Associate Director (Roads)

WSP in the UK & Ireland; Greater London, Basingstoke, Cambridge; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work-life balance

Hybrid working policy

Job summary

WSP in the UK & Ireland seeks a senior project leadership professional to manage highway schemes from inception to handover. You will oversee a team of 5–20 across London, Basingstoke, or Cambridge, with coordination to the Roads team in India.

Drive growth, performance, and client delivery across public and private sector projects. You will champion safety, manage budgets and headcount, and lead business development to secure sustainable opportunities in defence, ports, aviation, digital,

Qualifications

• Experience of managing a Professional Services team in a consultancy business.
• Experience of operating at management level in delivering services into the public and private sector.

Responsibilities

• Lead health, safety, and wellbeing culture by example.
• Drive budget utilisation targets and improve utilisation.
• Develop pipeline and workload for your team.
• Plan the growth of the team and recruit for key roles.
• Lead projects to ensure timely delivery and multi-disciplinary coordination.

Skills

Team leadership

Project management

Stakeholder management

Business development

Public sector delivery

Job description

Job Description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

We support both public sector and private sector clients and this role will face into both major commissions and new national infrastructure projects.

Our vision is to be the provider of choice for enabling national critical infrastructure and we are looking to grow into new roads markets including defence, aviation, ports, design & build, healthcare, education, energy, digital and more.

A Little More About Your Role…

The candidate will be involved in the project management and technical delivery of highway schemes from inception through to handover of the completed scheme to the client. This role will be a hybrid of client facing, billable work and the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a track record of delivery of schemes in either the local or national transport arena.

The candidate will also be responsible for a team of between 5-20 people, locally within our London (Westferry Circus), Basingstoke or Cambridge offices, in addition to part of our integrated Roads team based in India (Bengaluru, Noida and Mumbai).

They will be responsible for the growth and operational performance of the team, as part of the wider cost centre to meet regional budget targets and deliver projects.

In This Role Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Being a champion of our health, safety, and well-being culture by leading by example.


• Drive operational excellence to achieve budget targets on utilisation.


• Develop pipeline and ensure sufficient workload for your team.


• Plan the growth of the team and recruit to fill key roles and meet head count targets.


• Line manage and develop members of the team to achieve their goals and aspirations.


• Lead on business development activities to bring in new, sustainable opportunities for WSP across a variety of sectors including defence, ports, aviation, digital, design & build, energy, healthcare, education and more.


• Supporting and working with the Regional Director, London & South East to deliver their goals for the cost centre.


• Leading on projects to ensure technical quality and timely delivery.


• Provide visible leadership to your team to boost morale, wellbeing and workplace satisfaction.


• Managing projects to ensure coordination of multi-disciplinary inputs.


• Managing resourceseffectively and efficiently to meet fluctuatingwork loads.


• Working with Clients and design teams to deliver compliant designs on time and within budget meeting CDM, QA and technical review requirements.


• Participating in tender bids and business development opportunities as they arise.


• Developing relationships with other WSP teams to utilise additional resources required.


• Agreeing fees and managing the commercial position on projects.

What We Will Be Looking For You To Demonstrate…

• Experience of managing a Professional Services team in a consultancy business.


• Experience of operating at management level in delivering services into the public and private sector.

Skills and Personal Qualities:

• Lead, inspire and motivate the team to support the achievement of personal and business goals.


• Organisational skills to coordinate the delivery activities of a professional team.


• Clear understanding of the importance of robust business processes and systems and a strong commitment to quality.


• Strong communication skills, with excellent stakeholder management.


• Strong influencing skills particularly amongst peers and other managers and leaders.


• Ability to work openly and collaboratively to maximise overall organisational benefit.


• Strong commercial acumen.


• Technical expertise to manage and lead multi-disciplinary projects.


• Good client handling and interpersonal skills are essential.

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About Us

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WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

Work-life balance

At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It’s important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community.

Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.

Inclusivity & Belonging

We welcome applicants with varied backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP. We have our employee resource groups bring together employees and allies with different backgrounds to promote a culture of inclusivity.

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