Who You'll Work With
Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues—at all levels—will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won’t find anywhere else.When you join us, you will have:
- Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
- A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
- Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
- World-class benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.
Your Impact
In this role, you will be at the forefront of manufacturing challenges and innovations.Your deep passion for all things related to next generation manufacturing, combined with your proven academic or professional background, will drive you to continuously expand your knowledge and apply cutting-edge practices to assist our clients.You'll be responsible for understanding ITOT architecture and extracting data from key shopfloor manufacturing systems like MES, SCADA, IoT devices, and PLCs. Using this data, you'll leverage digital and analytical tools to pinpoint and implement improvements across various operational processes. All of this is anchored on shop-floor level processes where we get in the trenches with our clients to truly understand and solve their situations. Moreover, you will play a critical role in developing and applying new digital approaches. These tools will not only enhance the capabilities of McKinsey consultants but will also be directly implemented in client operational environments, making a tangible impact on their business.You'll have the opportunity to work across a range of industries, collaborating closely with McKinsey’s manufacturing experts. This is a dynamic position that promises growth, challenge, and the chance to be part of leading-edge changes in the manufacturing sector.You will often travel to client sites and engage closely with both clients and the broader McKinsey team. This dynamic part of the job will accelerate your learning and enable you to focus intensely on achieving substantial, tangible impacts for our clients.In between client studies, you will bring your learnings back to our internal team to further improve and automate data capture, analytics and presentation of insights to clients. You will help us strategize next-generation approaches where we either develop proprietary McKinsey tools or selectively partner with third party companies. Through your work, you’ll have opportunities to present results to client management and implement recommendations in collaboration with client team members. You’ll gain new skills and build on the strengths you bring to the firm.
Your Qualifications and Skills
- Undergraduate or master’s degree in a technical field such as science or engineering.
- 1+ years of work experience in a technical field or in manufacturing environments such as chemical, automotive and industrial, pharmaceutical, steel or electronics
- Passion for digital manufacturing (ITOT, IoT, analytics, etc.) with demonstrated academic/professional qualifications
- Fluency in Python scripting and transformation, SQL and Node-RED etc.
- Understanding of machine-to-machine communication protocols like MODBUS, OPC UA and Profibus etc.
- An understanding of standard frameworks like ISA 95, platforms like Kepware, Thingworx and Ignition
- Demonstrated strong conceptual and analytical skills; success in working on high impact cross-functional teams; strong decision making and problem-solving skills
- Proven record of leadership in a work setting and/or through extracurricular activities, and an entrepreneurial bent
- Willingness and excitement to travel up to 80%
- Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization
- Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively – both verbally and in writing – in English
