Head of Infrastructure

Contract type/Duration: Permanent  

Working hours Full time (9day Fortnight companywide)

Band: 4.1

Salary: £68,890 to £79,386 (depending on office location and proven ability)

Reports to: Director of Built Environment 

Location: Milton Keynes or London  (minimum of two days a week in the office. You can do more than two days if preferable)

Closing date: 10am, 6th  of May 2026



The Role

The Head of Infrastructure will lead our emerging Infrastructure team within the Built Environment Directorate at an exciting time for infrastructure in the UK. You will deliver impact across UK infrastructure sectors by shaping and driving strategic innovation, enabling adoption at scale, and improving carbon, productivity and safety outcomes across infrastructure systems.  

CPC is well established in the transport sector. Building on our reputation and partnerships with I3P (the Infrastructure Industry Innovation Partnership) this role will develop our position across infrastructure sectors including utilities, energy, water, and transport advancing integrated approaches to sector wide challenges. We are collaborative by nature and believe that the most effective way to deliver impact is through collaborative innovation. Working across sectors with government, major infrastructure clients, regulators, investors, and the wider innovation ecosystem reduces duplication, shares risk and accelerates adoption of solutions to common challenges. 

You will set the direction, secure and deliver high-value work. You will build CPC’s reputation as a trusted partner to infrastructure owners, operators, government and regulators. You will lead, coach, and grow a high-performing team, foster a collaborative and inclusive culture, and drive continuous improvement in service delivery and professional standards. You will oversee complex multi-partner programmes, provide senior responsible oversight, and ensure CPC is positioned to win, deliver, and grow.  

You will need a deep understanding of the systemic and organisational barriers limiting innovation adoption in infrastructure, including commercial, regulatory, and assurance challenges. You will also need a clear understanding of the constraints and opportunities of cross sector collaboration. You will bring insight into state-of-the-art technologies, tools, and approaches, and work with the market to demonstrate, de-risk, and enable adoption in practice. Accelerating innovation adoption and scaling supports CPC’s mission to transform infrastructure challenges into opportunities for innovative businesses 

The role demands extensive sector expertise across the infrastructure value chain, with particular emphasis on utilities, energy, water, and transport sectors. You will build and sustain strategic partnerships with infrastructure clients, regulators, investors, and government, and be recognised as a thought leader in national forums. Experience working with or for major public infrastructure clients, hands-on delivery of major capital programmes are highly valued. Demonstrated experience in establishing strategic partnerships, leading business development, and successfully securing new business is essential.