Associate Director - Development Infrastructure

About Us: Elliott Wood is an award-winning engineering company focused on the built environment, including structural engineering, civil engineering, transport planning and sustainability. We deliver challenging, high-profile, environmentally responsible projects. Providing an exemplary service in a wide range of sectors, we design with creativity and flair balanced with efficiency and practicality, as recognised by numerous industry awards. Joining us means becoming part of an exceptional team united in vision and purpose. Our dedication to innovation extends beyond project work to the cultivation of a vibrant, inclusive employee community. It's this culture of diversity and collaboration that sets us apart and defines our success.

The Role: This is a leadership role responsible for the day management of the Development Infrastructure Team across our London and Wimbledon offices, with a focus on delivering high‑quality-built environment projects. The position oversees technical excellence, commercial performance, and successful delivery of a diverse project portfolio. The role also supports the Team Director in proactively developing the opportunity pipeline and driving the strategic growth of the discipline. You will also have key responsibilities delivering and supporting operations and growth strategy, providing leadership across projects (infrastructure, drainage, highways and flood risk management), supporting and seeking business development opportunities. We are looking for an experienced chartered Associate Director. You ideally will have worked as a Civil / Infrastructure Engineer for 15+ years and have minimum of 5 years experience as an Associate Director. You will have experience running and managing a team. You will also have experience working across Infrastructure, drainage, earthworks and flooding projects. Primary Responsibilities: Supporting the direction for the Development Infrastructure team within Elliott Wood’s overall vision. Contributing to strategy, Organisational development and continuous business improvement. Providing effective team leadership and Professional Development, proactively motivate project teams to deliver optimised and sustainable design and construction solutions Provide technical leadership on complex civil engineering projects, ensuring high-quality design and delivery. Provide high standards of financial management to ensure project profitability and to achieve overall team budgets for income and expenditure. Governance of projects to include commercial, financial and risk management. Identifying and securing new business opportunities, fostering client relationships, and driving revenue growth. Lead on the preparation of bids/tenders and fee proposals to capitalise on work-winning opportunities. Compliance with and overseeing implementation of Health and Safety policies and procedures to include CDM Regulations 2015 Technical governance of projects in compliance with EW IMS quality processes and procedures (ISO 9001 and 14001) Why Elliott Wood: If you are a progressive and talented engineer eager to influence those around you with the same level of understanding and empathy that you bring to your engineering work, we invite you to join us. We hope you share our interest in the transformative impact infrastructure can have on the built environment and are enthusiastic about playing an integral role in our ongoing practice and growth strategy. We offer: A hybrid working environment. A nurturing, collaborative, creative environment. Active encouragement and support to pursue further job-related education and/or skills training. An extensive range of benefits from health insurance to gym cover, bonus and more Some of our Benefits: Flexible working and hybrid working (min 60% of time office and 40% flexible) Life and income insurance Employee Assistance Programme Private Health Cover Health Cash plan - offering over £1k of cash and discounts to support day-to-day health and wellbeing treatments Monthly contribution to fitness related expenses Discretionary bonus scheme 6% employer pension contribution Regular career and development conversations Access to our weekly Academy Learning Programme 25 days annual leave (with an option to buy up to 5 extra days) and increasing with service Opportunity to be gifted up to 4 ‘me days’ per year Tax free savings for Cycle Scheme and Childcare fees Enhanced maternity leave (up to 26 weeks full pay) and paternity leave (4 weeks full pay) Elliott Wood is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Join us and be a part of a team where your civil engineering and leadership skills will thrive! If you’re ready to bring your expertise to a company where you can truly make a difference, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today to join our team and contribute to the future of our business.