AI Consultant

Our Oil & Gas Operator client based in Aberdeen is currently recruiting for the position of AI Consultant.
 
Role will be based in Aberdeen (flexible working but successful candidate must be able to work in the Aberdeen offices 3 days a week (3/2 hybrid)
 
PAYE or LTD Co Engagement options
 
6 month contract commencing asap
 
Roles & Responsibilities:
 
Deployment Planning & Sequencing
 

• Own the end-to-end Claude Enterprise deployment plan, from the current seat base to general availability
• Sequence the rollout through the agreed governance gates and the AI policy approval
• Define the phasing, cohorts and entry criteria for each wave of users
• Track progress, risks and dependencies and report to the Digital Transformation Manager and the Data & AI SteerCo

Onboarding, Training & Enablement
 

• Design and run onboarding for each user cohort, tuned to role rather than one-size-fits-all
• Build practical training on prompting, priority use cases and safe use under the Acceptable Use Policy
• Produce guides, playbooks and reference material staff can use without support
• Set up a clear support route for questions, feedback and troubleshooting during rollout

Use-Case Enablement & Adoption
 

• Identify and prioritise high-value use cases with business owners across the units
• Convert priority use cases into repeatable workflows and shared prompt patterns
• Work directly with teams to embed Claude into day-to-day tasks, targeting changed practice over trial use
• Remove blockers to adoption, whether technical, procedural or behavioural

Governance, Policy & Safe Use
 

• Deploy within the company’s GenAI Acceptable Use Policy and the guardrails set with IT and Legal
• Set out acceptable and unacceptable data use in plain terms staff can follow
• Coordinate seat provisioning and access with IT, including Board and executive access where approved
• Flag policy gaps and risks to the Digital Transformation Manager as the rollout widens

Measurement & Business Impact
 

• Define the adoption and value measures for the deployment before scaling
• Baseline current practice and track adoption, active use and depth of use by cohort
• Produce a defensible account of time saved, cost avoided or value enabled, tied to real processes
• Report impact to the Digital Transformation Manager and the Data & AI SteerCo to inform the scale decision

Change, Champions & Handover
 

• Build and support a network of champions across the business units
• Run the communications and change activity that shifts behaviour, working with the CoE
• Transfer the deployment, playbooks and champion model to Serica staff to reduce reliance on contract capability
• Support transition to permanent ownership of Claude adoption as the deployment matures

 
Qualifications & Experience:

• Proven experience leading enterprise deployment and adoption of AI or SaaS tools at scale in complex organisations
• Track record of driving measured adoption and business impact, not just rollout completion
• Strong working knowledge of generative AI tools (Claude, Copilot, ChatGPT or similar) and practical use cases
• Ability to operate hands-on in an early-stage function while influencing senior stakeholders
• Experience in energy, oil & gas or other asset-intensive, regulated sectors
• Familiarity with Anthropic Claude Enterprise or comparable enterprise AI platforms
• Experience running change, training and champions programmes for new technology
• Exposure to AI governance, acceptable use policy and data protection considerations

Behavioural Skills

• Adoption-focused, judged on changed working practice rather than activity
• Confident communicator able to train and win over both frontline and senior audiences
• Pragmatic, designs the rollout for the company’s size and maturity rather than over-engineering it
• Naturally collaborative and able to build trust quickly across business and technical stakeholders
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity within a newly forming function

 
 
Contract  position
 
If you feel that you are well suited to the above opportunity and would like to find out more then please contact Orion Group for more information or apply by forwarding your current CV quoting reference: TR/082884


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