Project Analyst 2023 - Irvine

QR's reputation for product data management and consultancy has put us at the vanguard of transforming the automotive, aerospace and robotics industries across the globe, as they seek to build better products and a more sustainable future. As a team, we are particularly excited to be supporting the development of some truly planet-changing products, including connected, electric and solar vehicles and an increasingly diverse range of new technologies.

With more new and rewarding projects in development, we have multiple opportunities to kickstart your career in project and people management, data analysis or management consultancy. Quick Release provides hands-on experience of complex, positive-impact projects, together with fast-paced training, mentoring, and a caring company culture that promotes flexibility, fulfilment and work-life balance.

This intake isn't just for recent graduates. We genuinely welcome applicants with all levels of experience on the team. So, whether you've just finished college, you're returning to work after time out, or you're looking for a new challenge in a new sector, the ongoing growth of our team means we have lots of opportunities to start your training as soon as you're ready!

Complete the online application form (link below) to apply for current US opportunities to join QR's Business Unit based in Irvine, CA.

What You'll Do

• Use your strengths and passions to find and deliver technical solutions to help our clients get new products to market faster, more efficiently and more sustainably.
• Work alongside client teams (often on location) to understand their challenges, provide expert guidance, and then follow this up with the technical know-how to put that guidance into action.
• Complete first-class induction training.
• Continue your learning through working with industry-leading talent on real, client-facing projects.
• Develop technical product data management expertise and systematically address and improve the way these clients manage their product data - solving problems and shaping solutions to deliver the right outcomes.
• Experience a range of projects, businesses, sectors, and workplaces, getting to know and understand how our clients operate.
• Develop strong trusting relationships with clients and team-mates.
• Support deployments and development of our technical/software tools and solutions.
• Support the wide range of (QR internal) business improvement projects and initiatives (eg team building, events, CSR, diversity, pride, mental health, innovation labs, sports and music)
• Some projects will be challenging, but they will always be rewarding, and you'll be surrounded by a team of talented people who will support you all the way!

Requirements

• A GPA of 3.2 or above for a bachelors' degree, masters' degree or PhD in any discipline (it doesn't need to be STEM).
• Emerging people and project management skills and the drive to take on responsibility - determination to be the best and genuinely make things better for people and planet.
• Strong communication skills, accompanied by self-awareness and emotional intelligence. You enjoy helping people.
• The ability to make sense of complexity and present compelling data-driven stories and solutions that resonate with stakeholders.
• The passion, resilience and energy to work hard and sustain what it takes to succeed.

Benefits

• A starting salary of $65,000 for the Analyst position plus other rewards and benefits.
• A highly motivated, diverse, talented and supportive team with a positive "people-focused" company culture.
• Extensive induction training and ongoing learning and development.
• Projects with a variety of clients, locations and workplaces, all with real-world impact.
• Career progression based on merit and a choice of pathways.
• Lots of team events, sports clubs, CSR, mental health, diversity and wellbeing initiates and a direct line to management and leadership for your ideas.
• The knowledge, skills and experience to ensure you'll always be in demand, wherever your career may take you

QR_Values

Being the best at what we do is important to us (we've just been named amongst the FT's leading management consultancies for the third year running) but Quick Release has always been about more than project delivery. We can only be the best by looking after our team and we are very much a "people-first" business. We offer an environment of support, inclusion and encouragement, where our people can be authentic, be heard, enjoy their work and thrive. Team-building, learning, development and career progression are at the core of what we do, and we take great pride in our positive company culture.

We also take pride in our diversity and we respect and value multiple approaches and points of view. We challenge inequality in all its forms, in others, and especially in ourselves. We're not perfect, but we want to be better and do better, and we are fully committed to this in our actions as well as words.

As an equal opportunities employer, Quick Release will never discriminate on the basis of gender, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic background, marital status, or disability status.

We welcome applications from people with all levels of experience for this role.

Connect With Quick Release Online_

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/quick-release

Glassdoor: https://bit.ly/GlassdoorQR