Job Description

Our Highways team is involved in some of the UK’s most high profile, complex and stimulating projects that are diverse and technically demanding. We have an enviable reputation in the delivery of some of the UK’s and indeed the world’s most prestigious and challenging projects.

Our current client portfolio includes the Department of Transport, Transport Scotland, Highways England, Transport for London, Borough Councils, Civil Engineering Contractors and International Governments, for whom we undertake the planning, design and supervision of civil engineering and transport solutions to exceed our client’s requirements.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Technical Director you will take on a key role within the sector/discipline, winning work, providing leadership, technical advice and leading by example where appropriate.

You will be required to effectively manage projects (or components of projects) meeting budgetary, quality, safety and timeframe targets, while exceeding client expectations, promote and market all facets of comany's services during interfaces with clients, other sectors/disciplines and externally at seminars and conferences and build and consolidate networks within the industry.

Responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

• Providing input into the sector strategy/ business plans, as required, and contributing towards its achievement.
• Communicating with team members to ensure that they understand, and become engaged with, sector/discipline business plans.
• Proactively managing selected projects (or components of projects), taking responsibility for resource allocation, managing subcontractors, managing the production of analysis and design (including drawings and reports), ensuring the integrity of the overall design (in collaboration with other design disciplines), quality assurance and client feedback.
• Liaising with the Project Manager or Director and the client to keep informed of all developments, changes/modifications associated with the project.
• Identifying opportunities and driving implementation of re-engineering strategies to maximize the profitability of design components.
• Gaining a good understanding of the background of the client’s business and industry to facilitate building effective and enduring relationships and consolidating both company and personal credibility in the industry.
• Providing leadership, direction and technical advice to project team members, taking a proactive role in developing team members to their full potential, leading by example to achieve sector/divisional goals and championing a quality, innovative and entrepreneurial culture.
• Being familiar with, and compliant with, relevant H & S regulations and to promote a culture of awareness within the team.
• Performing other duties and responsibilities as required from time to time by your manager.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Demonstrable post-graduate experience, including supervising aspects of a project of significant scale, application of standards. Experience, including supervising aspects of a project of significant scale, application of standards. Good motivation, influencing, people management and delegation skills Ability to think in an innovative and entrepreneurial manner with good understanding of commercial aspects of a project.