Associate Director, Highways & Infrastructure Leadership

SYSTRA UK & Ireland; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Private healthcare

Electric car scheme

Flexible benefits

Job summary

SYSTRA UK & Ireland in Birmingham seeks an Associate/Associate Director to lead transport infrastructure design projects. You will manage schemes, mentor engineers, and develop strong client relationships across public and private sectors.

The role is hybrid with office and home-based working. You will deliver highways, active travel, bus priority schemes and urban design, ensuring technical accuracy and delivery on time and to budget.

Qualifications

• A relevant degree qualification with substantial experience working for a Design Consultancy.
• Chartered Engineer ICE or CIHT.
• Ability to form constructive, lasting client relationships.
• Drive highway design and engineering services for developments/active travel projects.
• Strong project management experience through tendering and awards.
• Background in detailed Highway Design using industry-leading design software.
• Experience leading infrastructure development teams.
• Engineering management of major transport infrastructure projects.
• Technical coordination of multi-discipline inputs.
• Experience in active travel projects, bus priority, urban traffic management or public realm.
• Mentoring staff and developing engineering capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Function as Project Manager/Director for development & transport infrastructure design projects.
• Project manage schemes with control over budgets.
• Lead engineers and staff in outline, preliminary and detailed design.
• Client facing and lead a team to deliver on time and budget.
• Oversee contract documents, tendering and construction phase deliverables.
• Ensure work is technically accurate and compliant with standards.
• Mentor staff and support professional development.
• Support sector leadership to win opportunities.

Skills

Degree qualification

Chartered Engineer

Client relationships

Highway design

Project management

Detailed highway design

Infrastructure development teams

Engineering management

Technical coordination

Active travel

Mentoring staff

Education

Degree in engineering

Chartered Engineer ICE or CIHT

Job description

SYSTRA UK & Ireland in Birmingham seeks an Associate/Associate Director to lead transport infrastructure design projects. You will manage schemes, mentor engineers, and develop strong client relationships across public and private sectors.

The role is hybrid with office and home-based working. You will deliver highways, active travel, bus priority schemes and urban design, ensuring technical accuracy and delivery on time and to budget.