Associate Director - Structural Engineering

Our client is an international design consultancy, delivering multi-disciplinary engineering solutions in the Built Environment. Their structural, building services, infrastructure and environmental teams collaborate in the design of some of the world's most impressive projects.

Their busy Newcastle structures team have an opportunity for an Associate or Associate Director to join their buoyant office, working on projects in Yorkshire and further afield. Providing proactive leadership, you will lead a team of creative, dedicated engineers across an array of exciting and interesting projects.

In this role, you will deliver a high quality technical and managerial support to the Structures team. This will be achieved through exceptional technical leadership, support and mentoring teams, dynamic and determined commitment to project delivery and commercial performance; stretching boundaries and breaking new ground and maintaining and developing the highest standards of technical quality; continuously developing the team through innovation and creativity.

Further responsibilities will include working with clients and other Engineers to project manage a variety projects. You will be informing and supporting the building design aspirations, functionality and architectural form throughout the design process. You will set a strong example of client care and general consultancy and support your team of Engineers and Graduates to do the same and maintain responsibility for the financial performance of your projects, ensuring timely delivery of high quality design.

As Project Leader and Project Director for appropriate projects, you will take ownership for sustained and productive client relationships across the region and participate in and ensure delivery of the process of high-level project technical/quality reviews of specifications, reports and drawings produced by the team. You will manage relationships with internal and external clients, Engineers and other stakeholders, utilising opportunities to further work and win new commissions and share knowledge both within the structural engineering team and on a wider basis.

As an established structural Associate or Associate Director, we would expect that you will be able to demonstrate:

• Significant experience leading multi-disciplinary projects and teams to deliver large scale commissions across a variety of sectors;
• Being a Chartered Engineer with a relevant institution, e.g. IStructE or ICE;
• Educated to Masters or PhD level in a relevant discipline;
• Evidence of business development successes would be highly advantageous;
• Confident, proactive character, with a track record of taking the lead in challenging technical situations.

For more information about this position, please contact Sam Smith at Calibre Search or click apply

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