Associate Director - Manchester, United Kingdom - BuroHappold Engineering

BuroHappold Engineering

Verified Company

Manchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Our innovative Structures team
in Manchester are seeking to appoint at Associate Director or Director level. This impactful role will see you leading teams, projects, work-winning, and initiatives.

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Type of contract
Permanent
Grade
Director, Associate Director
Area of Expertise
Building Structures
Region
UK
Office / Project Location
Manchester
Ref No
6683

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The Factory Theatre, Manchester

About the role...

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Collaborating across disciplines and offices, you will manage a wide range of projects across a multi-sectoral portfolio drawn from regional, national and international projects (aviation, mixed use, stadia, higher education, culture, etc).

The role will also provide valuable technical support to the team, enhancing and continuously developing technical knowledge, standards, and approach.

Key focus areas;

Setting a consistently high standard of project leadership and delivery for the Manchester Structures team.
Leading multidisciplinary teams and representing the overall project at external and internal meetings, successfully coordinating and managing the varying demands of each discipline internally in order to present a cohesive project team and "endproduct" to the endclient;
Delivering highstandard, profitable projects that result in repeat work for the client and that can form a reference for new work with other clients;
Responding to strong local and international drivers for sustainable design in particular, driving and implementing strategic agendas as set by the business such as computational design and low carbon and net zero consultancy via active collaboration with other disciplines (e.g. Sustainability & Physics, Facades, MEP et al.)
Actively seeking out and securing new projects and maintaining productive relationships with key clients.
In partnership with the discipline leadership, playing an active role in retaining and growing an diverse, happy, thriving and talented team.

Your Skills & Experience

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Extensive project leadership experience.
Experience leading multidisciplinary teams on largescale projects.
Exposure to a wide variety of project types and materials.
An existing network of external client contacts and collaborators.
Chartered with a relevant institution, e.g. ICE or IStructE.

What we offer

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Performance incentive scheme.
Hybrid working and international remote working for up to 4 weeks per year.
Parental leave, up to six months on full salary.
25 days holiday plus public holidays and flexible leave.
Employer pension contribution of 10% (based on 5% employee contribution)
Life assurance and income protection.
Flexible Benefits (cycle to work, season ticket, retail discounts, etc).

_Interested?__ _
_Intrigued?__ _
_Inspired?_

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Join us to find out what you're really capable of.

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Be you at Buro Happold

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Buro Happold is proud to be a practice of a diverse range of professionals.

We actively promote inclusivity to enable every individual to reach their full potential, the more inclusive we are the better our work will be.

We are working to change the lack of representation of minority groups in the built environment, and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry.

We have much to learn from one another. Embracing difference allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.