Associate Director (Mechanical)

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As a member of the senior management team you will plan, manage, control and execute key sector business including the management of a team in providing professional engineering services to external and internal clients. As Associate Director you will actively promote the business and engage in Business Development to secure both existing and new Clients’ business.

Job title:

Associate Director (Mechanical)

Job Description:

What you’ll be doing:

• Undertake the direct management of engineering services design and consultancy work on behalf of Capita P&I and develop new business opportunities.
• Undertake the planning and management of staff in the production of calculations, production of drawings, specifications and reports, site surveys, construction stage duties, client liaison, liaison with members of design/construction teams, project management, costing and any other relevant duty required to comply with the project brief.
• Ensuring an understanding of project briefs by the team
• Reviewing progress plus managing any anomalies and scope of duty revisions
• Regularly reviewing computations, information and content of projects (Project Reviews)
• Ensuring all work is completed under the company quality assurance (BMS) procedures
• Undertake financial management responsibility and control

What we’re looking for:

• Degree educated in a relevant field
• Previous people management experience
• Worked within Engineering 10+ years
• Ideally at Associate level 3+ years

About Capita Real Estate and Infrastructure

At Capita Real estate and infrastructure, we create places where people can prosper.

Today, critical infrastructure and public building projects need to be sustainable and environmentally appropriate. They must deliver value for the people that will use them - local communities and businesses - for decades to come. The wide range of demands requires a more holistic approach to design. That’s where we come in.

Our clients rely on our commitment to understanding their challenges and finding smarter solutions, and a broad range of experts offering a distinctively diverse set of skills. Our leadership team, who are practitioners themselves, understand what it takes to deliver.

Our culture is built on over 100 years of delivering excellence and creating solutions for critical infrastructure challenges. This enables us to provide a different perspective and approach; one based on what our clients need and can afford.

From engineering and architectural innovation to environmental sustainability and technologically enabled project delivery, we are renowned for our breadth of expertise and holistic, collaborative approach.

We’re a unique team specializing in infrastructure and buildings; the physical networks which keep the country moving and the places where people and communities can prosper.

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive basic salary up to £65,000
• 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks…and plenty more
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform

You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita.

You’ll be joining a network of 55,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

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What we hope you’ll do next:

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

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Equal Opportunities

We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. During the application process, you’ll be asked to share your personal characteristics and data with us. This helps us understand our audience so we can make sure we are doing everything we can to attract a diverse range of people and ensure our recruitment processes are fair and inclusive.