Associate Director - Water

Overview

Lead analytics and software teams delivering water sector projects and client relationships.

Key Responsibilities

• project delivery
• risk management
• technical innovation
• process coordination
• client relations
• team leadership

Tasks

-Development of project delivery strategies to support client needs, with associated training, development, recruitment and/or innovation plans to ensure delivery of these strategies. -Ensuring that project delivery and commercial performance deadlines and targets are achieved. -Identification, implementation and support of growth opportunities across the UK. -Leadership and management of delivery teams. -Development and maintenance of strong relationships with key client contacts to understand strategic direction and their service/programme risks, issues and needs. -Identification of escalated project risks and opportunities, together with risk and opportunity mitigation and management. -Identification and cultivation of innovative and optimised technical solutions aligned with client requirements and objectives. -Consolidation and co-ordination of project delivery across the clean water team to drive efficiencies.

Requirements

• leadership
• commercial
• software development
• negotiation
• water projects
• bid delivery

What You Bring

-Excellent inter-personal, leadership and communication skills. -Proven experience bid delivery and winning client work -Commercial acumen and the ability to deliver commercially complex framework programmes successfully. -Proven ability to co-ordinate and facilitate teams to deliver successful outcomes at project and programme level through a balance of strategic and tactical approaches. -Extensive experience in the leadership and management of people and in leading the delivery of major project / programmes in the water sector projects. -Proven ability to build and mentor teams and drive collaborative behaviours. -Experience preferable in analytical projects and/or software development -Skilled in collaborative negotiation.

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About Rps

-Delivers innovative solutions across sectors from planning to execution. -Strong expertise in large-scale projects like infrastructure, energy, and environmental consulting. -Notable work includes wind farms, transport infrastructure, and urban development consultancy. -Multidisciplinary approach integrates engineering, design, and environmental expertise. -Committed to sustainable outcomes and addressing complex industry challenges.

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