Description:
We have a rare opportunity for an inspirational leader to join our Transportation & Urbanisation Division, as the Manager of our Highways Business Unit. Sweco operates a hybrid working arrangement for employees. This role requires a committed minimum of 3 days a week working in a Sweco office location and will involve travel to various office locations to meet employees from the Business Unit and wider the business. The office base could be from a number of our offices across the UK.
Our Highways Business Units make a significant contribution of the Division, currently accounting for approximately 50% of the Divisional revenue. We operate across several areas including strategic roads, local roads and private developments, whilst supporting other Divisions in the Buildings, Water and Energy sectors. We offer services in Civil Structures, project management, planning and Intelligent Transport Systems within the Business Unit. We work for a range of clients that include national government agencies, local authorities, developers and contractors.
What does the role involve?
- Working strategically with the Divisional Manager in developing the roadmap for the Division that defines the direction of growth and change required to meet future market expectations and needs.
- Taking ownership and being accountable as a Sweco leader.
- Being accountable for defining the ambitions, goals and direction of travel for the Business Unit.
- Budget setting and delivery of key budget metrics with early warning of any variances and proactive problem solving.
- Leading by example, directing and supporting your management team to fulfil Division, Business Unit, Department, Team and individual goals to achieve overall success.
- Participating in work winning initiatives and working with other Business Unit Managers to realise opportunities and develop ’rounded’ cross-business client relations at all levels, regions and specialisms where appropriate.
- Undertaking a lead role in developing and maintaining our relationships with key clients and partners through active client engagement and building strong relationships through excellent delivery and expert knowledge.
- Identifying opportunities, running tenders, winning work. Co-ordinating discussions with the bid executive, bid team and legal, and commercial governance team to ensure that adequate provisions are included in all bids to manage and mitigate all risks.
- Taking ownership for and acting in the best interests of the business when executing Delegation of Authority (DoA) responsibilities.
- Active management of workload and resources with reference to order backlog and its phasing.
- Supporting and participating in initiatives such as succession planning, upskilling, mentoring, coaching, achievement of professional qualifications, etc.
- Delivering, monitoring, and assuring financial compliance and technical governance on projects.
- Ensuring consistency of design approach and deliverable outputs within the project portfolio.
To be successful in this role, you will be required to have:
- A strong sense of ownership and accountability, and understanding the importance of being a senior business leadership in Sweco.
- Strong leadership skills to enable you to be a pro-active part of the Division and Business Unit management team working alongside and providing support to the wider team in the development of overall objectives.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to influence strategic decision-making within the business and make commercial decisions within defined parameters (delivers to agreed project scope, time, cost and quality).
- Good client understanding of projects across the division with great sales and presentation skills.
- Excellent consultancy, communication and relationship management skills with the ability to adapt your style to suit different audiences.
- Extensive experience of relevant tender processes with the ability to understand the brief and demonstrate our professional capability.
- The ability to engage with key stakeholders to gain commitment and to influence the acceptance of innovative ideas and concepts in respect of change plans.
- The ability to work across multi-discipline environments primarily within UK business, and also other Sweco business Regions, and generate business from leads.
- Experience of delivering across a multi-site organisation.
- Chartered membership of a relevant professional institution, or working towards it.