Associate Director - Birmingham, United Kingdom - AECOM

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Job Description:


Our thriving Streets team, part of AECOM's Transportation Business Line, has a vacancy for an Associate Director to take a leading role within our team in the Birmingham office.

The Streets team is growing to cater for an increased workload, particularly Active Travel and Bus Priority schemes.

It provides concept, preliminary and detailed designs on a wide range of projects for local authorities and contractors and supports other AECOM business lines where their projects have a specialised traffic and highways interface.

You will be joining a dedicated team that is actively involved in the delivery of projects and services to a range of both local and national clients including:

  • West Midlands Combined Authority / Transport for West Midlands
  • City of Wolverhampton Council
  • Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Herefordshire Council
As an Associate Director, you will provide project management and technical leadership on a number of projects. In doing so you will support our contract commitments whilst ensuring technical excellence and co-ordination between disciplines.

You will undertake line management duties and will have the opportunity to mentor and direct junior members of the team and support them in their professional development.

You will have appropriate qualifications and relevant project management and project delivery experience. The role would suit a self-motivated individual looking to advance their career in a dynamic team.


Key responsibilities:

  • Provide technical leadership on projects or packages of work for traffic engineering schemes.
  • Act as an AECOM accredited Project Manager, managing the financial performance of projects. (Comprehensive training on AECOM's project management system will be provided).
  • Lead on quality management and ensure compliance of designs with the requirements of the brief, all applicable standards, regulations and AECOM quality procedures.
  • Undertake Health & Safety duties including ensuring a safe and healthy working environment for the project team and fulfilling all CDM responsibilities including safety in design.
  • Undertake clientfacing project duties, representing AECOM as the key point of contact.
  • Oversee the preparation of detailed technical reports, technical specifications and cost estimates.
  • Contribute to work winning through bid management, tender production and preparation of proposals.
  • Contribute proactively to resourcing, recruitment and management of the local and wider teams.
  • Undertake line manager responsibilities for junior staff, providing guidance, management and career planning and completing annual performance evaluations.
  • Support the technical and professional development of members of the team, sharing knowledge, managing their input into projects and mentoring them towards professional qualification.
  • Support senior management of the Streets team deputising for Regional Directors/Office leads as required.

Minimum Requirements:


  • A successful track record in the project management and delivery of traffic engineering schemes
  • Knowledge and experience of relevant design and safety standards (e.g. DMRB, TSRGD, MCHW, LTN 1/20, Manual for Streets, CDM Regulations)
  • Excellent technical and communication skills.
  • An ability to deal directly with clients and engage at a senior level within client organisations.
  • A successful track record of delivery of bids and proposals
  • Experience of team management including technical development and mentoring of staff

Qualifications:


Preferred Qualifications:

  • A relevant degree and have or be working towards Chartered status with a recognised professional institution.
  • CSCS Card holder.
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