Transformation Delivery Lead – Major Infrastructure Programme Full Time NEW

City, Sheffield
Pontoon

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Job Title: Transformation Delivery Lead – Major Infrastructure Programme

Location: Sheffield (2 days per week onsite) / Hybrid

Contract: 6 months initial (strong likelihood of extension)

Sector: Energy / Utilities / Infrastructure

Overview

We are supporting a major UK infrastructure organisation delivering a large-scale capital upgrade programme aligned to national net-zero objectives. The programme focuses on ground-based infrastructure and site equipment (e.g. transformers, shunters, and associated assets) delivered across multiple locations at pace.

The Transformation Delivery Lead will play a critical, hands-on role in establishing new delivery capability, embedding new construction and supply chain processes, and ensuring high-volume delivery across a complex portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate delivery across a high-volume infrastructure portfolio (50+ units per year) spanning design, installation, commissioning and handover.
• Build delivery capability from the ground up, establishing new teams, processes, and governance frameworks where limited structure currently exists.
• Design and embed new construction behaviours, delivery processes and supplier engagement models to support accelerated delivery.
• Act as a central point of coordination across internal stakeholders, contractors, and supply chain partners.
• Support and participate in face-to-face engagement sessions with regional teams and suppliers to clearly communicate delivery scope, priorities, and constraints.
• Work closely with suppliers to centralise delivery data, milestones, and workbooks, improving transparency and control over project progress.
• Support the implementation of a new front-end delivery system, shifting ownership of milestone data from suppliers to the client organisation.
• Maintain oversight of risks, issues, dependencies, and delivery performance within a safety-critical construction environment.

Required Experience

Essential

• Strong hands-on delivery background within construction, engineering, infrastructure, logistics, or materials-led environments.
• Proven experience creating teams and embedding new processes
• Direct experience working with construction and engineering supply chains, including contractors and site-based delivery teams.
• Comfortable operating end-to-end across construction lifecycles, from early concept and design through to installation and commissioning.
• Able to operate as a “doer” – this role does not come with an established team and requires active, day-to-day delivery involvement.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and confidence working in fast-paced, high-pressure programmes.

Desirable

• Experience within energy, utilities, or regulated infrastructure programmes.
• Exposure to high-volume asset or unit-based delivery.
• Familiarity with delivery systems, milestone tracking tools, or construction management platforms.

Why This Role

• Opportunity to shape and deliver a nationally significant infrastructure programme supporting net-zero ambitions.
• Rare chance to build a delivery function and operating model from scratch.
• Highly visible role working closely with senior programme leadership and key suppliers.
• Fast-moving, outcome-driven environment with real delivery impact.

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