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Business Transformation Consultant roles qualify as H-1B visa specialty occupations when tied to a directly related degree in business, management, or industrial engineering. Employers sponsor through the H-1B lottery or, for Australian nationals, the E-3 visa, which has no lottery and renews indefinitely every two years.
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At 1898 & Co., part of Burns & McDonnell, we partner with clients to drive enterprise-wide transformation through innovative business strategy, operational excellence, and change leadership. Our Business Strategy & Transformation (BS&T) team helps organizations align strategy to execution, improve performance, modernize operations, and successfully navigate complex change initiatives across critical infrastructure markets.
The Consultant role supports the delivery of business strategy and transformation engagements, with a focus on the power and utilities sector. This position plays a key role in project execution by performing analysis, developing deliverables, and supporting client engagement activities. Consultants work collaboratively with project teams and client stakeholders to address challenges related to strategy, operations, capital programs, and organizational transformation.
This role provides the opportunity to build foundational consulting skills while developing industry expertise in a rapidly evolving energy landscape.
What You’ll Do
Engagement Delivery & Execution
- Assist project leaders and lead aspects of engagement execution, including workplan development, analysis, scheduling, deliverables, and quality management.
- Assist project leaders with planning and managing project timelines, deliverables, and resources.
- Monitor project progress and provide regular updates to stakeholders.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and successful execution of projects.
- Adhere to QA/QC standards and support high-quality project delivery.
Analysis, Reporting & Strategy Support
- Analyze data to identify insights and trends that inform strategic and operational decisions.
- Prepare detailed reports, presentations, and documentation to communicate findings and recommendations to clients.
- Support current-state assessments and development of future-state strategies.
- Support the design and implementation of transformation initiatives, including process improvements, technology adoption, and organizational change.
Client Engagement & Relationship Support
- Assist, and occasionally lead, facilitation of client meetings and workshops to gather information, present findings, and discuss recommendations.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships to support engagement success and client satisfaction.
- Provide training and support to clients on new processes, tools, and methodologies.
Team, Business Development & Knowledge Contribution
- Assist project leaders with business development activities, including proposal development, project planning, and budgeting.
- Mentor and support analysts and less experienced team members.
- Support company initiatives and contribute to internal knowledge development.
- Stay informed on industry technologies, leading practices, and emerging trends to support thought leadership.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, finance, accounting or related degree from an accredited program and 3 years of relevant experience required.
- Prior experience associated with critical infrastructure operations and planning or consulting.
- Strong attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment.
- Demonstrated leadership skills.
- Proven ability to lead, educate, and train a team of consultants and analysts in management consulting frameworks.
- Ability to independently solve difficult problems that require adaptation and modification of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Demonstrated critical thinking skills.
- Ability to perform under pressure and tight deadlines and to be effective in on-site work environments.
- Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently, including identification of critical path items to ensure deliverable deadlines are met.
- Ability to focus on the big picture to effectively and efficiently provide services that meet client needs, while also having the ability to identify and analyze details that are critical to project outcomes.
- Willingness to learn new service offerings as client needs and the market requires changes to the service offerings provided by our group.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PPT).
This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.
EEO/Disabled/Veterans
Job Engineering
Primary Location US-MO-Kansas City
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
About 1898 & Co. 1898 & Co. is a business, technology and security solutions consultancy where experience and foresight come together to unlock lasting advancements. We innovate today to fuel our clients’ future growth, catalyzing insights that drive smarter decisions, improve performance and maximize value. As part of Burns & McDonnell, we draw on more than 120 years of deep and broad experience in complex industries as we envision and enable the future for our clients.
Req ID: 265293
Job Hire Type Experienced #LI-EH #E98 N/A
Description
At 1898 & Co., part of Burns & McDonnell, we partner with clients to drive enterprise-wide transformation through innovative business strategy, operational excellence, and change leadership. Our Business Strategy & Transformation (BS&T) team helps organizations align strategy to execution, improve performance, modernize operations, and successfully navigate complex change initiatives across critical infrastructure markets.
The Consultant role supports the delivery of business strategy and transformation engagements, with a focus on the power and utilities sector. This position plays a key role in project execution by performing analysis, developing deliverables, and supporting client engagement activities. Consultants work collaboratively with project teams and client stakeholders to address challenges related to strategy, operations, capital programs, and organizational transformation.
This role provides the opportunity to build foundational consulting skills while developing industry expertise in a rapidly evolving energy landscape.
What You’ll Do
Engagement Delivery & Execution
- Assist project leaders and lead aspects of engagement execution, including workplan development, analysis, scheduling, deliverables, and quality management.
- Assist project leaders with planning and managing project timelines, deliverables, and resources.
- Monitor project progress and provide regular updates to stakeholders.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and successful execution of projects.
- Adhere to QA/QC standards and support high-quality project delivery.
Analysis, Reporting & Strategy Support
- Analyze data to identify insights and trends that inform strategic and operational decisions.
- Prepare detailed reports, presentations, and documentation to communicate findings and recommendations to clients.
- Support current-state assessments and development of future-state strategies.
- Support the design and implementation of transformation initiatives, including process improvements, technology adoption, and organizational change.
Client Engagement & Relationship Support
- Assist, and occasionally lead, facilitation of client meetings and workshops to gather information, present findings, and discuss recommendations.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships to support engagement success and client satisfaction.
