McCarthy Recruitment
Associate Director
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Associate Director – Technical Services
Location: Liverpool
Salary: Up to £65,000 + Benefits
Role: Permanent | Full Time
Looking for a role where your influence extends beyond your own projects?
As an Associate Director, you've built your career delivering complex technical work, developing client relationships and supporting the growth of your team. But perhaps you're now looking for an opportunity where you can have a greater impact on the wider business.
Our client is a growing organisation delivering specialist environmental, surveying, planning and infrastructure services. As they continue to expand, they're looking for an experienced technical leader to join the business and help shape the future of their multidisciplinary technical function.
This is a newly created leadership role where you'll combine your technical expertise with people leadership, commercial awareness and strategic thinking to support the continued growth of the business.
The Opportunity
Working alongside the senior leadership team, you'll provide leadership across a multidisciplinary department, supporting teams within planning, surveying, environmental monitoring and GIS.
- Work closely with managers to ensure projects are delivered successfully, teams are effectively resourced and clients continue to receive an exceptional service.
- Rather than focusing solely on your own technical discipline, help bring together multiple specialist teams, encouraging collaboration and sharing best practice across the business.
- Develop people by coaching managers, mentoring technical professionals and helping identify future leaders, creating a culture where people are supported to grow and perform at their best.
- Play an important role in the commercial success of the business, strengthening relationships with existing clients, supporting tender submissions, identifying new opportunities and contributing to the strategic direction of the technical function.
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This is an opportunity to move into a role where your leadership, commercial thinking and ability to develop people will be just as important as your technical background.
What We're Looking For
We're looking for an experienced leader with a strong consultancy background who enjoys developing people, building relationships and influencing the future direction of a business.
You'll ideally have:
- Degree, HNC/HND or equivalent qualification in a relevant technical discipline.
- Experience within environmental consultancy, planning, surveying, engineering, GIS or infrastructure.
- Previous experience operating at Principal Consultant, Associate Director or senior management level.
- Strong commercial awareness with experience developing client relationships and supporting business growth.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and mentoring technical professionals.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- A collaborative leadership style with a passion for developing people.
Suitable Backgrounds
We'd particularly like to hear from professionals currently working as:
- Associate Director
- Principal Consultant
- Technical Director
- Technical Manager
- Head of Technical Services
- Operations Manager
- Environmental Manager
- Survey Manager
- Planning Manager
Whether you're already operating at Associate Director level or you're a senior technical leader ready for a broader leadership role, we'd love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide leadership across multidisciplinary technical teams.
- Develop managers and mentor technical professionals.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships.
- Support business development and identify opportunities for growth.
- Improve operational performance and technical capability.
- Work closely with senior leadership on strategic planning and departmental development.
- Drive collaboration across planning, surveying, environmental monitoring and GIS.
- Help shape the future growth of the technical function.
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What's in it for You?
- Salary up to £65,000.
- Newly created leadership role with genuine influence across the business.
- Opportunity to help shape the future of a growing technical function.
- Diverse portfolio of environmental, surveying, planning and infrastructure projects.
- Long-term career progression.
- Supportive and collaborative senior leadership team.
Commutable Locations
Warrington, Manchester, Liverpool, Wigan, Preston, Bolton, Chorley, St Helens, Widnes, Runcorn, Northwich, Chester, Blackburn and Stockport.
If you're looking for an opportunity to combine technical leadership, commercial influence and people development within a growing business, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now for immediate consideration.
This role is handled by McCarthy Recruitment, an award-winning multi-sector recruiter. We believe that you matter and care about unlocking your full potential. Work with us to find your perfect role and start your journey today.
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