At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and manage structural projects, ensuring quality and profitability.
- Company: Join a leading engineering firm with a commitment to innovation and teamwork.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for career advancement and personal growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the engineering field while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: BEng or MSc in Civil/Structural Engineering and 8+ years of experience.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
As an Associate Director you will provide management of the structures group.
Monitoring and delivering projects with effective use of resources relative to fee with maximum profitability, maintaining technical quality, professionalism and completing all design activities to programme.
Monitor and coach all staff performance within their group.
Implement training, QA, Health and Safety.
Responsibilities
- Monitor resource relative to each project monthly allowable fee expenditure, defining monthly CAD requirements and two-weekly engineering workload forecasts.
- Carry out engineering concept design to detailed design, tender and contract on site supervision, to completion, ensuring projects are undertaken in accordance with design briefs and that completion deadlines are achieved, via frequent design reviews with engineers.
- Ensure all design projects and reports within the group are technically compliant, to a consistent quality and standard. Maintain regular ‘in house’ design reviews and checks.
- Monitor contract staff or third-party appointments.
- Maintain excellent client relationships and contacts to achieve high levels of satisfaction and repeat business. Manage client’s expectations and promote a team approach.
- Develop new business opportunities where appropriate and participate with company presentations.
- Motivate yourself and manage staff within group to build coherent high performing teams. Set objectives, monitor performance, coach and develop staff to optimise their potential.
- Monitor and control project progress, design variations and project financial budgets.
- Implement management and administration systems (timesheets/expenses etc), co‑ordinate holiday leave within group.
- Carry out staff Personal Development Plans in accordance with the Personal Development Plans Procedures.
Report any staff performance problems to Structures Director and agree corrective action.
Identify and implement all training/CPD requirements of staff within their group.
- Implement and manage QA systems and procedures on all projects.
- Implement Company Health and Safety. Ensure all designs respond to the CDM regulations.
- Ensure Quality Management System ISO 9001 and 14001 are adhered to.
Requirements
- BEng, MSc, or equivalent qualification in Civil, Structural Engineering or relevant subject.
- Chartered Engineer or ongoing pursuit of chartered status with ICE, IStruct E or relevant association.
- Excellent presentation and communication skills.
- 8 years minimum experience within a design consultancy, designing and managing projects.
- Experience of monitoring contract staff or third-party appointments would be desirable.
- Able to undertake computer modelling organise and direct the production of CAD drawings and correspond effectively with opposite numbers with other consultants.
- Experience in the same or similar position is desired.
- Competency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook & Power Point.
- The ability to project a positive and professional attitude at all times.
- Good knowledge and use of appropriate project and design analysis software.
- Primary Location: United Kingdom-England-London
- Other Locations: United Kingdom-Scotland-Glasgow, United Kingdom-England-Manchester
- Industry: Building Engineering
- Schedule: Full-time
- Employee Status: Regular
- Business
- Class: Building Structural
- Job Posting: Jul 3, 2026
At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity.
We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer (https://www. hdrinc. com/equal-employment-opportunity-employer).
We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.
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