Director - Structures - Construction Firm

Director - Structures

ROLE PROFILE:

The purpose of this role is to deliver a steep change in performance across the Structures team and the office in general through close support to the Managing Director and Group Director.

This will be achieved through:

KEY OBJECTIVES:

- Leadership Excellence: Provide exceptional leadership to individuals, maintain the structural discipline, and oversee the overall performance of the Hyderabad Office. Aim to inspire and guide the team towards achieving collective and individual goals.

- Commitment to Success: Demonstrate a dynamic and determined commitment to winning work and enhancing commercial performance. This involves stretching boundaries, breaking new ground, and continuously striving for excellence in all endeavours.

- Upholding Technical Standards: Ensure the maintenance and development of the highest standards of technical quality. Foster continuous departmental growth through innovation and creativity, ensuring alignment with the global company vision.

- Technical Mentorship: Establish a strong technical presence within the office, serving as a reliable reference point for discipline members. Provide guidance, support, and mentorship to foster a culture of learning and development.

Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

- Contributing to the design & development of the Company's 3-year strategy.

- Executing the 3-year strategy for the Structures team, ensuring alignment with Regional, and Global requirements.

- Maintaining an accurate picture of current and future market trends across the Region in order to establish the work focus for the team leaders.

- Championing and delivering the potential of collaborative multidisciplinary working offered by the organisation.

- Maintain an accurate picture of the current workload and future projects in pipeline

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project Management:

- Project Director for appropriate projects, taking ownership for sustained and productive client relationships across the country and beyond.

- Delivering support to multiple projects across the partnership, taking responsibility for the engineering solutions while ensuring financial success.

- Delivering a risk managed portfolio; working within agreed capital lock up parameters.

- Maintain Project Execution Plans and Risk Registers for all projects as per in-house QA-QC system

Business Development:

- Identifying the group's marketing goals and establishing an associated plan.

- Winning work - actively identifying and converting leads to projects within the framework of the group marketing strategy.

- Dynamic focus on new business in India and other Regional locations; broadening coverage of high quality clients and projects.

- Reviewing financial and technical submissions/proposals; attending interviews.

- Developing and maintaining key client relationships under all circumstances, maximizing opportunities for repeat business.

- Actively contribute to business development strategy.

- Track and propose market disruptors and leap frogging.

Team and Discipline Leadership:

- Communicate team direction and performance to the group.

- Strategic assessment and rebalance of the team's strengths and needs over the long term in order to deliver the succession plan with responsibility for the longevity of the group.

- Mentoring Associate Directors and Associates in order that meaningful delegation can apply within the team.

- Champion delivery of the Partnerships Performance and Discipline Development Review process in support of all the above.

- Ensure latest learning and development initiatives are implemented as required within the team.

- Manage reward and recognition of the team.

- The post holder must at all times carry out his/ her duties with due regard to the Organization's Diversity Policy.

Technical Leadership:

- Participate in and ensure delivery of the process of high-level project technical/quality reviews of specifications, reports and drawings produced by the team.

- Maintain the skills balance within the group in line with the defined strategic direction.

- Ensuring 'design rigor' is delivered on each project, and in particular ensuring design QA processes are fully planned and implemented.

- Direct the engineering design excellence within the team and ensure dissemination of 'best in class' to rest of the Discipline Design Group (DDG) and/or Practice.

Skills and Experience:

Required Skills:

- Develops pioneering solutions and engages others in the development and delivery of these.

- Provides an environment for learning and creativity by leading expert communities, sharing information with participants.

- Actively develops their portfolio through knowledge of sector/market and client base to secure work for Organization in line with the business strategy.

- Has identified platinum and gold key clients and devotes sufficient time to developing relationships in order to secure future business; invites key clients to professional and social events.

- Demonstrates a wide understanding of the risks and issues facing clients and other team members; Identifies and develops opportunities for and with the client and communicates these effectively.

- Develops and maintains internal and external networks and relationships. Is able to call upon a wide range of contacts; puts colleagues in touch with internal and external contacts.

- Embrace technology and work towards improving efficiency by using computation engineering.

- Focus on sustainability and develop solutions for net zero carbon in built environment.

- Shares key commercial knowledge with the wider practice at relevant meetings and forums; seeks out opportunities to share ideas; encourages contributions from team members and colleagues.

