Senior Technical Director

5 days ago

Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom WSP Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled Senior Technical Director to join our team at WSP. As a key member of our Development discipline, you will play a crucial role in driving business growth, technical leadership, and client-facing activities.

Key Responsibilities
  • Work in partnership with colleagues to ensure coordination across the Development discipline and sharing of market intelligence, best practice, and innovation.
  • Engage with the Technical Leadership Group (TLG) to promote technical innovation, best practice, and technological advancements for infrastructure development for major projects.
  • Liaise with the Regional Director and local Office Place Leads in setting and agreeing appropriate local team structures, shapes, and skills sets.
  • Drive business development by being embedded within local networks of decision makers and establishing lasting relationships.
  • Win work from key accounts and align the business to secure major opportunities and an increasing order book.
  • Act as Project Manager or Director for major projects and strategically important commissions.
  • Support all aspects associated with H&S / Corporate Responsibility and ensure the team complies with SHEQ (Safety, Health, Environment, and Quality).
  • Mentor selected colleagues on the Succession Planning Schedule, Emerging Talent schedule.
About the Team

The Development Team is a well-established and high-performing discipline within the Planning and Development business unit, which includes over 800 colleagues focused on project delivery through the whole project life cycle, from initial land acquisition, planning support, and design, through to scheme implementation and handover.

Our Vision

We strive to be recognized as the strongest and best Development team in the industry, achieving this through continuous improvement and a management structure comprising of four pillars:

  • We help our clients to promote, implement, and manage sustainable development, from pre-feasibility through to planning consent; establish plans and provision for how an area, its accessibility, and needs, will develop over time and guide sustainable future development.
  • We work with public/private sector land promoters and house builders, developers, signature architects, Government, and local authorities. Some of the multi-disciplinary services we provide that you will help deliver include:
    • Civil engineering, highways design, and earthworks strategies.
    • Utilities, energy planning, and coordination.
    • Drainage, flood risk, and SuDS.
    • Site appraisal, due diligence, and strategic planning advice.
What We Offer

We offer a supportive environment that invests in your development, whether that's chartership, training, or mentoring. We appreciate that development and training are important to you, and we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.

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