Consultant, Strategy & Transformation in London

Join a global professional services leader, committed to solving the world’s biggest challenges across energy, transport, utilities and urbanisation. GHD is one of the world’s leading professional services companies operating in the global markets of water, energy and resources, environment, property and buildings, and transportation. Privately owned by our people, GHD provides engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services to private and public sector clients across five continents. Focused on creating lasting community benefit, our connected global network of over 12,000 people delivers projects with high standards of safety, quality and ethics.

The Role

In this role, you will contribute to advisory and consulting projects that help clients define strategy, plan investment, improve performance and develop practical pathways to decarbonisation. This is a client-facing delivery role suited to someone with clear experience in consulting, advisory, policy, infrastructure, energy, utilities, sustainability or a related field, who is looking to build sector depth, consulting skills and commercial confidence within a growing Energy Transition advisory team. You will support project delivery through research, analysis, stakeholder engagement and the preparation of high-quality client materials. Working alongside senior colleagues and technical specialists, you will help develop clear, evidence-based recommendations that support clients in navigating the commercial, regulatory, operational and delivery challenges of the UK energy transition.

Key Responsibilities

• Support defined work packages across energy transition strategy, commercial advisory, decarbonisation planning and transformation.
• Undertake research, analysis, benchmarking and stakeholder engagement to help develop clear, evidence-based recommendations.
• Contribute to high-quality client deliverables, including reports, presentations, options assessments, business cases and implementation plans.
• Support project management activities, including planning tasks, tracking progress, managing actions and contributing to quality control.
• Work with client teams and internal specialists to gather insight, test findings and support practical implementation.
• Contribute to proposals, market insight, capability development and knowledge sharing across the Commercial Advisory business.
• Collaborate with colleagues across advisory, engineering, environment, digital and project delivery teams to support integrated solutions for clients.

Key Skills & Experience

• Typically around 3–6 years’ relevant experience in consulting, advisory, strategy, policy, infrastructure, energy, utilities, sustainability or a related field.
• Experience supporting client-facing projects, ideally within UK energy, infrastructure, utilities, public sector, regulated markets or asset-intensive organisations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and structured thinking skills, with the ability to turn information into clear insight.
• An interest in the UK energy transition and the commercial, regulatory, operational and delivery issues shaping the sector.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to contribute to clear client-facing materials.
• Confidence working with data, research, stakeholder input and qualitative evidence to support project findings.
• A collaborative working style, curiosity, attention to detail and a practical mindset focused on client outcomes.
• A willingness to learn from senior colleagues while taking ownership of tasks and contributing actively to project delivery.

Why Join GHD?

GHD is a global professional services company committed to solving the world’s biggest challenges in water, energy and urbanisation. As part of our growing Advisory business, you’ll work on meaningful projects with the potential to shape more sustainable, resilient and affordable energy systems. You will be part of an employee-owned business with access to multidisciplinary expertise, global networks and a culture that values collaboration, practical problem-solving and long-term impact.

This is an opportunity to develop your consulting career within a growing Energy Transition advisory capability, working alongside experienced consultants, engineers, environmental specialists, digital teams and project delivery professionals. You will gain exposure to complex client challenges while continuing to build your technical understanding, commercial awareness and consulting toolkit.

Our Commitment to you

Commitment is a powerful word that defines how we do business, how we serve our clients and how we care for one another. We will support your needs by giving you the tools to do your best work and then recognise your achievements. We will set your curiosity free to allow brilliant minds to do their best work. We will invest in new ideas, removing barriers where we can. Finally, we will encourage you to collaborate with thousands of diverse people across our global business.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion lies at the heart of our team culture. We operate a flat intellectual hierarchy meaning every voice is heard and has genuine influence. We believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, and experience, and we recognise the value this brings our collective team approach to solving challenging client problems.

Inclusion is hugely important to us, and we want to ensure every team member can balance work around their unique personal circumstances. In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a wider variety of benefits to support you, including 25 days paid leave with opportunity to purchase additional leave, matched pension contributions and family-friendly flexible working. We will advocate for your profession development and provide access to formal education through the GHD Business School and practical application through technical delivery. We actively promote inclusion and equity focussed initiatives, with the example of our STEMAZING partnership, which offers STEM outreach programmes for women.

Working Location

GHD operates a Hybrid Working Standard across the Enterprise, with a minimum of three days per week at a GHD office. There is a preference for this role to be based in GHD’s London office, although we also have a number of other offices across the UK.