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Senior Consultant: Sustainable Infrastructure and Change, People Consulting
At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself.
The UK government’s “UK Infrastructure: A 10 Year Strategy” sets out a long‑term, cross‑sector plan to drive economic growth, deliver net‑zero, and improve public services. With a £725 billion commitment, the strategy prioritises stability, private investment, and robust delivery across transport, energy, digital, water, housing, and social infrastructure. Sustainable infrastructure will play a critical role in delivering this strategy. Building a career in this sector offers diverse opportunities on some of the UK’s most transformational and iconic projects.
The Opportunity
Advising clients on their most complex sustainable infrastructure challenges is a core focus for EY, spanning multiple sectors and competencies. We are growing our sustainable infrastructure programme and large‑scale transformation delivery across a wide range of clients in Government, Transport, Energy and Utilities, Housing and Telecommunications. We want people passionate about sustainability, climate change, and who are keen to help clients realise decarbonisation and energy‑transition ambitions. We are seeking Senior Consultants with experience supporting business change and organisational design in infrastructure. As a Senior Consultant, you will work as part of a project team delivering change and transformation programmes for leading organisations across UK&I. You will support client delivery, apply structured thinking, and help clients achieve successful transformation outcomes. Joining our infrastructure practice gives the right candidate the opportunity to be involved in our exciting growth journey, providing opportunities to deliver transformative work that advances social value, a more sustainable future, and our commitment to building a better working world.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Supporting the definition of project scope, outcomes and deliverables, and delivering high‑quality work as part of a wider team
- Analysing complex organisation, workforce and change issues associated with infrastructure delivery and translating these into clear, insight‑driven recommendations
- Supporting stakeholder engagement and collaborating across EY teams
- Coordination and facilitation of client meetings and workshops
- Bringing fresh thinking and contributing ideas to enhance EY’s People Consulting service offerings
- Staying informed on Infrastructure market, technology, and people‑related trends, and sharing insights across the team
- Engaging actively in the EY Change Community and contributing to an inclusive, high‑performing team culture
- Building trusted client relationships that contribute to enhancing EY’s brand and reputation
- Providing guidance, coaching and on‑the‑job support to junior staff
- Contributing to business development activity in infrastructure, including the development of proposals in response to tender opportunities
- Supporting internal practice development across infrastructure and workforce change
- Demonstrating EY values through day‑to‑day behaviours and contributing to the EY Infrastructure community through active engagement, attending community events and driving learning & cross‑service line collaboration to create an inclusive high‑performing team culture
Skills and Attributes for Success
- An understanding of, and interest in, the UK Infrastructure sector
- Experience working in industry, government, or a management consultancy environment
- Experience contributing to change‑management approaches that improve performance, engagement, and adoption
- Ability to work at pace, managing multiple priorities and delivering well under pressure
- Comfortable working in virtual and hybrid environments
- Strong communication and internal and external (client) stakeholder engagement skills
- A collaborative mindset, particularly in supporting and developing junior colleagues
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build credibility with clients and colleagues
- Knowledge of one or more of the following sectors is preferred: Energy, Government, Transport, Power and Utilities
- Awareness of relevant technologies and their organisational implications, including ERP systems, AI, data, RPA, IoT, and people‑experience technologies
To Qualify for the Role
- This role is available in our EY London, Birmingham, Manchester or Leeds offices
- Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification or experience
- Relevant experience within the infrastructure sector, with specific experience in one or more sub‑capabilities (e.g. business change strategy development and delivery, organisation design, workforce planning)
- Experience working on business transformation or organisational change projects (in consulting or in‑house)
- Ability to support delivery of the end‑to‑end change‑management lifecycle, with previous experience in key change deliverables; change strategy & approach, change impact assessment, learning needs analysis, training approach, stakeholder engagement, communications, business readiness assessments
Ideally
- An understanding of how AI can add value to businesses and in particular the Infrastructure sector
- Experience in design and delivery of change programmes, culture, and leadership development
- Knowledge of industry and technology trends – infrastructure experience is preferred
What We Look For
- Professionals who want to work on large‑scale change programmes
- Individuals who can demonstrate real impact and bring curiosity, structure, and energy to client delivery
- People who want to grow their consulting skills and contribute to developing EY’s change capabilities
What We Offer
- Continuous learning: opportunities including monthly Lunch and Learns and dedicated infrastructure in‑person learning days to develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next
- Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way
- Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs
- Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs
EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities.
We offer a competitive remuneration package. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well‑being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.
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