Operating Model Consultant (Transport / Energy & Utilities)

Energy, utilities, and transport are at the forefront of global transformation. From accelerating the shift to net zero and building resilient infrastructure, to reimagining how people and goods move, these sectors face complex challenges and extraordinary opportunities. Digital innovation, clean mobility, and integrated networks are reshaping the way we power and connect the world. To thrive, organisations need fresh thinking and bold strategies—this is where you come in. As part of our team, you’ll help design future operating models that enable these industries to adapt, innovate, and lead.

You will work collaboratively with a diverse team of experts to support clients to design strategies, operating structures and solutions that address their most pressing challenges. You will deliver projects that require a wide range of skills, from strategic design; through business analysis and organisational design; to programme definition and design coherence. You will work in blended teams, partnering with specialists from across the breadth of PA.

The ideal candidate will be able to apply a design thinking mindset, tools and approaches to help resolve a range of complex and societally meaningful client challenges. You will have a key interest in collaborating with leading transport and energy & utility client organisations who are driving major capital and infrastructure programmes, as well as those focused on optimising asset management and operational performance. You will have strong analytical skills and also be able to apply more creative and abstract thinking to help develop ingenious solutions. As a client facing role, you will be expected to engage and present to clients and therefore will be a strong communicator (verbal and written), being able to communicate recommendations and insights from operational to C-suite level.

You will have opportunity to:

• Work on many of the biggest issues facing the UK, helping build secure societies that work for everyone.
• Gain exposure to deep experts in both transport and energy & utility sectors, learning from and building on their experience.
• Develop your business design skillset, through a structured and experiential learning pathway.
• Contribute to the growth and evolution of our team, through participatory and federated leadership.

Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week. However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on a client site.