Associate ​/ Associate Director (Highways

Position: Associate / Associate Director (Highways)
Around the world, SYSTRA’s specialists plan, design, integrate, test, commission, project manage and deliver mass transit and mobility solutions that are relied on by more than 50 million people every day.

For more than 60 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure with sustainability, accessibility and innovation at the heart of our designs. With over 10,300 colleagues globally and around 1000 in the UK & Ireland we are growing significantly and seeking out the very best talent to join the SYSTRA signature team and be part of leading the way in infrastructure design.

Context Building upon the continued success of infrastructure projects being delivered in the UK, the team are now looking for someone at either an Associate or Associate Director level to help advance the engineering design capability, develop strong client relationships in the public and private sector and grow the infrastructure team. The role is based in Birmingham with extensive opportunity to balance office based, collaborative working with the flexibility to work from home.

The successful candidate will support the delivery of a wide range of multi-disciplinary traffic, highways, and infrastructure projects for public and private sector clients across the UK, including preliminary and detailed design for active travel projects, bus priority schemes, urban traffic management schemes and public realm enhancement projects.

It is essential the candidate can project manage and technically lead on schemes.

Missions/Main Duties Function as Project Manager/Director for development & transport infrastructure design projects across the business,Project Manage schemes with control over project budgets

Manage staff in the preparation of outline, preliminary and detailed design projects.

Client facing and lead a team of Engineers to deliver projects on time and to budget.

Oversee teams in the preparation of contract documents, tendering process, and construction phase of projects

Ensure work produced is technically accurate and delivered in accordance with the appropriate standards

Manage the production of scheme deliverables

Review technical documents and reports and assist in the preparation of expressions of interest and tenders

Staff development and mentoring

Ensure compliance with relevant health, safety, and environmental legislation

Consult with Sector Directors across D&I and the wider business to identify and secure opportunities

Profile/SkillsA relevant degree qualification with substantial experience working for a Design Consultancy.

Chartered Engineer ICE or CIHTThe ability to form constructive, lasting relationships with clients and professional partners

Understand the process and drive the provision of highway design and engineering services for developments/active travel projects

Successful record in Project Management, supporting clients through the tendering & award processA background of detailed Highway Design preferably using industry leading design software.

Experience of leading infrastructure development teams

Engineering management of major transport infrastructure projects

Technical co-ordination and integration of multi-discipline design inputs

Preparation of preliminary and detailed design for highways, drainage, and infrastructure projects.

Ideally, demonstrable experience in active travel projects, bus priority schemes, urban traffic management schemes or public realm enhancement projects.

Mentoring staff and developing engineering capabilities across the business

Support the Sector Director and the Infrastructure Resource manager to deliver D&I projects across consultancy#LI-DB1

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