- Provide training and support to clients on new processes, tools, and methodologies.
Team, Business Development & Knowledge Contribution
- Assist project leaders with business development activities, including proposal development, project planning, and budgeting.
- Mentor and support analysts and less experienced team members.
- Support company initiatives and contribute to internal knowledge development.
- Stay informed on industry technologies, leading practices, and emerging trends to support thought leadership.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, finance, accounting or related degree from an accredited program and 3 years of relevant experience required.
- Prior experience associated with critical infrastructure operations and planning or consulting.
- Strong attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment.
- Demonstrated leadership skills.
- Proven ability to lead, educate, and train a team of consultants and analysts in management consulting frameworks.
- Ability to independently solve difficult problems that require adaptation and modification of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Demonstrated critical thinking skills.
- Ability to perform under pressure and tight deadlines and to be effective in on-site work environments.
- Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently, including identification of critical path items to ensure deliverable deadlines are met.
- Ability to focus on the big picture to effectively and efficiently provide services that meet client needs, while also having the ability to identify and analyze details that are critical to project outcomes.
- Willingness to learn new service offerings as client needs and the market requires changes to the service offerings provided by our group.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PPT).
This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.
EEO/Disabled/Veterans
Job Engineering
Primary Location US-MO-Kansas City
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
About 1898 & Co. 1898 & Co. is a business, technology and security solutions consultancy where experience and foresight come together to unlock lasting advancements. We innovate today to fuel our clients’ future growth, catalyzing insights that drive smarter decisions, improve performance and maximize value. As part of Burns & McDonnell, we draw on more than 120 years of deep and broad experience in complex industries as we envision and enable the future for our clients.
Req ID: 265293
Job Hire Type Experienced #LI-EH #E98 N/A
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Business Transformation Consultant
Frame your degree as directly related
USCIS scrutinizes whether your degree field ties directly to transformation consulting. A general business degree often passes, but an unrelated field like fine arts requires a bridge argument. Build a written narrative connecting your coursework to strategy, process improvement, or organizational design before applying.
Target companies with active LCA filing history
Use Migrate Mate to identify employers who have filed Labor Condition Applications for consulting and transformation roles. Past LCA activity confirms a company understands sponsorship mechanics, which shortens the offer-to-filing timeline significantly for you.
Distinguish your role from staffing-agency placements
Business transformation work often involves client sites, which can trigger third-party placement scrutiny during H-1B adjudication. Document that your employer controls your day-to-day work and sets deliverables, not the client. This evidence directly reduces Request for Evidence risk.
Verify your prevailing wage tier before negotiating
Run your offer against the OFLC Wage Search using the correct SOC category for management consulting before salary negotiations close. The LCA must certify wages at or above the prevailing level, so knowing the threshold prevents a last-minute filing delay if the offer comes in low.
Prepare for specialty occupation RFEs with job duty evidence
USCIS frequently issues Requests for Evidence on consulting roles, arguing the work doesn't require a specific degree. Counter this upfront with an employer letter detailing which analytical, systems, or financial duties require degree-level knowledge, not general business judgment.
Use E-3 status to skip the lottery entirely if you hold Australian citizenship
Australian nationals can apply for E-3 status directly at a U.S. consulate once the employer files a certified LCA. There's no annual lottery, the cap of 10,500 has never been exhausted, and you can renew every two years without limitation while employed in a qualifying role.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Business Transformation Consultant role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, but the employer must demonstrate the role requires a bachelor's degree in a specific field, not just any degree. Transformation consulting roles grounded in process engineering, organizational design, or financial modeling pass this test most reliably. Generalist roles described as requiring any business background attract more USCIS scrutiny and have a higher Request for Evidence rate.
Which visa types are available to foreign nationals seeking sponsorship as a Business Transformation Consultant?
H-1B is the most common path and requires an annual lottery selection. Australian citizens can pursue the E-3 visa, which skips the lottery and renews indefinitely. TN visa status is available to Canadian and Mexican nationals, but management consulting is not explicitly listed on the USMCA profession list, so TN eligibility depends on how the specific role is classified. Green card sponsorship via EB-2 or EB-3 is also possible after initial nonimmigrant status is established.
What degree does an employer typically require to sponsor a Business Transformation Consultant?
Most sponsoring employers specify a bachelor's degree in business administration, management information systems, industrial engineering, or a closely related field. The degree-to-job alignment must satisfy the LCA specialty occupation definition. If your degree is in an adjacent field, supplemental coursework or a professional credential like an MBA can help establish the connection USCIS expects to see.
How do I find employers who actively sponsor Business Transformation Consultant roles?
Migrate Mate lists employers with verified sponsorship history for consulting and transformation roles, so you can focus your applications on companies that have already navigated the process. Filtering by role type and location lets you prioritize outreach to organizations where sponsorship is an established practice rather than an unknown quantity.
Can a consulting firm sponsor me if I'll be working at a client site?
Yes, but the sponsoring employer must demonstrate it controls your work, not the client. USCIS applies a right-to-control test for third-party placement situations. Your employer should retain authority over your assignments, performance reviews, and daily direction. Documentation showing this control, such as a master services agreement or an internal reporting structure, strengthens the petition and reduces the chance of an RFE on employer-employee relationship grounds.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Business Transformation Consultant jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.