Water Sector Specialist - Manager grade in City of London

About the Job:

As part of our continued growth, we are looking to hire a Manager into our Water Sector team, to support the development of our groundbreaking work in the infrastructure sector.

Company:

Agilia is a specialist infrastructure consultancy operating at the forefront of some of the most exciting and challenging infrastructure projects in the UK and across the world. Established in 2016, our team now comprises a growing number of infrastructure professionals with first-hand and extensive experience covering all major infrastructure sectors. The key strategic objectives of Agilia are to:

• Build a leading-edge consultancy with world class capability that provides clients with the benefit of first-hand innovative experience in the development and delivery of mega projects, whether publicly or privately financed.

• To aggregate senior and early career talent so that the current infrastructure leaders may help form future leaders in the field of infrastructure.

• To provide opportunity to groups that have been historically less well represented within our industry.

• To be and remain connected with the communities that we ultimately serve.

We work with our clients by providing integrated infrastructure development and delivery expertise as well as consultancy services. Our engagement with our clients is both at Board Level as well as throughout the organisation. This means of engagement allows us to influence strategic objectives as well as deliver on the execution of those objectives.

Our team is comprised of experts in all key matters that relate to infrastructure development and delivery, including: deal structuring, commercial and procurement, assurance, project management, financial and commercial management, organisational design and transition.

In April 2023, Agilia’s ownership structure changed and is now constituted as an Employee-Owned Trust (EOT). For team-members, this means that they obtain and adopt a sense of the entrepreneurial energy that led to Agilia’s establishment and growth and that each team-member benefits financially from the long-term growth of the business. The EOT is designed to further promote and cement a high-performance, robust mind-set, collectively and individually.

Responsibilities & Tasks:

Client Engagement & Project Leadership:

• Support senior members of the team on large engagements and lead on smaller client engagements, providing support to clients in the development and delivery of infrastructure projects.

• Build and maintain relationships with clients and stakeholders, including legal and technical advisors.

• Present workstream updates and insights as needed to senior stakeholders.

Sector Insight & Strategy Development:

• Keep informed of industry trends, enhancing Agilia’s thought leadership and market insight.

• Identify emerging business opportunities, build strategic relationships, and contribute to overall business development within the sector.

Qualifications and Experience:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Economics, Environmental Science, Business, or a related field. A Project Management or Engineering certification or qualification would prove advantageous.

Knowledge and Skills:

• 5-7 years working on Infrastructure programs.
• A background in Engineering
• Knowledge of Engineering and the Water sector.
• Proven experience of managing complex infrastructure projects, including interfacing with multiple stakeholders (clients, contractors, and other advisors).
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Capable of leading workstreams independently, including chairing meetings and coordinating cross-functional team activities.
• Ability to contribute to project planning, budget management, and risk assessment on smaller assignments.
• Experienced in drafting management reports and delivering complex information in a concise and professional manner to stakeholders.
• Be a self-starter who is able to work effectively as a member of a team.
• Be articulate both orally and in written form. Possess an innate ability to synthesise complex information, with an eye for detail and ability to communicate in an effective and compelling manner.
• Possess the ability to work at pace, to be proactive with a positive can-do approach.
• Excellence at influencing, strong communication and facilitation skills in order to be credible and be able to challenge senior stakeholders.
• Be commercially minded and risk aware.

Personal Qualities:

• Hunger to learn

• Flexible

• Resilient

• Socially aware

• Team-Player

Location:

You will be based from our London office (Third floor, 11 Curtain Road, London, EC2A 3LT) and will be expected to travel to client site.

Company Benefits:

• Membership of the EOT (which includes a Company discretionary performance related annual bonus as well as being a beneficiary of any increase in the economic value of the business)

• Market leading base salary

• Company and Individual Performance related discretionary bonus.

• Workplace Pension

• Death in Service Scheme

• Critical Illness Scheme

• BUPA Private Medical Insurance Scheme

• Employee Assistance Programme

• 25 days annual leave

• Enhanced Sick pay (after 3 months service)

• Enhanced Maternity/adoption pay (after 2 years’ service)