2026 Industrial Placement – Consulting (Delivery) – London

Job Description

Hybrid working – our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week. However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on a client site.

Power Your Curiosity at PA

Joining us as a placement student is the next step in starting your career. Whether you’re coming from a specialist background or from an unrelated subject, we want you to be bold, stay curious and dive into the opportunities we have to offer.

Our People Make a Difference

Our Delivery Team is PA’s Centre of Excellence for all things projects, programmes and portfolio management. Joining as a placement student will give you the chance to experience the full spectrum of delivery focused expertise, from highly complex business transformation to large scale infrastructure and engineering projects…

No two days are the same. You could be researching our latest project and delivering your findings, visiting a client with a consulting team and representing the firm, or furthering your development by undertaking APM-certified training — guided and mentored by one of our experts.  You will be fully integrated in our Delivery community and have the opportunity to learn about all the sectors we work within across the capability: Health & Life Sciences, Energy & Utilities and Defence & Security, to name a few.

A career at PA is what you make of it — so power your curiosity and prepare to make an impact.

During your months as an Industrial Placement at PA, you’ll learn some of what it takes to be a top-notch consultant. You’ll be coached and guided by experts and have countless opportunities to broaden your experience, undertaking client-facing roles on challenging projects and programmes.

You will also have the opportunity to get involved on a breadth of internal activities at PA, for example, developing community and engagement initiatives, writing thought leadership, or working on business development activities.

Whatever you work on, you’ll be part of the team and free to build your networks, both here at PA and far beyond.

The Offer

• The opportunity to work on meaningful projects with talented people
• We work flexibly at PA, but your work base will be our London Victoria office.
• Full time
• This role will run between July 2026-July 2027 and be for 12 months. We will confirm exact start date at offer stage.
• Salary: £27,008

Qualifications

What we’re looking for

• You’ll be on track to gain a degree – We have no specific prerequisites in terms of degree grade or specialism. Graduating in 2027.
• Adaptable and able flex their style and thinking
• Collaborative and work at their best in dynamic teams
• Curious and want to broaden their understanding of the world
• Credible and comfortable working with clients in high performance environments
• Driven to succeed — and help others achieve the same
• Open to change and have a growth mindset
• Relationship builders — with both clients and peers
• Hungry for new challenges

This role is open to undergraduates with an industrial placement within their course structure.

We know the skill-gap and ‘somewhat need to tick every box’ can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today by completing our online application