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.
- 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.
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.
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.