Associate Engineer

Associate Civil Engineer, Senior Civil Engineer, Principal Engineer

Your new company
Hays are currently recruiting for an Associate Director to be based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. We are working in partnership with a world-leading global design, engineering and project management organisation dedicated to engineering a better future for everyone. The focus of the company is on designing better futures for the environments and communities we live in.This client is committed to delivering end to end services to their clients across the whole life cycle of projects from Capital works, Consulting, Decommissioning, Engineering and Design, Operations and Maintenance, Project, and Program management up to Project Delivery.Due to the previous year’s successes and expected growth in the North of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, they have an exciting opportunity for an Associate Director to join the Northern Ireland practice and be based in their Belfast office. This role will head various sectors, including Defence, Nuclear, Aviation, Energy, Rail, Urban Developments, but predominantly in Water Infrastructure.
Your new role
As an Associate Director, your main responsibility would be delivering successful projects from planning to completion.You will be responsible for:•Identifying and agreeing project objectives and developing a strategy for achieving these. Identifying and managing any matters that could pose a potential contractual/commercial risk, as well as identification of opportunities. •Leading the project team – building, motivating, maintaining, coaching, guiding and developing the team towards solving problems and making decisions •Facilitating communication, co-ordination, and information flow with the Client and within the project team, including any subcontractors and partners (internal and external). •With input from the Discipline Leads, agreeing commercial trading arrangements and communication plan for working with other teams across the business including our Global Technology Centres (GTC) in India. Assembling and owning the project delivery programme and delivery plans. •Protecting the commercial interest of the company, including timely and accurate invoicing and effective credit control for optimal cash flow (with the support of the finance community); comparing revenue with predicted costs and identifying risk allowances, margin, and provisions – at project set-up and monthly thereafter, including Earned Value reporting. •Closing out the project on completion, archiving project documentation, updating market information, ensuring that lessons learnt are captured and disseminated internally and ensuring that a Client Satisfaction survey is initiated. •Cognisant delivery of projects and tasks in accordance with the Company’s Values; Safety, Integrity, Collaboration, and Innovation.

What you’ll need to succeed
To be successful in the Associate Director role, you must have more than 5 years’ experience working in a multidisciplinary infrastructure project and must currently be in a Senior Management role. Candidates with consultancy-based experience would be ideal.You must be able to demonstrate excellent project management skills, knowledge, and experience.To qualify, you must have Chartered Qualification in either Engineering, Architecture, Project Management or equivalent. Must have experience in deploying various forms of construction contracts like NEC3 or 4 or bespoke forms of contract.Must be fully versed with BIM software and understand 3d modelling tools. Importantly, you must be able to identify new opportunities to expand the business further.Due to the scope of this role, you are expected to manage both the North of Scotland and Northern Ireland offices, hence you must be flexible to travel in both locations as well as in the client’s sites.
What you’ll get in return
Our client is offering an attractive Annual salary negotiable on experience. Feel free to contact Hays to discuss.You will enjoy the company’s health and wellness benefits (i.e. Life assurance, health cash plan and many others). You will also benefit from flexible daily start and finish times, with a standard 7.5-hour day. Employee Schemes include Bike Ride Salary Sacrifice Scheme, Car parking Scheme, Long Service award, Refer a Friend Scheme, and the Annual Team Building/Social Events throughout the year.
The company also provides support in training and career development and supports flexible working arrangements.

What you need to do now
If you’re interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV to or call us now.If this job isn’t quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.
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