2026 Strategic Advisory Industrial Placement - Mace Advisory - London or Manchester
At Mace Consult, we combine leading-edge practical expertise with programme and project delivery consultancy skills to unlock the potential in every project, every place, and every person. From iconic skyscrapers to sustainable communities, we turn ambitious ideas into reality.
On our 12-month Industrial Placement Programme, you’ll contribute to meaningful projects from the very start. Whether it’s shaping sustainable places, creating smarter infrastructure, or helping clients solve complex challenges, you’ll play a real part in projects that make a lasting difference – to people, to places, and to the planet.
The opportunity
Role: Strategic Advisory Industrial Placement
Start date: Late June 2026
Location: London or Manchester
Business: Mace Consult
Sector: Mace Advisory
At Mace Consult, you’ll help shape the projects and programmes that change skylines and communities. Working closely with clients and partners, you’ll bring ideas to life through smart thinking, collaboration and innovation. No two days are the same – it’s a dynamic environment where adaptability, curiosity and integrity drive everything we do.
The Advisory sector helps clients make confident, insight-led decisions that shape projects, programmes and portfolios for long-term success. We bring intelligence to every stage of the lifecycle – from early investment strategy and commercial advisory to performance reporting and benefits realisation. By delivering robust plans and resilient outcomes, we create sustainable results that matter. Join us in Advisory and you’ll help shape strategy, influence decisions and create real value for our clients and the communities they serve.
What you’ll do
In Strategic Advisory (Consultancy), you will assist in commission delivery during the pre-conception, feasibility and early stages of projects and programmes. Assists the commission delivery team with all aspects of commission outputs including administration. Provides project support skills to deploy in an advisory capacity with a client or sector. Some of your key responsibilities will include:
- Working with the commission team to achieve outputs, taking a basic advisory support role on commissions working across a single, less complex commission or contributing to a more complex commission.
- Undertaking key elements of proposal development and commission delivery.
- Forming positive relationships and strong communication networks with the commission team and internal and external stakeholders.
- Supporting client relationship management activities
- Contributing to business development and work winning by developing own professional network.
- Utilising data and information from multiple sources to support commission research and analysis.
- Utilising Mace systems to undertake all aspects of commission administration.
- Contributing to high quality reports and presentations, interpreting and translating data into accessible materials.
- Compiling information aligned to industry best practice.
- Undertaking a support role on all elements of proposal development.
- Working collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition, and share responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work.
What we can offer you
Our 12-month Industrial Placement Programme gives you structured on-the-job training and the chance to take on meaningful work from day one. You’ll learn alongside experienced professionals, be supported by skilled mentors and peers, and gain exposure to different areas of our business as you grow your career.
If you perform well during your placement, you could be fast-tracked onto our Graduate Programme.
Alongside your development, you’ll receive a wide range of benefits, including:
- 22 days annual leave + bank holidays + 2 further ‘Mace Days’ off + 3 extra days over Christmas, with the option to purchase additional leave
- Volunteering day each year
- Pension scheme (with up to 7% matched funding from Mace Consult)
- Life assurance, private medical insurance cover, and annual health assessment
- Season ticket loan, cycle to work and green car scheme
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- 24/7 access to health and wellbeing experts via our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Discounts and savings portal for hundreds of retailers, gyms, cafés, restaurants, and cinemas
- A range of other flexible benefits to suit you
About you
- This programme is for university students whose degree includes an option or requirement to complete a year in industry from 2026 to 2027, with a graduation year of 2028
- 5 GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including Maths and English (or equivalent qualifications)
Given the nature of our work, flexibility is key. Our projects and clients are based in various locations, so you should be prepared to travel frequently to different project sites or Mace Consult offices. A positive and adaptable approach to travel is therefore essential, as it may be a regular part of your role. To support this, Mace Consult offers travel expense reimbursements for business travel, including mileage, public transport fares, and, where necessary, accommodation.
We’re looking for ambitious people who want to make a difference. Proactive individuals who think creatively, embrace change, and deliver with integrity. You should share our values and demonstrate the behaviours and competencies that help us shape the industry:
- Values – safety first, client focus, create opportunity, integrity
- Behaviours – curious, collaborators, contributors, champions of inclusion
- Competencies – build effective teams, embrace change, solve problems, build trusted relationships
A world of opportunity
At Mace Consult, you have the power to build a career that could take you across sectors and across the globe. From London to Nairobi, Hong Kong to New York, we partner with clients around the world to shape cities and build sustainable communities that meet the needs of the future.
On completion of your graduate programme, you’ll have access to our Global Opportunities Portal – helping you explore your next step, whether that’s a new sector, a new role or a new country.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
We respect equality, value diversity and encourage individuality – accepting and appreciating all views and beliefs and providing an environment for ideas to come alive. Our strength lies in broad perspectives, diverse experience and global expertise. It’s why we continue to grow and the basis of our reputation as a leading programme and project delivery consultant.
Our Employee Resource Groups – focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity, disability, parents, and military – bring colleagues together to connect, share experiences, and drive change. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident employer, a champion of the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower scheme, and signatories of the Care Leaver Covenant and Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter. Our commitment has been recognised with the Clear Assured Gold Standard for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
The Disability Confident scheme encourages employers to think differently about disability and take action to improve how they recruit, retain, and develop disabled people. We support this initiative by offering adjustments and support during recruitment, such as extra time for tasks or video interviews, or providing information in alternative formats. To request adjustments, please contact us at emergingtalent.consult@macegroup.com. Our team monitors this inbox daily, Monday to Friday, and is here to support you. If you need help sending this email, you can click here to launch a pre-populated email for you to complete and send. If you would prefer to speak with a member of our team, please email and ask for a call back, providing your phone number.
Help us shape the world of tomorrow
If you’re ready to build a career while making a real difference for our clients, communities and society, we want to hear from you. Join us in turning ambitious ideas into reality and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible – apply today via the link on this page.
We review applications on a rolling basis and may close a role once enough candidates have applied. To give you the strongest chance, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible, even if a deadline has been advertised.
2026 Strategic Advisory Industrial Placement - Mace Advisory - London or Manchester
Discipline: Strategic Advisory
Posted: 10/10/2025
Closing Date: Ongoing