Associate Director

Our client is looking for an Associate Director for their Birmingham office. This is a leading consultancy that is offering a fantastic chance for you to lead their team.

The successful candidate will be experienced at managing large multi-disciplinary tender proposals and will be responsible for identifying opportunities for new work with existing sector within the team, client and colleagues across the company.

What’s on offer:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private medical insurance
• 23 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays
• A flexible benefits programme including the option to buy additional holidays
• Staff are supported to achieve professional qualification with ICE or IStructE.

The role:

• The development and/or implementation of plans for the longer-term benefit to the of the team in line with business strategy.
• The recruitment, appraisal, performance, development, morale and motivation of the team.
• Financial performance in specified areas. (e.g. healthy profit / cash flow)
• Procuring work (Negotiating significant contracts/agreements with customers and or suppliers)
• Accountable for meeting agreed deadlines
• Responsible and accountable for client relations (internal and/or external)
• Represents Meinhardt and/or the industry/profession at high levels nationally and internationally, e.g. government think tanks, national policy and international conferences
• Executes responsibilities as outlined in the firm’s Management System
• External marketing (out of hours where required) in the interest of securing new work
• Contributes to the development of the business strategy.
• The overall design and/or management of large, complex, long-term projects (technical or business) – coordinating many different people/facilities/resources etc within tight time and budget constraints.
• Predicting and planning future resources.
• Promoting learning from successes and problems within the group and across the firm.
• Negotiating major contracts with customers/clients and/or suppliers/contractors.
• Setting and meeting agreed budgets; has input to the overall business operating plan.

What you need to succeed:

• Drainage design to schemes in an Urban or Greenfield setting including sustainable urban drainage and hydraulic modelling.
• Familiar with Section 102 and 104 adoptions, 106 connection application and 185 diversion work.
• Negotiating with Statutory bodies including The Environment Agency on hydraulic matters
• pertaining to the development.
• Detailed experience in compiling Code for Sustainable Homes, Breeam and CEEQUAL code assessments.

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