This company are a Global Multi-disciplinary design consultancy who are looking to add to their Flood Risk & Drainage Team. Theywork with public/private sector land promoters and house builders, developers, signature architects, Government, and local authorities.

As an Associate Director based out of their London office, you will provide technical leadership to our design teams and will use your knowledge and skills to deliver the right quality to time and budget.

The Role:

• Overseeing and leading the development of highways, infrastructure and urban regeneration master planning projects.
• Develop and nurture excellent relationships with key clients, ensuring their needs are met and expectations exceeded.
• Display strong interpersonal and communication skills, thriving both independently and as a collaborator.
• Manage and execute projects within agreed upon timeframes and budgets.
• Leading infrastructure design across the civil engineering project portfolio.
• Extensive knowledge and experience of delivering highway & drainage design for S278 / S38 approvals under the Highways Act 1980 and S104 / S106 / S116 / S185 approvals under Water Industry Act 1991.
• Comprehensive knowledge of DMRB, MCHW, MfS, LA guides, etc and their applications.
• Excellent knowledge of AutoCAD / Civil 3D.
• Review technical reports, effectively conveying complex technical information in a clear and concise manner.
• Champion health and safety practices within the workplace and during the design process.
• Mentor and develop the skills of junior team members, fostering their professional growth.

What you need to succeed:

• Chartered Engineer, (CEng) status with the ICE or CIHT.
• Proven track record in building and maintaining strong client relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and work both independently and collaboratively.
• Strong experience in preparing and submitting S104 applications and providing drainage design support for S106 and highway work for S278 designs.
• Excellent technical reporting writing and review skills.
• Excellent inter-personal skills with good leadership and management abilities capable of communicating effectively with all parts of the business.
• Track record in securing new workstreams and generating new business opportunities in the Development sector / market.
• Strong commercial and strategic capability with a demonstrable track record in having identified and subsequently delivered new business opportunities.
• Expert stakeholder management and related relationship and team management skills.
• Demonstrate the desire to constantly improve, motivate and encourage others, lead and implement change programmes, inspiring colleagues and drive an innovative and supportive culture. Act as a catalyst for change.
• Forward thinking, capable of visualising and planning for the longer term.
• A broad range of project experience, both within Discipline and multi-disciplinary.
• Demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively, use own knowledge to support and coach others as required. Actively champion sharing knowledge, ideas and intelligence. Strong presentation skills, able to lead and facilitate workshops, training sessions and one to one learning. Influential and persuasive internally and externally, encourages open dialogue and feedback.
• Able to establish, build, sustain and share strong, professional relationships with relevant groups both inside and outside the organisation. Driven to exceed client expectations.
• Able to reason logically and apply a systematic process to finding solutions, proactive in responding to problems, able to apply sound logic in situations of ambiguity and problem-solving methodologies across a range of circumstances.

What's on offer:

• Work-life balance
• Health & Wellbeing packages
• Flexi-time
• Extensive CareerDevelopment
• Chartership Programme