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Job description

WSP are seeking an Associate/ Associate Director to join the Roads team based in Belfast. You will be providing technical leadership to our design teams and will use your knowledge and skills to deliver the right quality to time and budget. You will use those attributes to lead design teams and to mentor and support junior team members. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a track record of delivery of schemes in either the local or national transport arena.

Responsibilities

• Support the Group Director with leadership and business development.
• Oversee multi-disciplinary projects of varying scale, complexity and value, managing budget and financial performance.
• Working directly with our clients, developing strong trusted relationships, proactively managing their expectations and comprehensively advising them.
• Undertake technical preparation, review and checking of deliverables.
• Work collaboratively with the Roads team and our colleagues in the wider Transport and Infrastructure business to achieve our aims and objectives.
• Using your technical ability and experience to support others to maximise their personal contribution to project/team goals.
• Lead and manage other staff members in the delivery of design drawings, standard construction details, specifications and bill of quantities, supporting the preparation of tender packages.
• Responsible for compliance with Health & Safety and Environmental Legislation and inhouse quality assurance standards/processes.
• Be actively involved with team resource coordination, supporting the setup of teams and putting the right people in the right roles.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• A broad range of project experience, both within civil engineering discipline and multi-disciplinary projects, focusing on highways.
• The ability to use, direct and check the design outputs created in relevant softwares including but not limited to Autodesk Civils 3D, Bentley OpenRoads Designer, InfoDrainage and/or PDS.
• Demonstrate ability to improve, motivate and encourage others, lead and implement change programmes, inspiring colleagues and drive an innovative and supportive culture.
• Commercial and strategic capability with a demonstrable track record in having identified and subsequently delivered new business opportunities.
• Proactively manages change on tasks/projects, clearly communicating potential impacts on programme, cost, and quality.
• Influential and persuasive internally and externally, encourages open dialogue and feedback.
• Proven ability to lead a single or multiple design disciplines in relevant projects (i.e. road, public transport, active travel, public real and/or private development).
• Experience of contract document preparation or contract administration/site supervision using Public Works Contracts.
• Expert client/stakeholder management and interpersonal skills are essential.
• Chartered Civil Engineer or an Incorporated Engineer with extensive post professional qualification experience.
• An understanding and application of the relevant design codes such as the Design Manual for Roads & Bridges, Manual for Streets, TSRGD, Local Authority design guidance and are well versed in the preparation of drawings for contract documentation.
• Experience of complying with Designers Duties under CDM regulations.

Desirable Skills

• Preferably able to obtain UK vetting level of Security Check (SC)