Project Director Major Civil Engineering Projects

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Project Director Major Civil Engineering Projects

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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.

From career-defining opportunities to an inclusive and diverse practice where we all contribute to a more equitable world. From our reputation to our relationships. Wherever your Buro Happold career takes you, it’ll be anything but ordinary.

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 T&Cs
• 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.

A place for everyone

Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.

Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.

We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing differences allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.

Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Civil Engineering

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