Associate Kerbside Management Director

Associate Kerbside Management Director

Shaftsbury Ave, London

Competitive Salary (DOE)

Project Centre is an award-winning consultancy specialising in transport design, highways and structural engineering, traffic engineering and landscape architecture. Our talented multidisciplinary teams are passionate about shaping thriving places, delivering innovative solutions and creating lasting value for communities across the UK.

Our integrated approach to design delivers award winning solutions recognised internationally. Led by a forwar thinking leadership team, we bring together planners, engineers, designers and specialists to create places that are technically excellent and deliver lasting benefits for communities.

About the role

As Associate Director, you'll provide strategic and technical leadership across a range of services, including kerbside management, sustainable travel, traffic, landscape and highway design.

You'll be instrumental in developing our regional business, strengthening client relationships and identifying new opportunities to expand our services.

You'll lead and develop a team of around 10 engineers, policy analysts, technicians, graduates and apprentices, creating an environment where people can thrive and deliver high quality, commercially successful projects.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead, mentor and develop a multidisciplinary team, supporting recruitment, professional development and succession planning.
• Identify and pursue new opportunities, contribute to business strategy, support bids, proposals, tenders and fee estimates to secure new work
• Act as account manager for key clients, building strong relationships and delivering exceptional customer service.
• Support regional financial performance, manage project budgets and ensure efficient resource planning and utilisation.
• Provide technical guidance, oversee project deliverables and ensure consistently high standards of quality, engaging with the transport sector to stay abreast of best practice and innovative policy development.
• Guide project managers to deliver successful projects and programmes in line with client requirements, timescales and budgets.
• Lead and support bids, proposals, tenders and fee estimates to secure future opportunities.
• Explortie opportunities in areas such as business case preparation and wider transport policy to broaden our offering.

What You'll Bring

• You'll hold a relevant degree in Transport or Design or have equivalent additional industry experience, and have networks with professional associations and membership organisations
• Proven experience developing profitable workstreams, particularly with local authority clients.
• Strong leadership skills and experience managing and developing multidisciplinary teams.
• A track record of winning work, managing client accounts and building lasting relationships.
• Commercial awareness, including financial performance, project budgets and resource management.
• Experience delivering complex projects and programmes, with strong project management and change management skills.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• A proactive, self-starting approach and the ability to identify opportunities, develop solutions and drive business growth.

What's In It for You?

• Competitive salary
• Career development opportunities, including LinkedIn Learning
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Up to 5 days' holiday purchase scheme
• Healthcare cash plan
• Discounts on retail, travel and social activities
• Cycle-to-work and Green Car scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package, subject to eligibility

If this sounds like the job for you, please apply....

New starters will be subject to clearance through the Disclosure and Barring Service and a County Court Judgment check. In addition, the post holder is expected to keep the Company updated if their personal circumstances change.

We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we'll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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