Regional Client Delivery Director - Water

RPS Group; Abingdon; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm is seeking a Regional Client Delivery Director - Water to manage and grow water consultancy projects, ensuring high-quality delivery and exceeding client expectations. This role requires strong leadership and industry knowledge, with opportunities for hybrid working. Ideal candidates should have relevant experience and a track record of successful project delivery.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Accredited training programs

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Sound knowledge of the water & wastewater regulatory industry.
• Significant experience in project leadership and delivery.
• Chartered or Incorporated with ICE or CIWEM is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the growth and delivery of Water Consultancy projects.
• Exceed client expectations through quality delivery.
• Drive financial growth targets through robust client management.

Skills

Water & wastewater regulatory knowledge

Leadership experience

Project delivery

Interpersonal skills

Presentation skills

MS Office proficiency

Mentorship

Education

Relevant Degree

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RPS Group

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Abingdon, United Kingdom

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Posted:

12.08.2025

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26.09.2025

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Job Description:

Regional Client Delivery Director - Water

Job Title: Regional Client Delivery Director

Location: Abingdon (can be based UK wide with travel to Warrington Client site frequently)

Contract type: Permanent/Hybrid

The role of the Regional Client Delivery Director will focus on:

• The health, safety, and wellbeing of our staff through a strong safety culture
• Exceeding the expectations of our clients through quality of delivery
• Delivering financial growth targets through robust client and framework management
• Driving excellent client relationships and work winning reputation
• Creating High Performing teams through a culture of enthusiasm and engagement and strong people leadership skills.

As part of these, the Director is accountable for the growth and delivery of Water Consultancy projects working alongside the Operations Directors and operational teams. They will have strong client relationships and a reputation for providing advice and support to clients within their region, and for ensuring delivery exceeds client expectations.

Together with the operational teams, the Director will be accountable for delivery of financial targets on a month by month and year by year basis through the frameworks / projects undertaken for their regional clients.

Their role is also to ensure consistency across the Water Consultancy business and to support innovation and efficiency throughout the team by developing and sharing best practice.

RPS, a Tetra Tech company

Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, in January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With 27,000 employees in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market leading development and project opportunities, helping to solve some of the world’s most complex problems.

We’re RPS and our people are our success. We need people who share our passion on solving the problems that matter. Our flat structure creates greater collaboration and speed of communication and working with some of the brightest minds in the industry, we’ll need your input.

What you’ll be doing

• The development of the Water Consultancy team by the securing of business generating revenue and profit growth as part of the Water Consultancy Leadership Team.
• Growing the business through identifying, developing, and delivering new workstreams and services, and working collaboratively with colleagues in the Consultancy and Operations businesses/teams to achieve this.
• The delivery of high-quality water consultancy services, demonstrating continuous improvement, to the measurable satisfaction of clients.
• Input to the long-term business development strategy for the business, identifying emerging needs and opportunities within the water industry and identifying the skills and competencies needed to address them.
• Drive innovation and efficiency across the Water Consultancy teams within the division.
• Supporting the Water Consultancy MD in business planning and commercial/risk management to pre-determined targets.
• Working with the Services Leadership team, to demonstrate leadership, management, motivation, and development of staff to improve their performance and achieve their potential, including clear succession planning.
• Accountable for the successful delivery of framework agreements delivered by the operations teams, delivering target profit margins (both percentage and absolute) from Framework programmes.

Who we’re looking for

• You will have sound knowledge and understanding of the water & wastewater regulatory industry, with a focus on asset and capital engineering professional services with significant experience of water and wastewater, infrastructure and non-infrastructure solutions.
• Strong track record in the leadership and delivery of water / wastewater projects to client satisfaction.
• Significant experience as Framework Manager in a client facing capacity.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, staff development track record and team leadership experience.
• Excellent presentation, verbal, and written communications skills in English.
• Competent in MS Office.
• Ability to work on own initiative on technical and business matters.
• Work with, delegate, and utilise the skills of others to maximise the delivery and efficiency of the team.
• Mentor, support, and develop junior staff.
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Relevant Degree
• Chartered or Incorporated with ICE or CIWEM (desirable)

What’s in it for you?

We’re proud to be an accredited ILM training provider, internationally recognised and providing robust fully accredited professional training programmes - to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we support learning and development for everyone.

We understand the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we’re happy to talk about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you.

We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and skills to develop the most innovative ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You’ll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing.

What happens next?

All applications will be considered, and we will try our best to respond to you within three working days.

If you’d like to discuss the role in more detail, please contact #LI LQ1#LI - Hyb

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Mindful that a truly inclusive organization must make appropriate use of talent on a global basis and without unnecessary barriers, we are committed to embedding diversity and inclusion principles in all People processes in order to be as diverse as the communities and clients we work with, thereby securing, developing, and retaining the best available talent for the company’s future.

Our approach to Diversity and inclusion

Our people live our purpose, deliver our promise, and demonstrate our behaviors every day. Our behaviors define who we are. Developed by our people, they underpin everything that we do. They create the memorable experiences we are known for and make RPS a great place to do great work.

‘Stronger Together’ is one of our five core behaviors and it is inherent in creating an inclusive workplace: ‘We are respectful, acknowledge diversity, and recognize the potential and contribution of everyone. We bring out the best in one another, always assuming best intent. People who learn and grow thrive in our business, sharing in our success.’

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