Associate Client Director – Energy

Frazer-Nash Consultancy Limited; Stoke-on-Trent; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A consultancy firm is seeking an Associate Client Director to support a major client in the UK energy sector. This senior role involves overseeing complex consultancy projects, managing stakeholder relationships, and driving business development. The ideal candidate will have significant sales and consultancy experience, specifically in the energy or utilities industry, and strong negotiation skills. The position offers a competitive salary, hybrid working options, and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary with yearly reviews

25 days holiday + the opportunity to buy 5 days

Flexible working options

Enhanced parental benefits

Private healthcare membership

Bonus scheme linked to company performance

Cycle to work scheme

Season rail ticket loan

Qualifications

• Significant experience in sales illustrating proficiency in negotiation and contract completion.
• Extensive consultancy experience in energy, utilities or regulated infrastructure.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in collaborating with large electricity and/or gas utility clients.

Responsibilities

• Build and nurture trusted relationships with senior stakeholders in energy utilities.
• Manage delivery of complex multi-disciplinary consultancy projects.
• Oversee budgets, risks, and profitability across projects.

Skills

Sales proficiency

Consultancy experience in energy

Stakeholder engagement

Negotiation skills

Job description

Title

Associate Client Director – Energy

Salary range

£80,000 to £100,000 per annum

Location

London, Bristol or Burton

Working Pattern

We operate a flexible hybrid working pattern at Frazer-Nash, with time split between the office, client sites and working from home.

Closing date

Thursday 22nd January 2026

Overview

At Frazer-Nash, we help our clients solve complex challenges to create a more sustainable world. We are looking for an Associate Client Director to support a major multi-national company within the UK energy sector.

Working alongside a Client Director, you will help shape, secure, and deliver large, complex consultancy engagements, positioning Frazer-Nash as a trusted strategic and delivery partner. This is a senior, client-facing role with substantial impact on growth, delivery excellence and long-term client relationships.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Build and nurture trusted relationships with senior stakeholders in a global energy utility to create a multi-functional network and develop a deep understanding of the client priorities.
• Oversee, shape and manage complex bids and proposals across energy transition, infrastructure and transformation programmes, and work with a multi-disciplined capability team to support the relevant value propositions.
• Manage delivery of critical, multi-disciplinary consultancy projects, engaging with the client throughout the process to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Enhance commercial results by overseeing budgets, risks, and profitability and working with the delivery teams to make sure that expenditure is aligned.
• Bring market insight on the energy sector, regulatory environments and emerging technologies to the wider Frazer-Nash organisation.

About You

• Significant experience in sales, illustrating proficiency in negotiation and contract completion.
• Extensive consultancy experience in energy, utilities or regulated infrastructure.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in collaborating with large electricity and/or gas utility clients, System Integrators or Business Integrators.
• Established record in business development, bid leadership and complex delivery.
• Commercially proficient with highly skilled stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Efficient communications and presentation skills.

Why Frazer-Nash?

• Contribute to the advancement of the energy transition.
• High-impact client work with global reach.
• Collaborative, values-led culture within Frazer-Nash and the wider KBR group.

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

Benefits

• Competitive salary with yearly reviews.
• 25 days holiday + the opportunity to buy 5 days.
• A welcoming work culture.
• Happy to talk flexible working.
• Enhanced parental benefits.
• Company pension scheme.
• Targeted professional development.
• Life assurance.
• Private healthcare membership.
• Bonus scheme linked into company performance.
• Paid membership fees to a professional institution.
• Support in attaining professional membership.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Season rail ticket loan.
• And further optional benefits you can tailor to your personal requirements.