Structural Associate Director

Description

• Driving innovation in the science and technology sector within Buro Happold.
• Identifies future opportunities and connects with contacts
• Balances client needs with commercial and risk considerations.
• Building and/or reinforcing an external profile and representing Buro Happold’s science and technology design excellence in the market.
• Identifying and managing project risks proactively.
• Actively seeks feedback and learns from experiences.
• Establishing a network of internal and external clients to win new and repeat business.
• Building a project portfolio of high quality, brand enhancing projects achieving profitability targets with a motivated team, and managing a proportion of that portfolio directly.
• Encourages learning among colleagues.
• Building a strong pipeline of work in London Structures in Science, Technology, and Healthcare sectors.
• Maintaining an overview of project commercial aspects.
• Reviewing team members’ performance and supporting their development.
• Communicating effectively and proactively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Line Management and Mentoring: Taking responsibility for line management, leadership, and mentoring within the London Structures team.
• Taking a leadership role within the London Structures team, providing direction and technical advice.
• Proactively managing client relationships to exceed expectations and achieve positive feedback.
• Driving project performance, service delivery, and technical and commercial outcomes.
• Project delivery: Building London Structures’ portfolio of science & technology projects, working with a range of collaborators.
• Providing effective leadership, direction, and technical advice to the team.
• Manages deadlines effectively.
• Building a strong delivery capability in London Structures and other BH offices (including Europe and India) for Science, Technology, and Healthcare projects.
• The post holder is accountable to the Discipline Leader for the delivery of their objectives and responsibilities, and for their financial, design, and leadership conduct.
• Focusing on maximum client satisfaction and championing client care.
• Maintaining an external profile through engagement with collaborators and external events.

Requirements

• Leadership Qualities: Ability to lead and deliver solutions, mentoring junior team members, and actively promote Buro Happold to clients and collaborators.
• Aware of others’ positions and experiences.
• Organised and Adaptable:
• Understands delegation and anticipates situations.
• External representation and marketing: Excelling at representing the company to clients, architects, and collaborators, communicating design excellence.
• Positive Attitude and Inspirational Role Model: Demonstrating a proactive attitude and inspiring team members.
• Behaves in line with Buro Happold’s culture.
• Confident and Proactive:
• Adapts communication style to the situation
• Design excellence and creativity: The Associate Director should exhibit world class structural design capabilities in the science and technology sector, with strong understanding of architectural design as well as structural design.
• Perceptive and Incisive:
• Responsive to clients and internal and external collaborators.
• Recognises the value different people bring to teams and shapes own contributions accordingly.
• Excellent team-working and collaboration skills
• Excellent collaboration and teamworking:
• Industry-Leading Knowledge: The Associate Director should have extensive knowledge of the science and technology sector across design disciplines, with particular expertise in structural engineering design and best practices.
• Considerable freedom to manage project activities within their portfolio, including approving fees and scope of service.
• Excellent people and communication skills, with the ability to communicate design ideas and thinking in an inspirational manner.
• Prioritises tasks appropriately.
• Cultivates positive relationships within and outside Buro Happold.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Organised, Flexible, and Adaptable: An Associate Director within London Structures should possess these qualities. They must be able to prioritise tasks effectively, understand when to delegate, and anticipate and manage situations to adjust deadlines as needed.
• Strategic involvement: The ability to provide targeted and strategic design input to project teams.

Benefits

• Car allowance (10% of basic salary)
• A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
• Work Winning: Entering design competitions, bidding for and winning work, maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and seeking new opportunities.
• Attractive salary and benefits package including life assurance, income protection and private medical cover.
• 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month
• A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Enhanced parenthood leave policies
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance