Associate / Associate Director / Technical Director

Aldwych Consulting Ltd; Norwich; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid & flexible working

Private healthcare

Discretionary bonus

Pension 7.5%

Professional memberships paid

Chartership support

Generous annual leave

Birthday off

Job summary

Aldwych Consulting Ltd in Norwich is seeking a Senior Civil Engineer to lead our civil engineering team in the Norwich office. The role combines technical leadership, project delivery and people management across a varied portfolio including highways, drainage and infrastructure.

You will mentor staff, manage programmes and build strong client relationships, with hybrid working and clear opportunities to grow the team.

Qualifications

• Significant civil engineering consultancy experience.
• Strong knowledge across highways, drainage and infrastructure.
• Experience mentoring engineers and technicians.
• Strong project management and client-facing skills.
• Commercial awareness and experience supporting business development.
• Chartered status or working towards ICE Chartership.

Responsibilities

• Leading civil engineering projects from concept through to detailed design and construction.
• Providing technical expertise across drainage, highways, external works, levels and infrastructure.
• Managing, mentoring and developing the civil engineering team.
• Reviewing technical deliverables and ensuring quality and compliance.
• Managing project programmes, resources and budgets.
• Building relationships with clients and project stakeholders.
• Supporting fee proposals and business development.
• Contributing to recruitment and growing the Norwich civil engineering team.

Skills

Civil engineering

Project leadership

Client liaison

Mentoring

Highways

Drainage

Infrastructure

Project management

Business development

Chartered status

Education

ICE Chartership

Job description

Location: Norwich
Salary: £70,000 - £95,000 DOE
Type: Full-Time | Permanent

I'm working with a well-established multidisciplinary engineering consultancy that is looking to appoint a senior Civil Engineer to lead its civil engineering team in Norwich.

The business works across sectors including data centres, energy, pharmaceuticals, logistics, retail, highways, residential and public sector projects, offering a varied and technically strong project portfolio.

This is a key role within the Norwich office, managing a small existing civils team with the opportunity to grow the team and develop the wider civil engineering offering.

The role is open to candidates at Associate, Associate Director or Technical Director level, depending on experience.

The Role

You’ll combine technical leadership, project delivery, people management and client development.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading civil engineering projects from concept through to detailed design and construction.
• Providing technical expertise across drainage, highways, external works, levels, earthworks and infrastructure.
• Managing, mentoring and developing the existing civil engineering team.
• Reviewing technical deliverables and ensuring quality and compliance.
• Managing project programmes, resources and budgets.
• Building strong relationships with clients and other project stakeholders.
• Supporting fee proposals and business development.
• Contributing to recruitment and growing the Norwich civil engineering team.

About You

We’re looking for an experienced Civil Engineer with a strong consultancy background and the ambition to take on a genuine leadership role.

You’ll ideally have:

• Significant civil engineering consultancy experience.
• Strong technical knowledge across highways, drainage and infrastructure.
• Experience managing or mentoring engineers and technicians.
• Strong project management and client-facing skills.
• Commercial awareness and experience supporting business development.
• Chartered status or working towards ICE Chartership.

Most importantly, you’ll be someone who wants to build and grow a team, rather than simply manage an established department.

What's On Offer

• £70,000 - £95,000, depending on experience.
• Leadership responsibility for an existing civils team.
• Genuine opportunity to grow the team and civil engineering offering in Norwich.
• Varied project portfolio across multiple sectors.
• Hybrid and flexible working.
• Private healthcare and wellbeing support.
• Discretionary bonus.
• 7.5% contributory pension.
• Professional memberships paid for.
• Professional development and Chartership support.
• Generous annual leave plus your birthday off.

Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.