Associate Director – Structures

Job Title Associate Director – Structures

Contract Type: Permanent

Reporting to: Team Director

Hours: 37.5

About Elliott Wood

We are Engineers who deliver on better. Driven by strategic consultancy with creative and technical problem-solving, we act as originators, advisors and doers for the built environment. We inspire clients and organisations to think differently about their spaces – not just aesthetically and commercially – but for the benefit of the planet and people who use them every day

Our Values

Be brilliant.

1 to go above and beyond. 2 to show outstanding ability no matter the task. 3 to offer unrivalled service. 4 to achieve your full potential.

Flip it

1 to disrupt routine. 2 to think laterally. 3 to reveal the unseen. 4 to realise unexpected benefits.

Step forward

1 to inspire everyone for a better today, tomorrow and future. 2 to embrace diversity and inclusion. 3 to safeguard the wellbeing of yourself and others. 4 to choose well, leaving a positive footprint on our shared world.

Primary focus of this role:

A leadership role responsible for providing effective team leadership and support to project teams, overseeing multiple structural engineering projects and ensuring high-quality, profitable delivery. The role also contributes to strategy, organisational development, practice management and continuous business improvement.

Primary Responsibilities:

* Providing effective team leadership and support to project teams.

* Overseeing multiple projects to ensure high-quality, efficient and profitable delivery.

* Contributing to strategy, organisational development and continuous business improvement.

* Managing team resources, performance and professional development. Maintaining high standards of project and financial management. Developing existing client relationships and identifying new business opportunities.

* Contributing to practice management and the ongoing development of Elliott Wood.

* Maintaining professional qualifications and developing technical expertise in line with industry best practice.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy & Practice Development

* Contributing to strategy, organisational development and continuous business improvement.

* Actively contributing to one or more areas of business practice to help drive the business forward.

* Maintaining professional qualifications and developing technical ability to reflect industry best practice.

* Actively supporting CPD activity across Elliott Wood.

Technical & Project Delivery

* Overseeing multiple projects to ensure high-quality, efficient and profitable delivery. · Managing project appointments, fee agreements, workload allocation and project checking.

* Troubleshooting project issues to ensure quality, creativity and effectiveness in proposed solutions.

* Maintaining high standards of project management and technical delivery.

Financial Management

* Maintaining strong financial management across team budgets, income and expenditure.

* Managing project appointments, fees and financial performance to support profitable project delivery.

* Providing regular updates to Directors to support financial monitoring, forecasting and planning.

Team Management

* Managing team resources, including workload allocation and resource planning.

* Managing team performance, including appraisals, promotion and recognition.

* Providing leadership, guidance and support to project teams.

* Acting as a mentor to allocated graduates and junior members of staff.

* Supporting the professional development and progression of team members.

Business Development

* Nurturing existing client relationships and developing new business opportunities in conjunction with the Group Engineer (GE), Associate Directors (AD) and the Elliott Wood Partnership CRM programme.

* Contributing to business development and work-winning activities to support the growth of the practice
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed