Associate Technical Director - Roads & Highways

Responsibilities We are seeking to recruit an experienced and talented Associate Technical Director to join the UK Communities team to take the project management, technical leadership and timely delivery of technical outputs from inception to completion with a range of internal UK Communities colleagues including :

Description for Internal Candidates

Act as the technical lead for the UK Communities Roads team projects

Local health and safety, welfare, risk, information security, and assessment / compliance

Project, programme and financial management

Promote WSP Vision and Values

Actively promote the UK GCC culture within the team and ensure that the staff deliver on promises

Interfacing with multi-disciplinary project teams

Manage the team and processes to ensure the preparation and checking of documents, reports and other technical outputs / deliverables from a variety of Highways-related disciplines meet internal and client requirements and quality assurance standards.

Provide highly visible, inspirational leadership and direction for the GCC UK Communities team, ensuring that it is aligned with the wider UK business

Mentoring team members towards professional accreditation or equivalent

Carry out and report on staff appraisals and performance development reviews

Recruitment to achieve the budgeted and programmed team growth

Monitor and review team capability in the use of the required standards, processes, software tools, and, with technical colleagues, identify training required

Identify opportunities to upskill existing technical resources or recruit new capabilities to deliver additional services or enhance existing ones

Identify further skills that could be brought into the GCC, India, to deliver additional services or enhancements to various businesses

Ensuring that the Business Management System is implemented and maintained

Seek regular feedback on team performances, ensure criticisms are positively converted into opportunities for improvement

Develop / maintain excellent relationships, ensuring repeat business and client satisfaction, internally and externally

Contribution to bids and marketing material

Contribute to the design of operational processes, systems, quality measurement processes, and achievement of KPIs

Ensure process and governance such that all projects comply with Health and Safety, and Quality Assurance Standards.

Carry out audits of adherence to WSP Management and Quality processes and implement corrective measures where required

Client / External focus

Maintain strong colleague relationships and contribute to the team’s performance in client satisfaction

Contribute to knowledge sharing in internal and external forums, including technical input to your team

Remain up to date with market and competitor knowledge across the Transportation & Infrastructure

People

Inclusively lead people, clearly articulating the vision, defining responsibilities, delegating effectively and providing constructive feedback

Inspire and motivate departmental staff towards technical progression

Be self-motivated to take on a leadership role in project work with a clear focus on timeliness, quality and technical excellence.

Managing people through change and develop succession plans

Create and support innovation

Deal with conflict appropriately

Work across cultures (e.g. international and / or multi-disciplinary projects), embracing diverse points of view

Business Focus

Proactively influences Health, and Wellbeing including for example Safety by Design

Deliver successful commercial performance by clearly understanding and monitoring the area of work and ensuring agreed targets are met

Be responsible for the quality of technical outputs to WSP standards, including any specific UK client standards

Identify appropriately qualified staff to deliver projects with regard to the constraints of project budgets

Champion and mentor others in use of agreed systems and processes

Explore ways to add value and improve personal and team performance

Manage opportunities, risks and project changes / variations so that these deliver advantage to the business

Ensure budget utilisation is met or exceeded

Ensure budgeted earning capacity is met or exceeded

Key Competencies / Skills

Qualifications for Internal Candidates

Mandatory skills

You should be able to demonstrate a proven working knowledge of the Design Standards practiced across the UK and experience

Track record of senior technical experience in Highways discipline.

Excellent communication, internal client handling, interpersonal skills and listening skills with the ability to influence and interact with people

Comfortable leading internal engineering discussions and the experience and ability to understand, evaluate and explain complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical professionals

Technical manager with management acumen and strong leadership skills

Open-minded and intellectually agile

A hard-working self-starter with initiative and ability to work within a team environment

Understand own strengths and impact, adapting behaviour according to different situations and individuals

Able to work effectively under pressure

Act ethically with fairness, honesty, and integrity

Successful track record of delivery of large detail design projects in the Highways sector within the context of a professional services provider

The candidate should have demonstrable experience in resource and project management

The candidate should be aware of current and emerging technologies relevant to the highways sector

Experience of liaison with clients, co-professionals, and design teams

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Effective time management and strong organisational skills