Overview
You might know us for the great work we do across our wide variety of projects. We're proud to say it's thanks to our people's diversity of thought, expertise and knowledge. And when you join us, you'll be a part of this genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone's voice is valued and treated equally. We're passionate about what we do, but we don't take ourselves too seriously. Simply put, this a great place to be. So, when it comes to your life outside of work, ask us about our flexible and remote working policies designed to help you get the most out of life. As a Technical Lead / Design Manager in our Transportation team, you'll be pivotal in implementing ideas that shape the future of how we move. You'll collaborate across new build, renewal, maintenance, and assessment works, from our largest, most high-profile to our more progressive and specialised. Our clients include Department for Infrastructure, National Transport Authority, Highways England and Local Authority councils across UK and Ireland. With such size, scope and scale, you'll have plenty of opportunities to keep yourself challenged.
Responsibilities
* Providing technical guidance on highway infrastructure projects.
* Mentoring and coaching team members and taking responsibility for their technical development.
* Liaise with key clients and be capable of discussing design / technical solutions to stakeholders including technical and non-technical Clients.
* Liaising with Practice Managers, ensure that projects are sufficiently resourced.
* Delegating work to team members, programming deliverables and monitoring progress.
* Identify and respond to project commercial risks and opportunities.
* Support the business in work winning including representing the business at networking events, preparing bids and tenders and establish, maintain and develop relationships with existing and prospective internal and external clients.
* Able to demonstrate experience of developing strong and sustainable relationships with Clients, understanding their requirements and aspirations, and working effectively with them to achieve their objectives.
* Excellent communication skills and stakeholder engagement.
* Highly developed interpersonal and leadership skills with proven ability to build and motivate teams working across the practices.
* A hard working and flexible individual, who is a team player, is reliable, proactive and shows initiative whilst able to keep cool under pressure and when working to often demanding deadlines.
* A disciplined thinker and analytical, numerate, problem solver who has strategic judgement and the capacity to think complex issues through and develop effective solutions in a timely fashion.
* A resourceful, articulate and clear communicator who can influence others through the use of sound judgement and good sense - a natural team player.
* Self-motivated and able to work both independently as well as within a larger multi-discipline team in leading and managing packages of work to completion.
* A high expectation of performance for themselves and other members of the team.
Benefits and Equal Opportunity
* Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive - at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices.
* Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.
* Combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.
* We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.
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