Associate​/Associate Director Civil Engineer; Development

Position: Associate / Associate Director Civil Engineer (Development)

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Job Description

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.

A Little More About Your Role…

As an Associate or Associate Director based out of our Southampton 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 design projects both in the - UK and overseas
• Act as Project Director or 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 achieving sustainable 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 within 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. Some Of The Multi-disciplinary Services We Provide That You Will Help Deliver Include

• Civil engineering, highways design and earthworks strategies
• Utilities, energy planning and coordination
• Drainage, flood risk and SuDS
• 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…

• A BEng / BSc (Hon) 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. Drainage, utilities and highway engineering experience
• 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…