Overview
As we enter a new fiscal year, it's an exciting time to join our growing team. You will work alongside a range of specialist engineers and consultants in a collaborative, knowledgeable, highly engaged team with a supportive, flexible, and high-performing culture. We are looking for someone to take the lead on projects with strong leadership and communication skills, who can contribute to our strategy and help build our culture and sense of team. Discipline is less important than the right person with the skills, experience, and passion to excel in this role. You will be responsible for all facets of project leadership and delivery, including planning, commercials, execution, and delivery. Leading by example, you will work with an integrated team in the office to deliver a consistent high-quality service for clients, develop repeat business opportunities, and achieve profitability. We have a high volume of high-quality repeat work with established clients and an unrivalled reputation in the local market. Your job will be to help us maintain and grow this position. We are an office that celebrates diversity in its true sense, and we are looking for someone who can bring that through their skill set (not just technical) or culture, who can influence the direction of our projects and our office. We pride ourselves on positioning people to play to their strengths as part of our team and contribute to something great.
Role profile
In this key and varied role, you can expect to:
* Lead the planning, execution, delivery, and monitoring of projects, ensuring exceptional client outcomes and commercial performance.
* Take holistic ownership for design and project management duties across medium and large-scale projects in all related disciplines (including MEP), reporting to the respective Programme Director.
* Take responsibility for project financial performance, ensuring profit, margin, and revenue targets are achieved in line with Business Unit goals.
* Act as the key client contact, building long-term, trusted relationships that reflect our reputation for quality, reliability, and value.
* Define and agree brief with Client and all relevant stakeholders.
* Arrange and facilitate internal project briefings and communications, with the right cultural mindset to achieve the project outcomes.
* Represent all disciplines of Hoare Lea at project meetings and workshops as appropriate and facilitate any resulting actions in a timely manner.
* Manage risk, change, and compliance, ensuring governance standards are consistently met.
* Collaborate closely with the Oxford leadership team, contributing to the smooth operation (ensuring effective resource management) and strategic growth of the office.
* Promote technical excellence and innovation, helping teams to deliver high-quality, creative, and sustainable solutions.
* Support the development of colleagues by mentoring, coaching, and fostering a culture of learning and inclusivity.
* Contribute to the advancement of firmwide initiatives that drive excellence, efficiency, and continuous improvement.
* Manage and prioritise the workload of the project team.
* Contribute to the development of our methods of working to improve our quality and efficiency.
* Be responsible for dealing successfully with Clients and other professionals to foster and maintain good relationships and to create future opportunities.
Requirements / Qualifications
* A proven track record as a proactive project lead, ideally within a building services environment (within a professional consultancy or contractor-led environment).
* Ability to work using your own initiative as well as follow direction from the Senior leadership team.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; confident and assertive in communicating with people at all levels to build good working relationships internally and externally.
* Strong organizational skills and the ability to multi-task, with a good team spirit.
* Demonstrable experience working with clients/contractors/collaborators in a design-oriented role.
* Strong technical knowledge in a primary engineering discipline and ability to work to relevant regulations, design guides, etc.
* Good understanding of other disciplines.
* IT literacy with a technical understanding of relevant IT packages.
* Self-awareness, an open mind, and a spirit of generosity.
About Hoare Lea / Benefits
Hoare Lea is a human-centric and planet-conscious engineering consultancy. We offer intelligent and sustainable solutions to complex design challenges for the built environment across the UK and beyond. We provide a wide range of engineering and consultancy services, including acoustics, air quality, building services (MEP), fire, lighting, security, and sustainability. Our highly skilled teams use technical expertise and problem-solving skills to bring buildings to life and ensure that designs are outstanding and operations meet community needs. We are committed to creating an environment where everyone can realise their potential, and joining Hoare Lea means access to wellbeing support, professional development, and a culture that values individuality.
Benefits include participation in our 9-day fortnight scheme, active community groups, varied social and networking events, and extensive professional and technical development schemes. Our benefits package also includes private medical cover, an electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme, stock options, and up to 30 days of annual leave. Our Oxford office was established in 2007 to provide a local presence on our projects, with over 55 engineers across multiple disciplines. Our core focus includes Science and Research, Healthcare, and Mission Critical projects. Located in Jericho, we foster a collaborative, hybrid-friendly culture with the option of a 9-day fortnight. Oxford, Cambridge, and Birmingham form part of the wider Central region, a group with a strong sense of team and purpose and ongoing growth.
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