Bennett & Game are representing a multidisciplinary consultancy seeking an Associate Director to join and help lead their Civil and Structural Engineering team. The successful candidate will play a key role in project delivery and team performance across a growing portfolio of industrial and manufacturing developments, supported by commercial and bespoke projects.

This is a senior leadership position combining technical oversight, project management, people leadership, client relationship development and business growth within a fully integrated civil and structural environment.

Role Overview

• Act as Project Lead on medium and large schemes, managing programmes, resources, budgets and delivery
• Lead and develop the Civil / Structural Engineering team, allocating workloads and coordinating resources
• Arrange and chair project commencement meetings
• Produce project programmes and resourcing schedules
• Monitor delivery against agreed timescales and financial targets
• Manage invoicing for projects delivered by your team
• Provide mentoring and technical guidance to engineers and technicians
• Ensure all deliverables are technically sound, approved and compliant with relevant standards
• Maintain quality assurance and checking procedures across the team
• Act as key client contact, representing all engineering services
• Build Key Account Plans and maintain strong client relationships
• Identify and develop new business opportunities
• Support corporate reputation and brand development
• Undertake design work when required

Requirements

• Chartered status (ICE or IStructE)
• Strong technical background with hands-on design capability
• Proven leadership on complex engineering projects
• Commercial awareness including fee management and invoicing
• Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Track record of client development and work winning
• Industrial/manufacturing project experience preferred

Salary & Benefits

• Salary: 65,000 - £75,000 xbpsjku
• Hybrid working (3 days office / 2 from home)
• Flexible working hours
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave
• Continued professional development support
• Clear route to Director level

Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.
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