UK Environmental Services Director: Growth & Strategy Lead in London

Chart your own course and change the world — with the support of people whose interests are aligned with yours. At Burns & McDonnell, opportunity is waiting. We’re looking for people with big ideas and an entrepreneurial mindset. It’s those kinds of people who’ve helped us grow from a small consulting business back in 1898 to a global leader in engineering, architecture and construction solutions. Today, we’re a thriving company with more than 10,000 professionals working in 75 offices worldwide and recognised as a leader in Environmental Services.

This position will support the management and development of the Environmental Services (ENS) Global Practice across the UK (and other geographical/market segments as assigned), leading to the sustainable growth in a dynamic and profitable manner based on Burns & McDonnell's (BMcD) core values of client satisfaction, commitment, dedication, integrity, safety, and overall outstanding service.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading and managing other agreed market/geographical segments across the UK, working with the Director of Environmental Services, UK & Europe and other Directors and Officers as appropriate.
• Identifying key target clients for BMcD to organise a focused sales approach strategy.
• Defining the local organisation and building and recruiting a multidisciplinary environmental and sustainability team.
• Identifying, developing, and managing the implementation of business strategies for ENS in the UK, including operational strategies and procedures, marketing strategies, pricing strategies, and sales and customer retention strategies.
• Delivering profit and achieving agreed targets and standards for financial performance.
• Planning, coordinating, communicating, and facilitating activities of several disciplines on projects of all sizes from conception through completion.
• Developing a long-term strategic plan for growth and sustainability of ENS in the UK, in alignment with the UK ENS Strategy.
• Assisting in maintaining current client support and staff progression.
• Identifying project opportunities early and facilitating go/no-go decisions in cooperation with others.
• Facilitating strategy development to pre-sell projects before Tender release.
• Undertaking proposal development and contract negotiations.
• Coordinating project planning including scoping, budgeting, maintaining schedules, communicating and managing deadlines and establishing and performing to critical project objectives.
• Ensuring quality and safety standards by adhering to BMcD Quality Control program and BMcD Safety program.
• Developing relationships with key partners and subconsultants.

Measures of Performance:

• Attainment of billable time targets for ENS staff.
• Ability to maximise profitability on projects.
• Ability to attract, hire, develop, and retain the best people into BMcD.
• Ability to execute projects meeting or exceeding client expectations for quality, schedule, and budget.
• Ability to execute projects in a manner to meet and exceed internal expectations for quality, schedule, labor/cost budgets, project profitability, safety, and client satisfaction.
• Growth of UK ENS Practice based on sales, revenue, profitability and staff size.

Leads and manages the growth of a ENS UK team to include the following environmental and sustainability disciplines (as required). Therefore some experience/knowledge in the following disciplines would be advantageous:

• Field projects such as groundwater sampling, drilling, etc., including site attendance for such works.
• Soil and groundwater management, land contamination and remediation works, e.g., excavation, in-situ treatment, etc.
• Health & safety, sustainability and environmental management in all stages of works (design, planning, construction & compliance).
• UK Environmental permitting applications, management and consents (DCO & T&CPA).
• Providing leadership for site roles including environmental clerk of works, environmental site inspections, environmental audits and reporting thereof.
• Responsible for the recruitment, development, training, and retention of staff.
• Conducting performance evaluations for department staff.
• Providing leadership, guidance, and instruction to the department.
• Interpreting the organization's policies, purposes, and goals to staff.
• Overall QA/QC process adherence.
• Enforcing compliance with company and site safety policies.
• Performing other duties as assigned.
• Complying with all policies and standards.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree in geology, environmental management/science, engineering, construction management or related field from accredited program.
• Minimum 10 years related professional experience and possess strong leadership skills that include current and previous management experience.
• Experience must include successful management of projects, proposal development, contract negotiations, project planning, design team coordination & communication, budgeting, schedule management, and client coordination.
• Previous consulting experience preferred.
• Professional registration/chartership preferred.

This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.