- Maintains strategic involvement for all significant projects. Holds regular reviews with project teams; provides guidance and information as soon as possible; acts on feedback from project teams by communicating with the client where necessary.

- Actively seeks out and secures projects which will lead to profitable work for BH in line with budgeted expectations; projects are aligned with the direction outlined in the business plan / strategy.

- Develops and produces a business strategy for the group. Monitors and manages the successful delivery of projects in this context and in terms of technical quality, timely delivery, financial performance and client satisfaction.

- Keeps abreast of changing market forces and how these affect the group and business strategy.

- Meets key project objectives and financial performance targets, identifying key risks on a project and methodologies for managing these risks.

- Demonstrates an understanding of political and legal factors external to BH. Makes themselves available as the ultimate decision maker in positive and negative situations; stands by team members and colleagues. Empowers and supports others to take responsibility by creating a no blame culture and recognising achievement.

- Is seen as a role model; strives to behave in a positive and inspiring manner at all times. Demonstrates enthusiasm about their work and encourages innovation, open thinking and enthusiasm in others. Behaves in line with the culture and essence of Organization and encourages others to do the same.

- Creates a culture of openness by communicating direction and vision. Holds regular meetings to communicate ideas and information, encourages contribution from all colleagues and team members.

- Flexible and adaptable - knows when and how to delegate and when to take the lead. Praises good work.

- To encourage technical excellence and promote active external participation to team members to ensure that the Mumbai office maintains its status as a leading technologically advance office in India.

- To participate in recruitment process of structural engineers to ensure that all recruitments satisfy the office's high technical and creative standards.

- Understands the key issues that are likely to occur on a project in all areas, contractual, financial, technical etc. Provides opportunities for learning to less experienced colleagues and team members.

- Attends and contributes to Business Stream Forum activities both external (Indian Industry) and internal (BH as a global company)

- To be a leading technical expert in an area of interest and passion within India and to be recognised by external peer groups through active participation in outreach activities.

- Projects and helps MD to project BH as leading multi-disciplinary design consultancy by publishing technical papers, attending conferences and actively participate in technical discussions on social media.

Desirable Skills:

- Agree strategic & annual business plans (budgeted profitability and turnover) with Managing Director.

- Ensure projects under their leadership are financially successful.

- Proactively address the issue of cost recovery, ensuring improved DSO performance.

- Ensure the Group is financially successful.

- Reporting to the Regional Board and Monthly Management Meeting (MMM) on group performance, owning and responding to actions emerging from these meetings as appropriate.

- Reporting on technical, commercial, financial and people performance of the department as determined by the Regional MD.

- Reporting on project performance as appropriate to Regional Monthly Management Meeting

- Accountable for rigorous analysis of performance across the department from a technical, commercial, financial and people perspective.

- Accountable for effective business and project planning within department.

- Accountable for organizational development; developing the long-term health of the Structures discipline within Region - balancing short term business priorities with long term growth and development

Required Experience:

- Experienced technical and commercial leader; track-record of exceptional delivery over a sustained period within the industry (typically 15+ years).

- Chartered Engineer with international institutions (CEng MIStructE, CEng MICE, CPEng MIEAust etc)

- Must have a proven ability to deliver sustainability in a senior role within the locality.

- Must have worked on international projects.

- Must be proficient in a global matrix organisation.

- Must have excellent command on business communication.

Desirable Experience:

- Multiple stints in international working environments

- Likely to have proven success across the region; capable of thinking outside of own patch to drive performance improvement for the benefit of the Region, and a broader group.

- Approved Structural Engineer by key authorities.

Required Qualifications and Accreditations:

- Civil Engineering Degree, with preferred post-graduate qualifications and must be supported by professional "Chartered Engineering" membership with preferred International Engineering Institution.

- Demonstrates a sound grasp of business; technical qualifications preferably supplemented by an MBA and/or a Business/Finance Diploma.

Important Information For the Post-Holder:

- Mobility to travel in role.

- Cultural awareness, capable of operating efficiently across geographies.

- Solid matrix operator; integrates positively with Regional and Group Offices. Proactive and positive in their approach at all times.

- You must at all times carry out your duties with due regard to Organization policies and the Equal Opportunities Policy, which can be found on Magellan and/or your employee handbook.

- You are responsible for encouraging and maintaining high standards of OH&S in all areas under your control; meeting or exceeding targets and reporting on OH&S Key Performance Indicators.