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Are you commercially minded, financially astute and ready to influence the cost foundations of one of the UK s most complex infrastructure programmes? Do you thrive in environments where long-term strategy meets real-world operational detail? Salary: £79,863.60 to £99,819.20 package
Location: London (3 days per week in the office)
Closing date: 8 December 2025 I am recruiting an Operating Cost and Value Lead for a major UK infrastructure programme. You will sit at the heart of commercial operations, developing and owning the operational cost baseline and ensuring long-term value is understood, controlled and well governed. This could suit someone from a public sector, transport, energy or major infrastructure background who wants to step into a visible, influential role. About you: You will be comfortable working with both the business end of numbers and the strategic context they sit within. The ideal background is likely to include: - 5 10 years experience in one or more of the following:
- Public sector or regulated infrastructure (rail, wider transport, energy, utilities, national highways, nuclear or similar).
- Train operating companies or transport operators, particularly with bid modelling, revenue and operating cost projections.
- Multi-disciplinary or major consultancy with project costing, operational cost or investment analysis focus.
- Cost accountant, senior investment analyst, commercial manager or portfolio manager roles in complex organisations.
- Strong financial literacy with proven experience building and interrogating complex models in Excel, including IRR and scenario analysis.
- Experience contributing to or developing business cases in complex, political environments.
- Proven ability to challenge assumptions constructively and own the numbers in front of senior stakeholders.
- Comfortable dealing with long-term generalisations alongside the need for short-term accuracy and defensible detail.
Desirable: - Rail or major transport project experience.
- Background in strategy, sponsorship, regulatory or commercial teams.
- Understanding of whole-life cost modelling and operational readiness.
- Familiarity with major project or contract environments (e.g. NEC) is helpful but not essential.
This role could be a strong step up for someone with a solid analytical and commercial background who wants to move into a central, influential position on a nationally significant programme with a decade or more of delivery still ahead.
If the experience aligns and you'd like to discuss the role in more detail, please get in touch: - (url removed)
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