Overview

Are you looking to grow your technical and operational expertise across the world? Buro Happold is looking to recruit a Civil Infrastructure Project Director based in one of our UK offices (Bath, London, Manchester, Leeds).

This role will have responsibility for overseeing technical and financial performance of all technical teams delivering projects in the UK and across the world. Here at Buro Happold, expect the exceptional.

Your next role

Be part of an exceptional team that embraces technically demanding projects and challenges. Be at the forefront of changes in the industry such as reducing embodied carbon and modern methods of infrastructure design.

Key Duties

• Taking the lead and overseeing all project planning relating to programme and financial management, risk, budgets, and technical performance
• Being a trusted client advisor, and leading external team management and coordination
• Representing Buro Happold to clients
• Overseeing the technical management and performance of Buro Happold teams
• Complying with all Buro Happold quality management systems

Your Skills and Experience

• Strong technical background in civil infrastructure design
• A good communicator — able to engage with a variety of audiences specifically at a senior level with client and collaborator organisations
• Experience setting up and running multi-disciplinary civil infrastructure and/or masterplanning projects including overseeing financial, and technical performance, and creating and managing programmes, both in the UK and overseas
• Experience in managing programmes in terms of identifying risks and mitigation, together with managing changing priorities
• Senior project experience in running external teams the UK and internationally and managing expectations
• Previous experience leading fee estimates and proposals, and negotiating TCs
• Professional Membership of a levant professional body

What we offer

• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum, exclusive of Bank Holidays
• Hybrid working arrangements
• Private Medical Health (family cover)
• Company Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Flexible Benefits - including Cycle scheme, Dental insurance, Optical Cover, Travel insurance and Corporate discounts
• Early leaving at the end of the month - Buro Happold actively encourages its employees to finish at 3pm on the last Friday of each month (depending on business demands). These hours can equate to an additional 4 days leave per annum

Diversity and inclusion

Buro Happold values flexible working patterns and welcomes applications from those seeking flexibility. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and encourage applicants from underrepresented groups. Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com.