Hi,
Given your background and experience, i believe you could probably be working in core engineering areas like maintenance & reliability, quality, operations, capital projects etc. Most of the consulting firms do operate in this space or have service offerings in this space. Hence you would find acceptance and your experience would have strong relevance.
The catch is here do you want to keep doing the stuff even after moving to consulting or build your consulting skills as well and broaden your horizon. Example , if you have to do a lean transformation project then your background will definitely help but you can play a propoer consultant role if you build your consulting skills around business transformation, operating model, org design, process etc.
So do some research on which company is a good fit, prepare for case studies but the most important is build your consulting skills so you gel well with the mass when you step into the consulting firm. If you need help to do that please contact me as I help middle management level candidates to get into consulting firms through my : Advanced Consulting Readiness" program which will not only help you to get into the consulting firm but also operate at an Enagement Manager level. It is a fully refundable program if i am not able to place you in a target consulting firm.
Thanks
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Basically, I am civil engineer, with a focus on buildings and infrastructure projects. I am ok with joining smaller firms and then maybe moving to larger ones. Any specific firms to look for? Appreciate your advice.
Any recommendations for smaller consulting firms in the Middle East?