Technical Director; Roads

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

The Roads team in the London & South East Region is undergoing an exciting period of scale and growth. We have a strong pipeline of work, a new operating structure and healthy backlog. We are looking for experienced individuals to join our team with a variety of experience to help win more work, recruit talented individuals, develop local teams and deliver a portfolio of complex projects.

A little more about your role…

• Leadership – be a visible role model, working with teams, engaging with staff, supporting development, health, safety and wellbeing performance, promoting inclusion and diversity and developing strong relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Management - Your role will cover line management, team leadership, mentoring and recruitment. You will take responsibility for the utilisation of your team, working closely with the Regional Director to ensure a strong performance.
• Collaboration – promoting a One WSP ethos to facilitate the delivery of services, working with teams to identify solutions to overcome challenges and the appropriate resources to enhance service delivery.
• Client management – engaging with and building strong relationships with our clients and external stakeholders.
• Delivery – act as Project Director, taking accountability for the performance of projects in a commercial environment. Meet and exceed financial targets for projects.
• Growth – lead capture and bidding programmes for large and complex infrastructure opportunities. Develop a strong pipeline of new work.
• Provide technical leadership on projects across the London & South East and offshore teams, supporting a growing UK&I portfolio.
• Build strong relationships and provide technical leadership across all locations.
• Help shape the London & South East region through technical quality, excellence, and team development.
• Promote a collaborative culture where people share ideas, challenge safely, and improve together by driving the direction of the region with a focus on technical quality and excellence.
• Support a diverse portfolio that builds skills, mobility, and long-term resilience.
• Working directly with our clients, developing strong trusted relationships, proactively managing their expectations and comprehensively advising them.
• Work collaboratively across Roads, Transport, and Infrastructure to achieve shared goals.
• Responsible for compliance with Health & Safety and Environmental Legislation and inhouse quality assurance standards/processes.
• Support resource planning by building teams and matching people to roles.
• Take on client/ account/ framework leadership roles.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

• Broad highways experience across civil engineering and multi-disciplinary projects.
• Ability to motivate others, lead change, and foster an innovative, supportive culture.
• Commercial and strategic capability, with a track record of winning and delivering new business.
• Proactively manage change, clearly communicating impacts on programme, cost, and quality.
• Be influential and persuasive, while encouraging open dialogue and feedback.
• Proven ability to lead one or more design disciplines across relevant transport and development projects.
• Excellent client, stakeholder, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience complying with Designers’ Duties under CDM regulations.

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