Associate ​/ Associate Director - Flood Risk & Drainage

Flexible
-Ideally London or Birmingham

A permanent position, with a competitive salary and excellent benefits package.

MEC is a multi-disciplinary engineering and environmental consultancy, delivering services for private and public sector projects across residential, commercial, industrial, retail, leisure, education, and healthcare. Operating nationally from offices in Leicestershire, Birmingham and Brighton, we provide expert guidance for a wide range of clients.

We are seeking an Associate / Associate Director to join and help lead our Flood Risk and Drainage discipline. The role can be based from any of our offices, but will ideally based in either London or Birmingham. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the continued growth of the team, taking responsibility for developing client relationships, leading projects, supporting and mentoring colleagues, and helping shape the future direction of the discipline.

This is a permanent position.

Whilst our core client base is within the residential development sector, we also support a broad range of commercial, infrastructure and public sector projects. With a strong pipeline of work and ambitious growth plans, we are looking for an experienced professional who can combine technical excellence with commercial awareness and a collaborative approach to leadership.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious individual looking to take the next step in their career or build on an existing leadership role. You will play an important part in developing the discipline, strengthening our client base, mentoring and developing the team, identifying new business opportunities, and working closely with colleagues across our multidisciplinary business to deliver integrated engineering solutions.

If you're passionate about delivering high-quality projects, developing people, building lasting client relationships and contributing to the growth of a successful consultancy, we'd love to hear from you.

About the role:

The Associate Director will take strategic responsibility for the Geo-Environmental discipline, leading its technical, commercial and operational performance across MEC. The role combines senior leadership, project oversight and business development, with accountability for team growth, service quality and long-term discipline development.

Title Responsibilities:

• Responsible for building and leading a team over multiple offices, acting as the ‘discipline lead.’
• Enable effective collaboration across offices to ensure consistency and high-quality delivery;
• Assist the Directors with business operations to meet the productivity and growth aspirations of the company;
• Attend meetings with clients, development teams, other disciplines and relevant third-parties;
• Deliver high service levels to clients and secure repeat business/future opportunities for the company;
• Ensure the delivery of high quality and technically accurate calculations, technical documents, reports and correspondence to clients within agreed time frames and budgets;
• Adherence to 2-stage checking procedures, in accordance with company procedures;
• Regular communication both internally and externally, obtaining feedback on performance from clients, agreeing fee proposals and timescales;
• Compliance with Designer’s responsibilities under the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015. Maintain a valid CSCS card. Working understanding of site/construction safety;
• Working nationally across the UK, including additional hours if necessary, to supervise site works and attend meetings and events to enable the delivery of all responsibilities.

Project Management Responsibilities:

• Management of projects across a range of sectors and, where instructed by a Director, across multiple disciplines;
• Effective management to company standards including administration, client liaison, quality, fee proposals, budgeting, resource management, team briefing and invoicing;
• Management of clients and projects, including regular communication, attendance at meetings, obtaining feedback on performance, agreeing fee proposals and timescales;
• Monthly invoicing and Work in Progress (WIP) management;
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