Smallworld Consultant

We are looking for a Functional Smallworld Consultant to support the delivery of complex geospatial solutions across major electrical utility projects in the UK and Europe.

Duties & Requirements

• Lead and support requirements gathering workshops with business users, technical teams and project stakeholders.
• Analyse operational, functional and technical requirements across electricity distribution and transmission projects.
• Translate business needs into clear functional requirements, user stories, process maps and solution specifications.
• Assess existing Smallworld processes, applications and data structures, identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Work closely with devs, architects, testers and project managers to ensure solutions meet agreed requirements.
• Act as the key functional link between client stakeholders and technical delivery teams.
• Support the design and configuration of Smallworld based solutions for electrical utility environments.
• Produce functional design documents, business requirements documents, use cases and acceptance criteria.
• Review proposed solutions to ensure they align with business processes, operational needs and industry best practice.
• Support data migration, data validation and data-quality activities where required.
• Assist with integrations between Smallworld and wider enterprise systems, including asset management, work management, outage management and network-modelling platforms.
• Support system upgrades, application enhancements and transformation programmes.
• Participate in solution demonstrations, design reviews and client presentations.
• Develop test scenarios and support system, integration and user acceptance testing.
• Coordinate with end users during UAT, helping to investigate issues and confirm that delivered functionality meets expectations.
• Support defect triage and work with technical teams to resolve functional issues.
• Produce user guides, process documentation and training materials.
• Deliver training and knowledge-transfer sessions to client teams and system users.
• Provide functional support during implementation, deployment and post-go-live phases.
• Build strong relationships with clients and provide trusted consultancy throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Identify project risks, dependencies and gaps in requirements, escalating these appropriately.
• Contribute to project planning, estimation and workstream reporting.
• Support continuous improvement across Smallworld delivery methodologies, documentation and governance.

Essential Experience

• Strong experience operating in a functional consultancy, business analysis or solution delivery role.
• Experience delivering Smallworld solutions within the electrical utilities sector.
• Good understanding of electricity network data, asset info and operational processes.
• Proven experience gathering, analysing and documenting complex business requirements.
• Experience translating business requirements into functional specifications for technical delivery teams.
• Strong understanding of the software delivery lifecycle, including design, build, testing, deployment and support.
• Experience working directly with clients, business users and senior stakeholders.
• Experience supporting workshops, demonstrations, testing and user acceptance activities.
• Strong documentation skills, with the ability to produce clear and structured functional deliverables.
• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work independently within a remote and geographically distributed team.
• Willingness and ability to travel to client sites across the UK and Northern Europe when required.

Desirable Experience

• Experience with electricity distribution or transmission network operators.
• Knowledge of Smallworld Electric Office or related Smallworld utility applications.
• Understanding of network connectivity, topology, electrical assets and utility data models.
• Exposure to Smallworld Magik development or the ability to work effectively with Magik developers.
• Experience with Smallworld system upgrades, migrations or transformation programmes.
• Knowledge of integrations with systems such as SAP, Maximo, Oracle, ADMS, OMS, EAM or work-management platforms.
• Experience with data migration, data cleansing and data-quality programmes.
• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum or hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Experience working across international or multi-country utility programmes.