Associate Director / Director of Civil Engineering

TN United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a skilled Associate Director or Director of Civil Engineering to join a dynamic engineering consultancy in London. This role involves leading infrastructure design projects, managing teams, and ensuring successful project delivery while engaging with clients and stakeholders. The firm offers a hybrid working environment, balancing office presence with flexibility. With a focus on highways and traffic engineering, this position promises a rewarding career path in a rapidly growing company, where your expertise can significantly impact exciting projects and contribute to the future of urban infrastructure.

Benefits

Training and Development

Professional Sponsorship

Performance Bonuses

Share Options

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing Highways and Traffic engineering divisions.
• Chartered member of ICE/CIHT with extensive highway design knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Manage civil engineering projects, ensuring delivery on time and budget.
• Lead high-value proposals and maintain client relationships.

Skills

Highways Engineering

Traffic Engineering

People Management

Bids and Tenders

Stakeholder Engagement

Project Delivery

Education

Chartered Engineer

Tools

AutoCAD

Civil3D

Microdrainage

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Associate Director / Director of Civil Engineering, London

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London, United Kingdom

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

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Job Description:

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for an established highways and traffic engineering manager to join a well-established engineering consultancy in London experiencing rapid growth.

Key skills required for this role

Highways Engineering, Traffic Engineering, People Management, Bids and Tenders, Stakeholder engagement, Project Delivery

Important

Proven experience of managing Highways and Traffic engineering divisions

Opportunity:

Our client is seeking an Associate Director or Director - Infrastructure Engineer with experience in the Highways Sector to be part of our growing and vibrant team working on exciting highway projects. The key elements of the role are to lead highways and infrastructure design projects, supported by our growing team of engineers, represent the company as a technical expert, contribute strongly to winning work and delivering projects safely, efficiently, and effectively. The role offers hybrid working with 2-3 days office based.

You will be responsible for projects, delivery, budgets, resourcing, planning, and programming whilst also reviewing quality and leading the preparation of technical outputs, coordinating with other disciplines, and representing the business internally and externally.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Manage the civil engineering aspects of projects, including financial, technical, and project management control, reporting directly to the Head of Department.
• Contribute to work winning activities and project pipeline development.
• Develop and maintain relationships with main client contacts.
• Lead and approve complex high-value proposals.
• Take commercial responsibility for projects.
• Ensure successful project delivery respecting time, cost, quality, and contractual requirements.
• Understand client objectives and desired outcomes for each project.
• Achieve client satisfaction targets.
• Make presentations to clients, third parties, and colleagues as appropriate.
• Liaise with architects, clients, and other professionals, representing the practice professionally and courteously.
• Delegate, manage, and direct Engineers and Technicians involved in projects.
• Ensure technical design quality on managed projects.
• Demonstrate leadership and self-motivation.
• Conduct site visits to monitor work progress and address issues.
• Develop and supervise junior Engineers.
• Coordinate with other construction professionals in design development.

Skills and Attributes:

• Chartered member of ICE/CIHT.
• Extensive knowledge of highway & drainage design, approval processes, and Water Authority agreements.
• Experience in highway technical design, understanding of design principles, health and safety, and CDM regulations.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD/Civil3D, Microdrainage, and other civil engineering software.
• Knowledge of DMRB, MCHW, MfS, TSM, LA guides, etc.
• Experience with housing developers is preferable.
• Innovative problem-solving skills and industry engagement.
• Excellent communication, mentoring, and collaborative skills.
• Strong technical report and fee proposal writing skills.
• Self-motivated, adaptable, and enthusiastic.

Benefits include training, professional sponsorship, performance bonuses, and share options.

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