Senior Information Management Consultant

Sword is the trusted partner for critical technology. We deliver the operational resilience and practical innovation that are essential for the most demanding enterprise and critical national infrastructure environments. By modernising legacy systems and securing daily operations, our expert teams help vital organisations lower risk, protect operations, and grow safely.

Join Sword and develop your career as part of a talented, collaborative team that delivers real-world impact and meaningful outcomes for our customers.

About the role:

As a Senior Information Management Consultant, you will provide subject matter expertise across complex engineering and operational environments, helping clients strengthen the way critical information is structured, governed, transferred and maintained.

You will work with engineering, IT, operations and project teams to assess information management needs, shape practical solutions and support delivery across a variety of assignments. These may include EDMS improvements, information migration, business or asset transitions, information handover and the establishment of effective IM processes.

This is a senior, hands-on consulting opportunity combining technical authority, stakeholder engagement and delivery. You will be trusted to identify risks, recommend approaches and help organisations achieve reliable, accessible and well-governed information.

This is a technical Engineering Information Management role, rather than a position focused primarily on GDPR, data protection, corporate records management or general information governance.

As a Senior Information Management Consultant, you will:

• Act as a trusted Information Management subject matter expert, advising clients and delivery teams on engineering information, EDMS and information governance.
• Assess existing information systems, processes, document repositories and data quality to identify risks, gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Define and implement proportionate IM strategies, standards, procedures and information lifecycle controls.
• Lead or provide specialist oversight of document and engineering information migration, integration, handover and transition activities, as required by the assignment.
• Advise on EDMS and enterprise content management capabilities, configuration, metadata, classification, access and information structures
• Establish approaches to data mapping, validation, reconciliation, traceability and quality assurance where information is transferred or transformed.
• Work collaboratively with engineering, IT, operational and project stakeholders to translate business needs into workable IM solutions.
• Identify information-related dependencies and risks, and recommend practical mitigations to support operational continuity.
• Provide technical input into solution design, delivery planning and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support knowledge transfer and the adoption of sustainable information management practices across client teams.

• Substantial experience in Information Management, Engineering Information Management or Engineering Data Management in complex technical environments.
• Demonstrable ability to act as a senior consultant, lead or SME, providing independent advice and practical technical direction.
• Strong working knowledge of EDMS or enterprise content management platforms and engineering document lifecycles.
• Experience planning, leading or overseeing information migration, handover, system improvement or organisational change activities.
• Understanding of metadata, document classification, information quality, governance and access controls.
• Ability to work effectively with engineering, IT, operations, suppliers and senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, communication and problem-solving skills, with the confidence to challenge and influence constructively.
• Experience in oil and gas, energy or another asset-intensive engineering environment would be advantageous
• Experience of acquisitions, divestments, asset transitions or establishing information management arrangements in a new operating environment would be beneficial.
• Familiarity with SharePoint, relevant EDMS platforms or engineering information handover standards such as CFIHOS would be advantageous.
• Flexibility to travel to client locations, including occasional international travel, where required.

At Sword, our core values and culture are based on caring about our people, investing in training and career development, and building inclusive teams where we are all encouraged to contribute to achieve success. We offer comprehensive benefits designed to support your professional development and enhance your overall quality of life. Here's what you can expect as part of our benefits package:

• Personalised Career Development: We create a development plan customised to your goals and aspirations, with a range of learning and development opportunities within a culture that encourages growth.
• Flexible working: Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance. We can’t promise to always be able to meet every request, however, are keen to discuss your individual preferences to make it work where we can.
• A Fantastic Benefits Package: This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes.

At Sword we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, ensuring that all applicants receive fair and equal consideration for employment, regardless of whether they meet every requirement. If you don’t tick all the boxes but feel you have some of the relevant skills and experience we’re looking for, please do consider applying and highlight your transferable skills and experience. We embrace diversity in all its forms, valuing individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Your perspective and potential are important to us.

If we can do anything to help make the hiring process more accessible, please let our talent acquisition team know when you apply so we can support any adjustments.

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