Joining Arup
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The Opportunity
The role focuses on developing the local Cities Planning & Design (CPD) market offer (consisting of transport planning, town planning and economic disciplines) in Northern Ireland, building trusted adviser relationships with key development and delivery partners, giving clear and visible leadership to the CPD group in the external and internal market and provide a platform for greater engagement across the office leadership team, as well as developing and growing the existing CPD team.
You will focus on an area the North is seeking to expand our influence around - unlocking and facilitating development opportunities. Growing our local capability in this space enables us to target larger, longer-term opportunities and frameworks, increasing both income and security of income across financial years and enabling team growth .
You will be working with other leaders as required will identify new client opportunities, lead winning bids and successfully deliver CPD services to our existing clients. A key role outcome will be to develop the transport and town planning development planning skills offer locally, through both training and recruitment, while linking closely with other Portfolios and across offices / Geographies as necessary.
The Role:
-To evolve and grow our Cities Planning & Design (CPD) offer, consolidating and leading our development work across Northern Ireland, and providing technical planning expertise (transport or town) to projects across both North, UKIMEA and Europe, and linking closely with the Europe region and Ireland team on project delivery, resourcing and bidding.
-A day-to-day team leadership role for the Belfast CPD team, engaging with internal multi-disciplinary teams, engaging with clients and the market, contributing to multi-disciplinary pursuits and generating a CPD specific pipeline.
-Fronting CPD within local NI market and a champion for Total Design implementation locally.
-Working alongside wider Ireland Teams to link in wider market and clients, as well as linking in and working with wider teams in the North Region across Scotland and England and wider UK network.
Requirements:
-Experience of planning (transport / town planning) project leadership, a Total Design mindset and building / growing client relationships / project pipelines are core requirements alongside work winning, project delivery, team leadership and mentoring early careers staff.
-Degree in town or transport planning (or relevant qualification)
-Proven experience, preferably in consultancy
What we offer you
At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.
Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.
We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.
We also provide Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefits to help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.