Team Lead - Highways Engineering

Around the world, SYSTRA’s specialists plan, design, integrate, test, commission, project manage and deliver mass transit and mobility solutions that are relied on by more than 50 million people every day. For more than 60 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions contribute to their development by creating, improving, and modernising their transport infrastructure with sustainability, accessibility, and innovation at the heart of our designs. With over 8,250 colleagues globally and around 1000 in the UK & Ireland, we are growing significantly and seeking out the very best talent to join the SYSTRA signature team and be part of leading the way in infrastructure design.

SYSTRA is looking for an experienced team leader to manage the Highways Engineering Team in the North of England. Based from either Manchester, Leeds or York, this person will be required to give leadership to the team at all grades, help the team manage their existing workload, bring in new work in the north of England and help develop the skills of the UK SYSTRA Highway offer.

• Identifies, develops and maintains client relationships through regular contact.
• Demonstrates awareness of clients’ business environment, commercial and/or political objectives, and critical success factors.
• Capable of negotiating satisfactory outcomes for both client and SYSTRA of a project change.
• Able to translate a sell-on opportunity into a winning proposal.
• Ensures standard of client care is consistently maintained.
• Revalidates value to client of project deliverables on an ongoing basis.
• Seeks opportunities for joint presentation of work with clients.
• Encourages shared accountability within a project team.
• Seeks to resolve team tensions - is proactive in addressing conflict or differences of opinion.
• Understands aims and objectives of appraisal process and works to ensure effectiveness.
• Takes actions to build a positive team spirit.
• Effectively mobilises and manages multi-disciplinary/multi-location teams.
• Provides direction for others to follow.
• Pro-active/collaborative approach to working with offshore production centres, sharing best practice and lessons learned as appropriate.
• Anticipates issues before they become problems and seeks mitigating solutions.
• Can simultaneously organise multiple projects.
• Demonstrates accountability for meeting contractual responsibilities.
• Ensures effective project initiation.
• Demonstrates the ability to execute the project plan for large/complex projects.
• Ensures at project close-down that learning is captured and widely shared.
• Assesses and manages risks.
• Proactively demonstrates conformance with business controls e.g. bid/no bid, proposal release, approving supplier invoices, purchasing goods and services, review of client deliverables.
• Understands contractual obligations and actively manages risks.
• Ably manages complex/high value proposals including identification of potential risks, devising approach, resourcing and costs.
• Ensures deliverables specified in proposals have acceptance criteria that are clear to the client.
• Uses thorough knowledge of contract terms and conditions to minimise commercial risks.

• Requires considerable professional experience and expertise to manage complex, large or non-standard scenarios, requiring high levels of leadership of highways projects.
• Grasps the relationship between complex ideas and weighs up long term implications, in a highway’s context.
• Experience in managing and developing highways team members to reach full potential.
• Have full understanding of Highway design standards such as DMRB and Manual for Streets 2.
• Experience of Rail Sector would be beneficial but not essential.

Our three core values: Excellence, Connected Teams and Bold Leadership are kept at the heart of everything we do. We strive for the highest levels of technical excellence, achieving the best results through teamwork, both locally and internationally, and reward innovative thinking through encouraging all colleagues to think as leaders. We offer clear and well supported pathways for career development and qualification attainment, a competitive remuneration package including a bonus and private healthcare, an electric car scheme and a broad suite of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.

Because we value who you are as much as what you do, we want you to feel supported at work. We offer hybrid working, balancing the benefits of working from home with time in our modern, well-equipped offices for that crucial in-person contact, team development and collaborative working. We also recognise that life doesn’t always run to the same schedule for everyone, so we have a dedicated flexible working policy to support you in tailoring your work life to reach your full potential.

We provide a warm welcome and encourage applications from a diverse range of people who can enrich our company and offer perspectives which will drive better solutions in a truly inclusive environment. Our employee led working groups and clearly defined strategy help us to keep at the leading edge of important issues and keep us accountable. We want our colleagues to feel comfortable to bring their whole selves to work and continually seek new ideas and contributions to ensure we continue to grow and develop in this space.

It’s no surprise that people do their best work when they feel physically and mentally supported. Our SYSTRA Wellness Programme offers a wide range of support; from Wellness champions to free health checks, healthy eating workshops and regular seminars, alongside access to a wide range of external support. We offer two paid days for charity work and an ever-growing social calendar.

Apply and find out more about how SYSTRA can support you in your career journey. If you require any adjustments or financial assistance to support you in your application or interview process please email: reasonableadjustments@systra.com where your request will be treated confidentially and with respect. We pledge to offer an interview to any candidates with a disability who apply for a role and meet the minimum criteria. As we are always looking to expand our team, we would still be interested in hearing from you if you fulfil most, but not all, of the relevant criteria for the role and if you are a returner looking to restart your career after a period outside the workplace – you could be just what we are looking for.