Associate Director- Infrastructure Town Planning NOWOŚĆ

The roles are to work across one or more of our transport, energy and water businesses developing client relationships and identifying project opportunities, leading teams in bidding and delivering projects, developing team members, raising Arup’s profile in this area through marketing and publicity efforts, and promoting our work in the marketplace. 

The candidate should have a knowledge of infrastructure consenting legislation including Development Consent Orders as well as any sector specific legislation (such as TWA, the Electricity Act and statutory powers). 

You will play a key leadership role in the following areas: 

• Growing our market share across our infrastructure business by identifying and leading the successful pursuit of prospects and projects which are critical to Arup’s positioning in the market; 

• Engaging with existing and potential clients, positioning Arup to ensure there is a strong pipeline of repeat work and identifying opportunities for new work; 

• Leading the delivery of projects in terms of client interface, providing strategic direction to the team, undertaking QA and ensuring projects are profitable; 

• Interfacing with multi-disciplinary project teams across Arup to ensure client/project opportunities are maximised and integrated delivery of projects; 

• Developing the skills across our national town planning team to ensure depth in resources and strong succession; and 

• Supporting the preparation of marketing material and activities to raise the profile of our work. 

Is this role right for you?

You will be a motivated, enthusiastic and competent individual with a strong track record of developing client relationships, and winning and successfully delivering infrastructure projects. 

You will require the following knowledge, skills and attributes: 

• Recognised industry expertise in one or more of transport, energy and water planning and consenting; 

• Strong proven consultancy skills and ability to focus on and where possible exceed client expectations; 

• Experience of working across different consenting regimes, in drafting consenting strategies, engagement strategies, planning reports and managing the preparation of consent applications; 

• Experience of developing business strategies and/or client development plans to provide focus to business development. Experience of successfully implementing strategies/plans; 

• Experience of working with clients to understand their requirements and map out solutions to ensure opportunities for Arup are maximised; 

• Experience of leading teams in the bidding and delivery (establishing and leading teams) of projects, including technical specialists and multi-disciplinary teams and sourcing sub-consultants where necessary; 

• Experience of working within a commercial environment (bids and projects), including client liaison, programme and time management, quality assurance and financial/budget control;