Associate Director - Civil Engineering

Strata Consulting; Wimbledon; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday buy back scheme

Bonus Scheme

Flexible working and hybrid working

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Insurance

Health Cash Plan

Comprehensive Private Healthcare / Med

Opt in to purchase shares and become a

Enhanced Income Protection scheme

Job summary

Strata Consulting in Wimbledon seeks a Chartered Associate Director to lead the Development Infrastructure Team, delivering high‑quality built environment projects. You’ll drive technical excellence, oversee finances, and grow the opportunity pipeline with the Team Director.

You’ll lead projects across infrastructure, drainage, highways and flood risk, while mentoring engineers and strengthening client relationships in a hybrid working setup.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years relevant post-chartered experience.
• Strong technical competence across civil/infrastructure projects.
• Proven ability to drive practice management and revenue growth.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and client engagements.
• Excellent project management and financial control skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective team leadership and professional development.
• Lead complex civil engineering projects ensuring high-quality design and delivery.
• Oversee budgets, income and expenditure for the team.
• Identify and secure new business opportunities and drive revenue growth.
• Coordinate with other disciplines to deliver integrated design solutions.
• Drive innovation in sustainable and low-carbon infrastructure.
• Mentor engineers and manage performance.
• Represent the company at industry events and client meetings.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Civil / Infrastructure engineering

Business development

Financial management

Team mentoring

Client relationships

Education

Chartered Engineer (CEng)

Job description

Our client is a leading and progressive structural and civil engineering consultancy delivering challenging, environmentally responsible projects. Providing an exemplary service in a wide range of sectors, they design with creativity and flair balanced with efficiency and practicality, as recognised by numerous industry awards.

This senior leadership role is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Development Infrastructure Team with a strong focus on delivering high-quality built environment projects. The position ensures technical excellence, drives commercial performance, and oversees the successful delivery of a diverse project portfolio. It also works closely with the Team Director to proactively build the opportunity pipeline and support the strategic growth of the discipline.

You will play a key role in leading project delivery and contributing to operational and growth strategies. Responsibilities include providing leadership across a range of projects—spanning infrastructure, drainage, highways, and flood risk management.

We are seeking an experienced Chartered Associate Director with a strong background in civil or infrastructure engineering. The ideal candidate will bring over 15 years of industry experience, including at least 5 years in an Associate Director role.

What’s on offer

• Holiday buy back scheme
• Bonus Scheme
• Flexible working and hybrid working
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Insurance
• Health Cash Plan
• Comprehensive Private Healthcare / Medical Insurance Cover
• Opt in to purchase shares and become a shareholder
• Enhanced Income Protection scheme

The role

• Contributing to strategy, organisational development and continuous business improvement.
• Providing effective team leadership and professional development.
• Providing technical leadership on complex civil engineering projects, ensuring high-quality design and delivery.
• Ensuring high standards of financial management for overall team budgets, income and expenditure.
• Identifying and securing new business opportunities, fostering client relationships, and driving revenue growth.
• Working closely with other disciplines to deliver integrated design solutions.
• Driving innovation in sustainable and low-carbon infrastructure design.
• Contributing to the overall financial performance of the company.
• Maintain professional qualifications and develop technical ability to match industry best practice.
• Overseeing multiple projects including infrastructure, drainage, highways, and flood risk management and ensuring high quality and profitable delivery.
• Excellent project management - including appointments, fees, workload allocation, project checking and troubleshooting to ensure quality and creativity in proposed solutions.
• Monitoring that infrastructure engineering design principles (e.g. drainage networks, external levels) and other civil engineering aspects (e.g. flood risk, vehicle tracking), are applied/addressed appropriately on team projects, undertaking reviews and providing team and practice wide guidance and coaching where required.
• Monitoring that relevant regulations and codes of practice are applied to team projects, providing team and practice wide guidance where required.
• Seek, identify, develop and pursue opportunities for new and existing business development.
• Representing the company at industry events, networking opportunities, and client meetings.
• Providing effective team leadership – including resource allocation, performance management and recognition
• Managing team performance, recruitment, and professional development.
• Leading and mentoring civil engineers at various career stages.
• Inspires, encourages, and motivates team to maximise potential and to practice ethos and values.
• Ensuring the team has the skills and resources needed for successful project delivery.
• Implementing digital design tools and emerging technologies.
• Setting and managing budgets for the civil engineering division.
• Provide update reports to Directors for monitoring and planning purposes.
• Actively support CPD activity across the practice and at internal Academy events.

What you need to succeed

• Minimum 5 years relevant post-chartered experience
• Highly developed technical competence
• Previous experience with competitors
• Demonstrable high standards of project management
• Evidence of ability to contribute to driving practice management forward
• Involvement with high profile Architects
• People/team management experience
• Strong financial control of projects, appointments and fees
• Proven ability to deliver significant contribution to practice management
• A keen interest in architecture and design
• Ability to develop new business
• Demonstrable ability to deliver projects efficiently and profitably
• Coaching and mentoring skills