Associate Director - Infrastructure/Civil

  • JFM Associates
  • City, Birmingham
  • Sep 04, 2025
Full time Consultant

Job Description

Associate Director (Civils/Infrastructure)

Birmingham

75k

This global practice of Engineers and Architects continue to be awarded a number of enviable projects across the built, infrastructure and environmental sectors.

Building upon the continued success of infrastructure projects being delivered in the UK, the team are now looking for an Associate Director level to help advance the engineering design capability, develop strong client relationships in the public and private sector and grow the infrastructure team.

Your role will focus on supporting the delivery of a wide range of multi-disciplinary traffic, highways, and infrastructure projects for public and private sector clients across the UK, including preliminary and detailed design for active travel projects, bus priority schemes, urban traffic management schemes and public realm enhancement projects.

For your part you will be an accomplished Civil Engineer well acquainted with the infrastructure market with the ability to function as Project Manager/Director for transport infrastructure design projects across the business. You will project manage schemes with control over project budgets, manage staff in the preparation of outline, preliminary and detailed design project.

Additionally lead teams on a wide range of schemes whilst ensuring work is produced technically accurate and delivered in accordance with the appropriate standards. There will also be the review technical documents and reports and assist in the preparation of expressions of interest and tender.

Staff Development and mentoring will be key as will ensuring compliance with relevant health, safety, and environmental legislation

Most likely a Chartered Civil Engineer you will have worked in the design consultancy environment for over 8 years and have the ability to form constructive, lasting relationships with clients and professional partners as well as understand the process and drive the provision of highway design and engineering services for developments/active travel projects.

A background of detailed Highway Design preferably using industry leading design software and the experience of leading infrastructure development teams as well as the technical co-ordination and integration of multi-discipline design inputs.

Preparation of preliminary and detailed design for highways, drainage, and infrastructure projects.

Ideally, demonstrable experience in active travel projects, bus priority schemes, urban traffic management schemes or public realm enhancement projects would be very useful.

In return you can expect a unique opportunity to progress rapidly whilst delivering some signature projects as well as being rewarded handsomely with a fully inclusive and very generous benefits package including a welcome bonus.