Associate Director

About the company:

Award-winning civil and structural engineering consultancy with offices across the East Midlands and projects across the UK. Its teams design schemes in affordable housing, commercial, education, healthcare, industrial, leisure, rail and retail.

The role:

The Associate Director owns the technical quality, commercial performance and growth of the Leicester civil team. You will lead a portfolio of projects from feasibility through to adoption, and look after key client relationships.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead and contribute to multi-disciplinary projects, managing design of highways, drainage, and external works.
• Engage with planning authorities, statutory undertakers, and national bodies to shape solutions that work for all.
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients, understanding their unique needs and building long-term relationships.
• Mentor and support junior engineers, helping the next generation of talent grow and thrive.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and sign off civil and structural design, including drainage strategies, SuDS, flood risk assessments, external works and foundations
• Oversee Section 38, Section 104 and Section 278 adoption works through technical approval with local authorities and water companies
• Carry technical responsibility for projects of all sizes, up to multi-million-pound schemes, across residential, industrial, commercial and public sectors
• Set and uphold QA, CDM (designer duties) and BIM Level 2 standards across the team

Essential

• A degree in civil or structural engineering, and Chartered status (CEng) with the ICE or IStructE
• 10+ years' UK consultancy experience, including time at Principal or Associate level
• Deep expertise in development civils (roads, levels, drainage, SuDS and adoptions) from concept through to delivery
• A track record of leading and developing engineering teams
• Strong commercial awareness, with experience managing fees, budgets and project finances
• Established client relationships and a record of winning work
• A good command of Civil 3D, AutoCAD and MicroDrainage or InfoDrainage, and confidence picking up new tools

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