Senior Associate Director: Project Design and Engineering – Ports & Maritime

Overview

You will lead complex maritime engineering programmes, shaping ports and coastal infrastructure for a safer, more sustainable future. In this role you’ll guide multidisciplinary teams, strengthen client partnerships and influence the direction of our Ports & Maritime business. You’ll tackle decarbonisation, climate resilience and modernisation challenges, delivering high-impact projects across the UK and beyond. Join a collaborative culture that values mentoring, innovation and capability development.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working
• 24 days annual leave (+ option to buy up to 10 more)
• enhanced pension contributions
• private medical cover
• life assurance
• income protection

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of complex maritime engineering programmes
• Provide expert technical guidance and act as a trusted advisor to clients and project teams
• Manage multidisciplinary and multi-location teams to deliver quality outcomes safely, on time and within budget
• Build strong client relationships and identify opportunities to create additional value
• Champion innovation, digital delivery and collaborative working practices
• Drive effective risk, change and programme management
• Mentor and develop future leaders within the business
• Promote a strong safety culture across every stage of project delivery

Key requirements

• Chartered Engineer status
• Significant experience spearheading complex maritime engineering projects and programmes
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams across multiple locations
• Experience delivering projects through the full lifecycle from FEED and design through to construction and operational support
• Strong stakeholder and client relationship management skills
• Commercial awareness including financial, contractual and change management expertise
• Passion for developing people through mentoring, coaching and knowledge sharing

• leadership
• stakeholder management
• mentoring
• maritime engineering
• FEED and design through construction
• full lifecycle project delivery

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