Our client is looking for an Associate Director for their Birmingham office. This is a leading consultancy that is offering a fantastic chance for you to lead their team.
The successful candidate will be experienced at managing large multi-disciplinary tender proposals and will be responsible for identifying opportunities for new work with existing sector within the team, client and colleagues across the company.
What’s on offer:
- Contributory Pension Scheme
- Private medical insurance
- 23 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays
- A flexible benefits programme including the option to buy additional holidays
- Staff are supported to achieve professional qualification with ICE or IStructE.
The role:
- The development and/or implementation of plans for the longer-term benefit to the of the team in line with business strategy.
- The recruitment, appraisal, performance, development, morale and motivation of the team.
- Financial performance in specified areas. (e.g. healthy profit / cash flow)
- Procuring work (Negotiating significant contracts/agreements with customers and or suppliers)
- Accountable for meeting agreed deadlines
- Responsible and accountable for client relations (internal and/or external)
- Represents Meinhardt and/or the industry/profession at high levels nationally and internationally, e.g. government think tanks, national policy and international conferences
- Executes responsibilities as outlined in the firm’s Management System
- External marketing (out of hours where required) in the interest of securing new work
- Contributes to the development of the business strategy.
- The overall design and/or management of large, complex, long-term projects (technical or business) – coordinating many different people/facilities/resources etc within tight time and budget constraints.
- Predicting and planning future resources.
- Promoting learning from successes and problems within the group and across the firm.
- Negotiating major contracts with customers/clients and/or suppliers/contractors.
- Setting and meeting agreed budgets; has input to the overall business operating plan.
What you need to succeed:
- Drainage design to schemes in an Urban or Greenfield setting including sustainable urban drainage and hydraulic modelling.
- Familiar with Section 102 and 104 adoptions, 106 connection application and 185 diversion work.
- Negotiating with Statutory bodies including The Environment Agency on hydraulic matters
- pertaining to the development.
- Detailed experience in compiling Code for Sustainable Homes, Breeam and CEEQUAL code assessments.