Knowledge Specialist

Who You'll Work With
Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.

In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues—at all levels—will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won't find anywhere else.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
• A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You'll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
• Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm's diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, you'll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• World-class benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.

Your Impact
You will join our Client Capabilities Network in Gurugram (India) as part of our global MineLens team. MineLens is part of McKinsey's Global Energy & Materials practice.

MineLens provides mining companies with the strategic business intelligence they need to identify, quantify, and prioritize value creation opportunities in their operations. By combining advanced analytics, a comprehensive database of mining performance benchmarks, and global mining expertise, MineLens enables clients to enhance productivity and reduce costs.

As a Knowledge Specialist you will serve as a thought partner to client service teams, providing insight into and synthesizing results to solve complex problems.

Your role will involve leveraging your deep expertise in the mining industry to provide strategic insights and operational excellence to our clients. You will be instrumental in developing and enhancing our internal knowledge databases and contributing to new product development that will help enable us to expand MineLens capabilities.

You may be required to lead a group of analysts for client or knowledge building projects. You will help conduct operational excellence diagnostics at mines to determine potential opportunities for improvement. You will assist clients in data collection, perform quantitative analysis of client data, and incorporate qualitative observations into benchmark reports.

Additionally, you will also participate in the development of innovative approaches to mining data analytics, supporting consulting teams and clients both on-site and off-site. This role will require you to engage in long-term projects that may require international travel for durations of 4 to 8 weeks or longer.

Your Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor's degree or post-graduate degree (e.g., Masters) in Mining Engineering or a related discipline
• 4 - 7 years of professional experience in the mining industry with expertise in mining operations (open-pit and underground)
• Significant understanding of the industry dynamics of the mining sector
• Passion for analytics and interest in developing new approaches to mining data analysis and application to operational improvement
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with proficiency in business tools (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint), mining software, and advanced analytical platforms
• Prior experience anchoring client engagements with the ability to be stand-alone in senior client settings and present complex value propositions to client executives
• Willing to work in a highly demanding and result-oriented team environment with periodic travel to remote mining locations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English; proficiency in additional languages is an advantage