Market Director (Water/Wastewater)

Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow

• Contributing to the development and implementation of strategies and actions plans to support business growth in the specific focus areas.
• Working closely with technical staff and the bid support team, you’ll coordinate the capture and bid processes for both major and regional project opportunities.
• Growing business development activities in the Water/Wastewater sector for COWI with clients located across the UK and Ireland to meet growth targets.
• Developing and delivering Bid-Winning strategies including Commercial offering in conjunction with the delivery team (including delivering high-quality proposals).
• Maintaining close liaison with the discipline sector leads across the UK business COWI Group sharing market and customer knowledge.
• Contributing to identifying technical development areas and for conveying this to line management.
• The continuous updating of the UK Pipeline for specific focus areas and implementing the ‘Go/No/Go’ process.
• Maintaining customer focus and continuity through delivery including frameworks. Undertaking framework management responsibilities.
• Building and maintaining an effective network with clients and partners located in the UK and Ireland including key account management.
• Participating in COWI UK’s market leadership team.
• Ensuring early identification of leads and right partners to tender within the Water/Wastewater sector.

Do you want to be instrumental in the strategic evolution of COWI's Water/Wastewater services in the UK and Ireland? Can you direct business development efforts to support growth? Are you experienced in Water/Wastewater project delivery? Then shape a sustainable and liveable world with us.

• Relevant business development or framework management and leadership experience in the Water/Wastewater sector
• Experience in coastal protection and marine works would be advantageous.
• A good technical background in the Water/Wastewater sector, combined with effective leadership in work -winning.
• Prior experience developing major proposals and market initiatives within the consulting or engineering industry.
• A Water/wastewater design engineering background, working within multi-disciplinary teams. This could be with a designer, client or contractor.
• An established network of contacts relevant to the growth of the COWI's Water sector in the UK and Ireland, including in clients, contractors and partner organisations.
• Previously worked as a Chartered Engineer within the Water/Wastewater sector.
• Trust-based relationship building skills.
• Experience of delivering water and wastewater projects through all stages of project delivery (commencing at concept and initial feasibility through to commissioning and project handover).
• Comprehensive Grasp of legal, contractual, and financial issues in the sector.

Office/Home Hybrid Working

What we also offer: To us, a fair reward is more than a competitive salary. We want to take care of our people professionally and personally as well.

• Corporate gym membership
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Group personal pension scheme – salary exchange
• Flexible and hybrid working conditions
• Life assurance
• Private health care, for you and your immediate dependents
• Annual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional Institutions
• 28 days' holiday (plus bank and public holidays)
• Formalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunities