Description What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you. About the role We are looking to appoint a Technical Director into WSP's Liveable Places team. The role can be based from any of our offices in the Midlands or Northern England - including our Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester or Newcastle offices - with flexible working allowing for a mix of home and in-office working. WSP's Liveable Places team work with a wide range of local authority & private clients from across the UK to help them achieve their place making ambitions. As a Technical Director within the team you will take the lead on delivering a wide range of schemes from concept to delivery - including public realm, active travel, traffic engineering, road safety, parking, traffic signals and pedestrian / traffic modelling. You will support the leadership team in growing and developing our Liveable Places offering across the region. This is a varied role with responsibilities including: Growing and developing our Liveable Places offering across the region, with a focus on new business whilst also working with existing clients to secure new opportunities. Bringing fresh thinking and opportunities into our Liveable Places team. Act as a Project Director for a range of Transport, Parking and Public Realm projects. Work collaboratively with the Liveable Places team, and with colleagues across the wider WSP business to achieve our joint aims and objectives. Your team The Liveable Places team are based in offices across the country with over 200 staff, currently making up the team and with further growth planned. We enjoy our work and are exceptionally enthusiastic people who are great at what we do. This is an excellent opportunity for you to develop in your career through exposure to a wide variety of experiences. We have a strong track record working closely with our clients and this role provides a great opportunity to have a pivotal role within Liveable Places and help support and steer its growth going forward. We’d love to hear from if you have: A civil engineering, landscape architecture, transport planning background or equivalent Chartered membership of a relevant professional body Significant knowledge and experience of delivering multi-disciplinary schemes across the project lifecycle with the proven ability to act as Project Director and Project Manager Proven ability to lead and manage teams Proven experience of managing significant client accounts with public and local authority clients A track record of winning work Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team. Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all. Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 72,800 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world. With us, you can. Apply today.