Associate Director - Water

Tetra Tech Europe; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Tetra Tech Europe is seeking an Associate Director to lead the Clean Water Analytics team. This role involves managing multi-disciplinary delivery processes, developing client relationships, and overseeing resource planning to ensure quality and timely delivery.

The ideal candidate will have a degree in engineering or data science, experience in clean water operations, and proven leadership skills. The position offers hybrid working with flexibility based on delivery needs.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead, mentor and scale technical teams to deliver complex programmes.
• Demonstrable track record of winning and retaining client work.
• Experience directing multi-project portfolios and managing risk.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery and performance of clean water analytics and software teams.
• Manage multi-disciplinary delivery and develop client relationships.
• Oversee resource planning and ensure quality, on-time delivery.

Skills

Leadership and people development

Client and commercial leadership

Programme delivery and assurance

Technical and sector expertise

Strategic innovation and growth

Education

Degree in engineering, data science or related field

Postgraduate qualification

Job description

Lead transformation in clean water analytics

Purpose And Scope Of The Role

Tetra Tech’s Water Consultancy is seeking an Associate Director to lead our Clean Water Analytics and Software teams, responsible for the direction, performance and commercial delivery of large operational and technical programmes across the UK water sector. You will manage multi-disciplinary delivery, develop client relationships, set delivery strategies and oversee resource planning. Daily activities include senior stakeholder engagement, programme oversight, risk and opportunity management, and ensuring quality, on‑time delivery across long‑term framework work with multi‑million‑pound portfolios. You will report to the Technical Director and work alongside senior managers to coordinate workstreams across engineers, modellers and data analysts.

Your Impact In This Position

In the short term you will stabilise delivery and strengthen client trust. Over the medium term you will optimise delivery models, grow software and analytics capability, and secure new framework opportunities. Long term, you will shape regional clean water strategy, develop leaders within the team and progress to senior technical or commercial leadership roles within Tetra Tech.

Core Capabilities

• Leadership and people development – Proven ability to lead, mentor and scale technical teams to deliver complex programmes.
• Client and commercial leadership – Demonstrable track record of winning and retaining client work, commercial management of frameworks and stakeholder negotiation.
• Programme delivery and assurance – Experience directing multi‑project portfolios, managing risk, schedules, budgets and regulatory compliance.
• Technical and sector expertise – Deep understanding of clean water operations, analytics or software delivery in the water industry and associated standards.
• Strategic innovation and growth – Capability to identify market opportunities, develop delivery strategies and drive technical innovation with measurable benefits.

Skills, Qualifications And Experience

Expected: degree in engineering, data science or related field; substantial sector experience; proven senior delivery record. Desirable: postgraduate qualification, experience in software/analytics delivery and executive leadership training.

Work patterns & locations

Hybrid working with regular regional office attendance; typical expectation two to three days in the office and travel to client sites as required. Flexible arrangements considered in line with delivery needs.

In alignment with the Equality Act 2010, we will make reasonable adjustments to support candidates and employees requiring additional arrangements. This could include adaptations to work schedules, training approaches, or the physical workspace. Please inform us if you need any accommodations during the recruitment process or in your day‑to‑day role.