Area Manager

Waterman Aspen; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

As an Area Manager at a leading consultancy, you will be pivotal in delivering engineering solutions across London and the South East. The role offers a diverse client base, career development opportunities, and exposure to various projects, all while enjoying a competitive salary and an extensive benefits package.

Benefits

Contribution to commuting mileage

Permanent health insurance

25 days annual leave plus public holidays

Company pension contribution

Salary sacrifice for additional benefits

Community volunteer day

Qualifications

• 5+ years UK experience in public, private, or third sectors.
• Self-starter with excellent business development skills.
• Demonstrable experience in managing teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop new business relationships and drive business activities.
• Manage multi-disciplinary engineering design teams.
• Control project budgets and finances.

Skills

Communication Skills

Business Development

People Management

Commercial Awareness

Project Management

Stakeholder Relationships

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You’ll get all the benefits of being employed by us, while working on a variety of projects for our clients. Joining Waterman Aspen as an Area Manager will see you as a key member of the London and South East team and you can expect:

• A varied client base where you can apply and develop your skills
• Buy-in from clients to assist in your technical progression
• Further exposure to your chosen industry – increasing your awareness, knowledge and sharpening your skills
• The flexibility to broaden your horizons with each new secondment, without changing your employer
• Career development and training to reach your professional or academic qualification goals supported by our own network of mentors and managers
• Paid subscription to a professional body of your choice
• Regular social events and volunteering opportunities
• 5 years+ UK experience within a public, private or third sector such as a consultant, contractor, Local Authority or Client organisation.
• Self-starter who can take the initiative and can proactively develop new business relationships and drive business development activities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Motivated, highly organised, and diligent.
• A full UK driving licence
• Demonstrable experience of managing people either directly or as part of a project team
• A track record of working in or leading multi-disciplinary engineering design teams.
• Excellent people person skills
• Ability to develop and build mutually beneficial stakeholder relationships (internal design teams, consenting bodies, statutory authorities, key consultees, and government departments)
• High level of commercial awareness and an aptitude for business development
• Business development or sales or recruitment experience
• Management and control of a projects budget/finance.
• Project Management and/or leadership role

You’ll get this and so much more…

As a salaried colleague, you’ll get a salary in line with your experience, skills and location along with an industry-leading benefits package:

• Contribution to commuting mileage
• Permanent health insurance
• 25 days annual leave (option to buy up to 5 more), in addition to the normal public holidays (based on a 40 hour week, pro rata for part-time colleagues)
• Company pension contribution
• Salary sacrifice to buy additional benefits
• 1 paid Waterman Aspen in the Community Day to volunteer in your local community