Highways Associate Director – Birmingham

TN United Kingdom; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Highways Associate Director to lead technical delivery in Birmingham. This role involves managing multiple highway projects, ensuring high-quality standards, and developing junior staff. The ideal candidate will possess extensive knowledge of the UK's DMRB and MCHW, along with strong communication and leadership skills. With a focus on client relationships and project management, this position offers an exciting opportunity to shape the future of highway engineering in a dynamic environment. Join a team dedicated to delivering impactful infrastructure solutions.

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of DMRB/MCHW and detailed design experience on road schemes above £5M.
• Professional qualifications include CEng + MICE and/or MIHT.

Responsibilities

• Technical design and delivery of multiple concurrent projects.
• Managing and training staff while overseeing project work.
• Developing client relationships and identifying potential work.

Skills

Highways Technical Design

Communication Skills

Team Leadership

Project Management

Education

Chartered Engineer (CEng)

MICE or MIHT

Near-Chartered Engineer

Tools

MicroStation

Microsoft Project

Civils 3D

MX

Infraworks

Windes/Microdrainage

PDS Sign/Line

Arcady

Lighting Reality

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Client:

Tony Gee and Partners

Location:

Birmingham, United Kingdom

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Other

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Posted:

26.04.2025

Expiry Date:

10.06.2025

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Job Description:

Tony Gee and Partners is currently recruiting for a Highways Associate Director in the Birmingham office.

The successful candidate will take a significant role in the technical delivery of Tony Gee’s highways projects and development of highway engineering capabilities within our Birmingham. The person will work alongside the directors and highway specialists based in Birmingham and also other UK offices to deliver a variety of highways sector works including major UK trunk road improvements, new bypass and link road schemes, access roads to developments and re-alignments associated with bridge replacements and the like. The successful candidate will be Chartered with a relevant engineering institution and have significant experience of highways technical design delivery.

In addition to sound technical skills, including a working knowledge of the UK’s DMRB and MCHW, the candidate must possess good communication and interpersonal skills. The candidate will be required to be client facing with good team leadership skills. The candidate must be willing and capable of developing the technical skills of junior staff within the group.

Main Duties

The role requires you to act as a highways discipline technical lead taking responsibility for the punctual delivery of projects to high quality standards in addition to achieving financial targets; the candidate must therefore possess effective managerial experience and suitable technical expertise.

Key tasks include but are not limited to:

Job Responsibilities

• Technical design and delivery of multiple concurrent projects.
• Undertaking the role of Highways Discipline Manager or Highways Discipline Director
• The day-to-day management, direction and training of the staff whilst undertaking your project work
• Acting as a role model for others in the Company
• Developing the relationship between the company and new and existing clients and identify potential work
• Contributing to / or preparing fee budgets, proposals and resource requirements for projects under your control
• Co-ordinating with other engineers both in the regional offices and between technical groups
• Managing the preparation of calculations, drawings and other documents and ensuring these are controlled during the execution of projects under your control
• Managing and liaising with clients on proposals and project work
• Specifying and/or managing site examination and investigation works in a safe and effective manner
• Identifying and managing risks for the work under your control to agreed acceptable levels.

Required Experience

• In-depth knowledge of DMRB/MCHW and detailed design experience on road schemes above £5M construction value.
• Detailed technical skills across the key elements of highways design.
• Liaison with direct stakeholders.
• Professional Qualifications: CEng + MICE and/or MIHT or Experienced near-chartered engineer with 10-15 years of experience.
• Experience in the following softwares MicroStation, Microsoft Project, Civils 3D, MX, Infraworks, Windes/Microdrainage, PDS Sign/Line, Arcady, Lighting Reality
• Experience of Design and Build schemes, including supporting schemes through Construction
• Understanding of related highway disciplines preferred, including inter-alia, structures, earthworks, ITS, landscaping, road safety, traffic analysis
• Knowledge of the BIM protocols in BS1192