Associate Director Geotechnics - Peterborough, United Kingdom - Royal HaskoningDHV

Royal HaskoningDHV

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Peterborough, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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About Royal HaskoningDHV:

Royal HaskoningDHV has been connecting people for 140 years.

Together, through our expertise and passion, we have helped contribute to a better society and improved people's lives with work under-pinned by our sustainable values and goals.

We are an independent international engineering and project management consultancy, leading the way in sustainable development and innovation.

Royal HaskoningDHV is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We have the clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions.

Together, we are embarking on a journey where each and every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences.

We recognize that embracing diversity unlocks innovation and creativity and fosters collaboration. We want our employees to reflect the diversity of our communities and the customers we serve.

About our Maritime Business:

Royal HaskoningDHV are at the forefront of innovative maritime planning, design and development, and our teams of multi-disciplinary experts have assisted our international clientele to create successful ports and maritime infrastructure worldwide.

We have provided expert commercial, technical and operational advice and created master plans across the five continents for a wide-range of port projects.

We are one of the largest and most experienced teams of port planning professionals and engineers globally and we are world leaders in the production of port feasibility studies, master plans and development of port designs.

About our Geotechnics Team:

You will be leading a team of approximately 15 people of mixed experience ranging from Principal Geotechnical Engineers to new graduate Engineers.

Your role is to develop and grow the team to continue to support the Maritime work in the UK and overseas, and as part of the team to provide geotechnical expertise to other parts of the global business.

The team within the UK are in four locations (Peterborough, Brighton, Liverpool and Newcastle), with the largest concentration of the team within our Peterborough Office.

We have developed ways of working across the team which would mean that we are open to applicants from any of these offices (plus London).

What you will do as our Associate Director:

You could be a team leader or Principal Engineer with a natural flare for leading a team in delivering strategic ambitions.

You will have full autonomy to line manage our Geotechnic team at the same time as contributing your knowledge to influence the businesses overall profitability.

The role has a mixture of both technical lead aspects and people management elements.

So if you're looking for your next career step or challenge you can read more details of the responsibilities below:

Line Manager to the Geotechnical team in the UK, with development of staff a key priority.
Effective leader to promote and deliver strategy objectives.
Allocate resources to projects to provide an appropriate level of experience to projects.
Actively contribute to the delivery of projects utilising geotechnical and commercial experience.
Proactively contributes to the preparation and review of geotechnical proposals.
Providing sound technical and commercial advice to project teams.
Develop and maintain a network of domestic and international (internal) contacts to provide the opportunities for the Geotechnical team to support the wider business.
Member of the AG Management team and jointly responsible for the overall performance of the AG.
Financial controls across the geotechnical team.
Continue to develop our internal / business processes.
Ability to collaborate on projects as a project manager, director or team member where appropriate.

This role might be right for you if you have:

Relevant degree level qualification in the field of geotechnical engineering
A track record of success within civil engineering or infrastructure organisations in a leadership role managing teams of technical staff to deliver a portfolio of projects
Ability to recognise and foster the required relationships in order to position the business
MICE or equivalent accreditation/experience to support the complex nature of business development and technical input required for the position
Extensive experience in the maritime and infrastructure sectors
Effective and proven leadership skills
Ability to influence, convince and partner with key internal stakeholders and colleagues to achieve broader collaboration and shared strategy goals.

What we can offer you:

Ambitious. Exciting. Lively. Collaborative. Dynamic. That's how our colleagues describe our company. Want to contribute to Enhancing Society with your expertise? Be part of an open network where you're connected with the brightest and smartest people and technologies? Join us

You can look forward to growing your career in a dynamic workplace with development opportunities and support