Manager, Infrastructure and Change, People Consulting UK

EY; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking a Manager in Sustainable Infrastructure and Change to lead and deliver complex transformation programmes across Government, Transport, Energy and Utilities sectors. You will manage client relationships, design organisations for change, and drive workforce strategy while delivering social value and sustainable outcomes.

Join EY London/UK offices to contribute to a growing practice, shape transformation journeys, and mentor junior staff in a dynamic, globally connected environment.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification or experience.
• Minimum 5 years experience within the infrastructure sector, with experience in business change, organisation design or workforce planning.
• Experience leading end-to-end change or organisational design on transformation programmes with delivery and client management responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage EY teams to develop and implement solutions for infrastructure transformation projects.
• Independently analyse complex problems and present solutions to clients and the wider team.
• Structure and manage transformation programmes, including leading change workstreams.
• Manage project commercials, risks and issues.
• Deliver presentations and lead client meetings and workshops with senior clients.
• Maintain relationships with senior client stakeholders and drive alignment to solutions.
• Identify future opportunities within the client or broader infrastructure sector.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and guidance to junior staff.
• Contribute to business development with innovative proposals.
• Contribute to internal practice development within the infrastructure market.

Skills

Change management

Organisation design

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Project management

Education

Degree level or equivalent qualification

Job description

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.

We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join EY and help to build a better working world.

Manager: Sustainable Infrastructure and Change, EY People Consulting UK

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, and something that spans multiple sectors and competencies. We are focused on growing our sustainable infrastructure programme focus and large‑scale transformation delivery across our wide range of clients within a variety of sectors, including Government, Transport, Energy and Utilities, Housing and Telecommunications. We want people who are passionate about sustainability and climate change and who are keen to help clients realise decarbonization and energy transition ambitions.

We are looking to grow our overall presence across the infrastructure sector and be involved in the design, development and delivery of significant programmes under the recently published UK Infrastructure 10 Year Strategy.

We are seeking Manager level consultants with experience in leading business change and organisational design in Infrastructure. As a Manager, you will be a leader in a client facing team, working with leading organisations on the most complex transformation programmes to deliver better business, environmental and people outcomes for long‑lasting results. Now more than ever, clients want to understand how change affects their people. As part of the team, you will be skilled at helping clients take a ‘human centred’ approach to achieve successful transformation. Using the latest innovations, you will partner with clients on their biggest challenges to find people‑centric solutions that work for their organisation – from implementing culture, technology and people change to communication strategies and leadership development.

Joining Infrastructure in 2026 as a Manager gives the right candidate the opportunity to be involved in our exciting growth journey, providing opportunities to deliver transformative work that is absolutely delivering social value, a more sustainable future, and helping to deliver our commitment to building a better working world.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Management of EY teams to develop and implement solutions to help enable the successful delivery of Infrastructure transformation projects
• Independently analysing complex problemsandpresenting solutionsto clients and the wider team
• Structuring and managing projectsfor transformation programmes, including shaping and leading change workstreams or smaller change engagements and projects
• Managing projectcommercials, risks and issues
• Delivering presentations and leading client meetings and workshops with senior clients to provide recommendations and solutions to their problems
• Management of client stakeholders to achieve alignment and buy-in to a solution or particular direction
• Owning and fostering trusted relationships with senior clients that contribute to enhancing EY’s brand and reputation
• Identifying future opportunities within the client or broader Infrastructure sector
• Providing leadership, training, coaching, and guidance to junior staff
• Contributing to business development, using knowledge of the Infrastructure market to draft innovative proposals
• Contributing to internal practice development, around the Infrastructure market in general but also within change and our Workforce Advisory Practice
• Contributing to EY’s positioning across the UK (and global) infrastructure market, through an active social media presence, and thought leadership development

Skills And Attributes For Success

• A strong understanding of, and interest in, the UK Infrastructure sector including HMG commitments such as National Infrastructure Strategy and Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution.
• Knowledge of sustainability and climate change challenges across industries
• Knowledge of one or more of the following sectors: Energy, Government, Transport, Power and Utilities
• Experience working in industry, government or a management consultancy environment
• Ability to analyse data and deliver insightful, practical solutions
• Experience of managing teams, including internal staff, clients and wider stakeholders
• Experience of delivering presentations to senior audiences
• Skills and experience in Portfolio, Programme and Project Management
• Strong commercial acumen
• Experience of working within both traditional and agile project environments
• The confidence to build lasting relationships and influence senior colleagues and clients in leading roles

To qualify for the role, you will need:

• This role is available in our EY London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds or Glasgow offices
• Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification or experience
• Minimum 5 years 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 of leading end to end change or organisational design on projects or workstreams on transformation programmes, with responsibility for delivery, client management, senior business lead management, commercials, leading a team.

Ideally, you will also have:

• Experience of working on large scale digitally enabled infrastructure programmes
• An ability to adaptand learn in an innovative environment
• An understanding on how Agentic AI can add value to businesses and the Infrastructure sector

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