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Practice Manager - Civil / Structural Engineering
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Enthuse and motivate our people through effective performance and development plans that align to their career opportunities
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Contribute to the successful delivery of Engineering South East budget requirements, including productivity, management of overheads and headcount through effective management of resources
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Facilitate an increased flow of work to the Global Design Centre (GDC) based in India.
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Liaise with the Practice Director to ensure we have sufficient resources with the right skills to deliver our current and future market strategies
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Support the technical development of staff within their practice group
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Work with the market and business development teams to engage with clients and actively sell our technical capabilities
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Chartered/Incorporated status with a recognised UK professional institution, e.g. ICE or IStructE
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Demonstrable leadership experience of a team, ideally one delivering civil or structural engineering services
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Ability to provide strong safety leadership within dynamic working environments
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Strong business acumen with a demonstrable knowledge of identifying potential value creation
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Demonstrable evidence of directing and managing multi-disciplinary tenders
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Proven track record in supporting the professional training and development toward Technician, Incorporated and Chartered membership grades for either the ICE or IStructE. Ideally you will have performed as a Delegated Engineer and / or Supervising Civil Engineer
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Experience in leading and managing organisational change
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Experience of successfully managing team and individual performance
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Strong collaborative behaviours to interface with Practice Director, other Practice Managers, Market teams, and other stakeholders
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Strong interpersonal and conflict resolution skills
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Strong communication skills to interface with clients and internal stakeholders
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Performance driven
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Customer centred
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Lead the practice teams within the South East in a manner that it is recognised for technical excellence and ability to flexibly respond to business needs
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Provide line supervision, oversee career & talent development for the team
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Drive technical best practice, knowledge sharing, and process standardisation /optimisation across practice group
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Liaise through the Practice with the Market/client teams to establish resource demand based on pipeline of opportunities and allocate resources accordingly
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Manage practice team performance with focus on meeting or exceeding productivity and break even targets and controlling overheads to budget
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Work with the Practice Director to ensure skills and capacity meet the needs of the target markets through recruitment and focused staff development.
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Maximise the workload of the Practice delivered from the GDC (to achieve target)
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Act as a Project Director / Project Manager as appropriate and undertake technical delivery
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Win work through maximising additional/repeat/follow-on work from clients
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Act as Bid Director / Bid Manager as appropriate for Practice led bids
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Help drive innovation in service offerings
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Identify work opportunities and foster client relationships
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Ensure compliance with the Business Management processes & procedures and manage business risk
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Provide technical input to support strategic bids
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A natural leader interested in making a difference, engaging with staff and driving a high performance team with a reputation for technical excellence and quality of delivery
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Naturally happy and competent leading change programmes and influencing stakeholders whilst working within constraints of a global company
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A hard working and flexible individual, who is reliable, proactive and innovative, whilst able to keep calm under pressure and when working to often demanding deadlines
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A high expectation of performance for themselves and other members of the team, coupled with a drive for continuous improvement
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Customer focused, including maintaining and driving client feedback programme
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Excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills both verbally and in writing
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Able to build and motivate a team and demonstrate good people management skills.
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Self-motivated and able to work both independently as well as within a larger multi-disciplinary team
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A supportive and encouraging approach to mentoring less experienced members of the team, combined with a passion for staff development
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Able to adapt to different cultures and working environments to build rapport with both clients and the practice teams
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Be available to travel across the UK if required and encourage mobility in the practice team
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Employee engagement, people development, employee performance indicators for practice team.
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Achieving budgeted productivity, overheads, headcount and Global Design Centre (India) targets for the team
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