Associate Director - Birmingham, United Kingdom - WSP

WSP

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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In today's world it's important to work for a company that has clear purpose, giving back to communities and supporting what is truly important in the world.

When considering a career move it's vital to work for a business that is aligned to your values and goals, a place where you can belong.

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This is a fantastic opportunity to join WSP as part of an expanding team delivering a variety of prestigious projects.

The role will be based in our centrally located Birmingham office.

Our office provides a quality, flexible and dynamic working space focused on the health and wellbeing of our staff and benefits from cutting-edge design, large amounts of natural light and large open spaces.

You will be joining our expanding Building Structures team, as an Associate Director, with accountability for the project management, technical leadership and delivery of schemes from inception through to handover of the completed scheme to the client.

In this role you'll have the opportunity to:

Develop innovative and sustainable designs from concept, for a huge range of challenging projects, ranging from transportation hubs, and tall towers to healthcare, defence and education schemes, all with national and local architects.

Take a key leadership role managing multi-disciplinary design projects from concept stage through to detailed design, in coordination with Architects, Engineers, and specialist consultants.

Contribute to our ongoing success and help us build towards delivery of a growing order book.

YOUR TEAM
You'll be joining a team of diverse and talented individuals that work together to:

take a strategic lead role on large multi-disciplinary projects as well as providing bespoke structural solutions to niche and architectural led concept designs.

form strong working relationships with other WSP disciplines, external design consultants, stakeholders and clients.

provide sustainable development solutions from site selection through to detailed design and construction.

provide specialist advice and design solutions to our clients on sustainable design, net zero carbon, MMC & DfMA.

Reporting to a senior member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work on some of the most exciting and high profile major multi-disciplinary development projects across the region, categorised into wide variety of sectors including Transportation, High-rise, Commercial & Mixed use, Retail, Education, and Healthcare, including recent wins in the Defence sector.

We have a broad and well-developed client base spanning across Private and Public sectors and encompassing regional and national clientele.

We'd love to hear from you if you have

a proven track record of successful design delivery, ideally in major projects and other challenging multi-discipline building projects, in particular concept design and the project inception stages.

project management and technical delivery leadership experience of medium to large schemes.

excellent inter-personal skills, with good leadership potential capable of communicating effectively with other members of the project team, stakeholders & clients.

Chartered (MIStructE/MICE)

Significant experience and capability in the commercial and technical management of projects using appropriate business tools

Significant experience of team management responsibilities including line management and day-to-day operations

Significant experience of operating as a lead client contact for consultancy services and the fostering of excellent relationships with Clients and co-professionals.

We are WSP - Join us and make your career future ready

In today's world it's important to work for a company that has clear purpose, giving back to communities and supporting what is truly important in the world.

When considering a career move its vital to work for a business that is aligned to your values and goals, a place where you can belong.

To find out more about our business click on the following link and discover what awaits you at

WSP:
Who We Are | WSP

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

Work-life balance?

WSP recognises that work is only one part of your life and making time for other things is important - whether that's for your families, friends, or yourself.

Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work from the comfort of your own home as well as collaborating in our contemporary offices across the UK.

Inclusivity & Diversity?
We want our people to achieve rewarding careers, bringing their whole selves to work.

We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP.

Our employee resource groups VIBE (LGBTQ+ employees), CREED (Championing Racial Equality and Ethnic Divers