Associate Director (Highways) - Cambridge

We have an exciting opportunity for an Associate Highways Engineer to join one of the world's most prestigious and major names in multi-disciplinary engineering services.

The transportation team in their Cambridge office covers all aspects of multidisciplinary design and management, from inception and options appraisal through to detailed design and delivery/construction support.

Key responsibilities:

• Be the recognised Leader of the sub regional area, successfully delivering Client objectives and meeting internal performance and commercial targets.
• Be the recognised delivery lead for Clients, providing knowledge, resources and being the first point of contact for escalation of issues and opportunities relating to delivery of services,
• Ensure compliance with our internal technical and commercial governance processes,
• Assemble and guide multidisciplinary teams (using local, national and international resources) to deliver Client and business objectives, meeting all agreed internal performance targets,
• Head a diverse portfolio of projects at any stage of the project development life cycle as Project Director or Project Manager,
• Provide guidance and leadership, ensuring the rigorous application of quality and governance processes,
• Embrace collaborative working and help to drive efficiency utilising existing and emerging technology and embedding new initiatives so that they become business as usual,
• Be an ambassador for driving continuous improvement and innovation, sharing knowledge and lessons learnt across the wider business,
• Be a line manager, role model and mentor for staff, being proactive in their career development and expanding the capabilities of the practice though continual upskilling.
• Support/prepare competitive bids and promote the company capabilities in the strategic highways and local transport markets.

Requirements:

• A member of an appropriate professional body (APM, ICE, RICS ) or equivalent demonstrable experience in an appropriate industry sector,
• Can demonstrate experience of building effective, functional networks to enhance capability/capacity and create growth opportunities,
• Can demonstrate experience of strong and sustainable relationships with Clients, based on understanding their requirements/aspirations, and working effectively with them to achieve their objectives,
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills,
• Highly developed interpersonal and supervisory skills with proven ability to build and motivate teams,
• Strong presentation, negotiating and influencing skills,
• A pro-active decision maker with a confident, proficient operating style and an ability to deal easily with cultural diversity,
• A disciplined thinker with an analytical, numerate approach to problem solving, who has strategic judgement and the capacity to think complex issues through to develop effective solutions in a timely fashion,
• Resourceful, articulate and a clear communicator who can influence others through the use of sound judgement,
• Able to demonstrate experience of successfully operating within a target driven environment with an ability to work under pressure.

The successful Associate Director will be rewarded with a competitive salary, generous benefits package and a varied, challenging role. An added benefit of this role is that our client encourages an agile working approach with the opportunity for both flexible and remote working to suit individual needs.

If you would like to know more, please send an updated CV to Graham Ventham to be considered.