programmes across capital projects and asset lifecycles, including target operating models, governance frameworks, and PMO design
• Analyse current capabilities, define future-state roadmaps, and develop business cases aligned to client strategic objectives

Whole Lifecycle Asset Management

• Advise on end-to-end asset lifecycle management, from strategy and planning through to delivery, operations, and optimisation
• Lead maturity assessments, process design, and capability uplift initiatives, supporting capital planning, performance improvement, and lifecycle cost optimisation

Digital & Technology Enablement

• Design and implement technology-enabled solutions (e.g. SAP, Maximo, IFS), incorporating AI, IoT, digital twins, BIM, and advanced analytics
• Support OT/IT integration, data strategy development, and intelligent asset ecosystems, including fit-gap analysis and system selection

Programme & Delivery Excellence

• Lead or support delivery of complex programmes, ensuring outcomes across time, cost, and quality
• Establish and optimise PMO and project control frameworks, using data-driven insights to enhance delivery performance

Client Engagement & Collaboration

• Facilitate client workshops and foster strong stakeholder relationships through collaborative, human-centred approaches
• Contribute to thought leadership, innovation initiatives, and industry insights

Business Development & Practice Growth

• Support business development through proposals, RFP responses, and client presentations
• Contribute to internal capability building, methodology development, and mentoring of junior team members

What we are looking for:

• Experience in infrastructure, capital projects, or asset-intensive industries (e.g. Utilities, Transport, Energy, Public Sector)
• Experience working in a consulting or client-facing environment
• Proven delivery experience across:
  
  • Programme / Project Management (PMO, project controls)
  • Asset management / lifecycle transformation

Asset Management & Lifecycle Knowledge

• Understanding of end-to-end asset lifecycle processes
• Experience in areas such as asset strategy & planning, asset performance & optimisation, maintenance & operations transformation

Digital & Technology Expertise

• Experience with EAM/ERP platforms (e.g. SAP, Maximo, IFS)
• Understanding of integration across enterprise systems and OT environments
• Knowledge of:
  
  • Digital engineering / BIM
  • IoT, sensors, and connected assets
  • Data, analytics, and AI-driven asset insights

Core Consulting Skills

• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and structured thinking skills
• Experience developing transformation roadmaps and business cases
• Ability to lead workshops and engage stakeholders effectively
• Experience working in or alongside cross-functional delivery teams

Set Yourself Apart If You Have:

• Professional certifications such as APM, PRINCE2, PMI, or IAM
• Knowledge of industry standards such as ISO 55000, BIM / ISO 19650
• Experience with large-scale transformation programmes and organisational change management
• Exposure to digital twin, smart infrastructure, or intelligent asset ecosystems
• Experience in business development or sales support activities

What's in it for you?

Accenture is a company that will allow you to learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that flourishes with shared success, innovative ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

At Accenture Ireland, in addition to a competitive base salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes pension, private health insurance, discounted gym membership, emergency caring facilities, and 2 days' leave per year for charitable work of your choice! Flexible working arrangements can be discussed depending on the position.

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role to deliver the first-class services we are known for.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, colour, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as applicable by law.

Please advise if you have any particular requirements, so we can look into arranging reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process. You can contact us at [email protected].

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About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services-creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world's leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.
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