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Associate Director - Structural Engineering, Birmingham


This is a senior management role requiring strong technical and management skills. The Associate Director will have responsibility for helping in the growth of a team, will assist in the overall management of the Birmingham structural engineering team and will be responsible for the design quality, and profitable delivery of projects within their team.

The business:

• Nationally recognised engineering consultancy covering; Civil, Structural, Building services, geotechnical, environmental and nuclear
• This business has a considerable share of the local market and is a recognised investor in it’s employees
• Projects come from several sectors including; residential, commercial, healthcare, education, retail and industrial
• State of the art software, talented staff and a strict code of excellence ensures this practice upholds it’s excellent local reputation  

• Project set-up and briefing 
• Structural and civil engineering concept designs 
• Design quality of team’s output (both technical and creative design) for both civil and structural Engineering project requirements
• Management of team and integration with other parties to meet agreed client programmes
• Identify team weaknesses and issues requiring input from the director
• Mentoring and training team members to enable their progression
• Implement appraisals and setting Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-relative (SMART) objectives
• Input into the recruitment of key staff within the team.

• Preparation of fee proposals to be authorised by the director
• Management of up staff
• Delivery of scheme designs and input into scheme design reports
• Manage multiple projects projects
• Management of the delivery of detailed design including full tender and construction packages
• Liaison with clients, statutory authorities, architects, the design team, and main contractors
• Attendance at key design and site meetings
• Input at management and strategic levels
• Interface with and manage the input of other departments (typically Transport, M&E, Infrastructure and Geotechnical teams) - provide briefing via the project briefing sheet and monitor deliverables
• Quality management – ensure team follows all necessary QA systems

• MEng in civil/structural engineering OR a first degree in a related discipline
• Chartered Engineer with Full Membership of the ICE or IStructE
• Self-motivated team player with good people skills
• Strong communication, analysis, technical design and drawing/sketching skills
• Marketing and business development skills.