Career Opportunities
Arthur D. Little provides excellent opportunities for pursuing a career in management consulting. If you have a strong academic background, can demonstrate outstanding analytical and problems-solving skills and are keen to put your intellect, curiosity and enthusiasm to the test in a high-pressure, client-driven environment, we would like to hear from you.
We recruit through three distinct pathways:
Education and experience
- To join us, you will need a strong university degree result (2i or above) in a numerate discipline and consistent achievement in earlier public examinations
- You may hold an advanced degree or an MBA
- You are fluent in English, additional language skills desirable
- Past internships and/or other work experience are appreciated
Personal characteristics
We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate:
- Independent thinking, creativity and entrepreneurialism
- A global perspective and willingness to travel
- The ability to put ideas into actions
- The ability to work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams
- An aptitude for learning rapidly from new experiences
In return we can offer you a challenging career where you'll work with some of the top names in industry from very early in your career. Through training we will provide and develop the skills you require to become an outstanding consultant.
Intern
Every year we offer internships to students who have yet to complete their studies. The purpose of internships is to complete valuable internal projects and to assess students on their suitability for employment with us after their studies are complete. The internship projects may be related to a dissertation that the intern needs to complete as part of their degree or may simply be work experience during vacations. Every internship is tailored to individual needs. To apply please contact our HR Manager at careers.uk(at)adlittle.com
Graduate
Arthur D Little is currently actively seeking two Business Analysts or Consultants to strengthen our Cambridge Risk business.
Process Risk
Our successful team serves multinational clients in the energy, process and utilities sectors. Typical clients include major energy and process operators, engineering design contractors and utility infrastructure operators. Our consulting assignments cover a diverse range of safety engineering, safety risk and risk management issues, and involve substantial travel.
In order to help grow this key business area, we are seeking a numerate graduate, with a chemical engineering degree. Our problem-solving focus requires a high level of analytical, interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills.
Please send covering letter and CV quoting the relevant job reference to careers.uk(at)adlittle.com
Senior Hire
To join us as a Senior Hire you will require more than three years of relevant work experience as well as meeting the graduate entry-level requirements.
As a Senior Hire you will usually apply your skills as a Consultant although the precise career level at which you join is decided during the interviews, according to experience and background. Many Senior Hire candidates benefit from building their consulting skills for their first 6-18 months with the firm, before applying their functional and industrial skills fully on behalf of clients.