Associate/Associate Director Highways Engineer - Development

A little more about your role…

As an Associate or Associate Director based out of our Manchester 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. You will use those attributes to lead design teams and to mentor and support junior team members.

In this role your responsibilities will include:

• Technical leadership of a variety of civil engineering and highway design projects both in the UK and overseas
• Act as a Project Manager on a wide range of projects, undertaking project reviews to optimise solutions and co-ordinate multi-disciplinary inputs
• Managing resources at project level and managing people within the local team
• Agreeing fees and managing the commercial position on projects
• Leading a culture of technical review and challenge
• Developing client relationships and helping them to achieve sustainable goals and future proof developments 
• Leading and contributing to tenders/ bids
• Supervision and mentoring of junior members of the team
• Support our lead for the Region and local Office Place Lead, along with the wider Development team and WSP with leadership & business development 

• Work collaboratively with the Development team and our colleagues in the wider Planning and Development team and the wider WSP business to achieve our aims and objectives. 

The Development Team is a well-established and high performing part of the Planning and Development discipline which includes over 800 colleagues focused on project delivery through the whole project life cycle, from initial land acquisition, planning support and design, through to scheme implementation and handover.

Our vision is to be recognised as the best Development team in the industry. We strive to achieve this through continuous improvement and a management structure comprising of four pillars, namely; Technical Excellence, People, Clients and Operational Excellence.

We help our clients to promote, implement and manage sustainable development, from pre-feasibility through to planning consent; establish plans and provision for how an area, its accessibility, and needs, will develop over time and guide sustainable future development; and develop multi-disciplinary design from concept through to detailed design and construction.

We work with public/private sector land promoters and house builders, developers, signature architects, Government, and local authorities. The multi-disciplinary service we provide that you will help deliver predominantly involves civil engineering and highways design.

We also provide other multidisciplinary services, therefore aligned experience would be beneficial:

• Utilities, energy planning and coordination
• Drainage, flood risk and SuDS
• Earthworks strategies
• Site appraisal, due diligence, and strategic planning advice.

We have a strong track record working closely with our clients and this role provides a great opportunity to have a pivotal role within Development and help support and steer its growth going forward.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

• MEng / BEng / BSc (Hons) in Civil Engineering or other relevant qualification with experience in managing development projects.
• Have a Chartered/Incorporated professional qualification of a relevant professional body (desirable).
• A broad range of project experience, both within civil engineering discipline and multi-disciplinary projects, focusing on highways.
• Working knowledge of industry design standards such as DMRB, Specification for Highway Works, Local Authority highway design guidelines and Manual for Streets.
• AutoCAD / Civils 3D experience, or similar software, with 2D drawing and 3D modelling capability.
• Proven track record in project management and financial control;
• Commercial and strategic capability with a demonstrable track record in having identified and subsequently delivered new business opportunities.
• Inter-personal skills with leadership and management abilities capable of communicating effectively with all parts of the business.
• Expert stakeholder management and related relationship and team management skills.
• Demonstrate ability to 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.
• Passion for mentoring and developing talent.
• Actively champion sharing knowledge, ideas and intelligence. 
• 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 professional relationships with relevant groups both inside and outside the organisation.
• Preferably able to obtain UK vetting level of Security Check (SC)