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As an Associate Director based out of our London office, you will provide 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.

In this role your responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing and leading the development of highways, infrastructure and urban regeneration master planning projects.
• Develop and nurture excellent relationships with key clients, ensuring their needs are met and expectations exceeded.
• Display strong interpersonal and communication skills, thriving both independently and as a collaborator.
• Manage and execute projects within agreed upon timeframes and budgets.
• Leading infrastructure design across the civil engineering project portfolio.
• Extensive knowledge and experience of delivering highway & drainage design for S278 / S38 approvals under the Highways Act 1980 and S104 / S106 / S116 / S185 approvals under Water Industry Act 1991.
• Comprehensive knowledge of DMRB, MCHW, MfS, LA guides, etc and their applications.
• Excellent knowledge of AutoCAD / Civil 3D.
• Review technical reports, effectively conveying complex technical information in a clear and concise manner.
• Champion health and safety practices within the workplace and during the design process.
• Mentor and develop the skills of junior team members, fostering their professional growth.

The Development Team is a well-established and high performing part within the Planning and Development discipline which includes over 800 colleagues focused on project delivery through the whole project life cycle, from initial land acquisition, planning support and design, through to scheme implementation and handover.
Our vision is to be recognised as the best Development team in the industry. We strive to achieve this through continuous improvement and a management structure comprising of four pillars, namely; Technical Excellence, People, Clients and Operational Excellence.
We help our clients to promote, implement and manage sustainable development, from pre-feasibility through to planning consent; establish plans and provision for how an area, its accessibility, and needs, will develop over time and guide sustainable future development; and develop multi-disciplinary design from concept through to detailed design and construction.
We work with public/private sector land promoters and house builders, developers, signature architects, Government, and local authorities.