We’re Recruiting for a new Associate Director - NOW CLOSED

May 3

Written By TMD

About us

At Anturas we are all about delivering high quality professional advice to a range of clients. Established in 2017, we are already advising on over £3bn of major infrastructure projects in the UK and we are now looking to expand the business both at home and overseas.

Our mission is to advise industry leading organisations across multiple sectors, ensuring successful outcomes within complex projects and programmes at any stage of development, providing a collaborative approach and high quality strategic advice to a range of public and private sector partners.

The business is director owned, with all the directors being hands on in the management of the business. The directors believe in developing all members of the team and supporting them in personal development to optimise their chosen career paths.

About you

You meet the following criteria: A minimum 15 years post graduate experience and degree qualified in an engineering discipline. You should either be chartered or working towards chartership in the next 12 months.

Experience of delivering major transportation infrastructure projects is essential with a knowledge of heavy rail project delivery also preferable. You will have worked as either a contractor or client and bring experience of implementing project management processes on major projects and be technically strong in your engineering discipline to understand and mitigate issues and risks which arise with the technical delivery.

It is highly desirable that you have worked on transformation projects and/or programmes of work either in the transportation sector or local government.

You are honest: We need you to provide clients with advice that is a true reflection of and provides clarity of their needs. You will tell our clients what they need to hear and not what they want to hear.

You buy-in to our vision of sustained competence: We encourage our staff to pursue wider interests outside of work. You will be encouraged to expand your knowledge base, both in the workplace and home environment, allowing you to advance in all aspects of life while sustaining a high level of competence within the organisation.

You are collaborative: You will embrace collaboration when working with clients, their teams and partners to support the deliverables. You build solid relationships that provide the basis for a joined-up approach that provides the desired client deliverables and outcomes.

You show respect and mean it: You respect the people you work with and the people you work for. You respect the fact we are all different and it is this diversity that makes our business and our client relationships stronger.

You are agile: You avoid preconceived ideas and thoughts which allows you to flex and change as situations change. People and circumstances lead to change and your flexible working ethos allows you to adapt to meet the needs of our clients and the environment we work in.

You genuinely care: Not just felt but expressed. Our client’s success is our success, so we want to make sure we only let in the right people into Anturas.

You're proactive: You don’t wait, you take initiative where you see opportunity. You ask. You act. You look for ways to do more than expected.

You're confident: Clients look to us for guidance and leadership. You are a great communicator and a confident ambassador for Anturas.

You take ownership: You take ownership, accountability, and responsibility. (There is no blame, excuses, or denial around here.)

You follow-through: You have attention to detail. You keep your word: When you say you’ll do something, it gets done.

About the role

Main Purpose of the Role:

The Associate Director will support the Directors with the overall management of the business and will support the Advisory Director in the delivery of the advisory services focusing on:

Team leadership and creating an open, honest and positive culture committed to delivering high quality professional services;
Building and maintaining strong and effective relationships with all our clients at senior management level across a range of varied commissions;
Building and maintaining strong and effective relationships with nationally and locally elected politicians where required to help deliver our commissions;
Mentoring the advisory team to ensure the Anturas work scope is being delivered and where gaps are apparent supporting the team members to gain the knowledge and understanding to plug the gaps;
Carry out business development work including:
- the development of the opportunity through networking and attending events;
- producing proposals and tenders; and
- pitching to clients
Reporting on the performance of the advisory team to the Director and where appropriate the Board of Directors;
Working with the Directors to define and then achieve the annual Anturas business plan aims and goals;
Leading Anturas advisory commissions, taking responsibility for end to end service delivery, often with respect to large or complex projects;

Key Accountabilities:

While the following will not apply to every commission, tasks will include:

Advising at a strategic level at the programme/project inception stage, including providing advice on the different approaches that can be adopted in order to successfully achieve the client’s overall objectives;
Helping clients to establish the overall success criteria for programmes/projects, including time, cost, technical and performance parameters;
Working closely with clients to establish effective programme/project governance, processes and systems to be utilised throughout programme/project lifecycle;
Oversee the preparation and maintenance of schedules of activity for programmes/projects, including producing the master schedule(s);
Ensuring the development of programmes/projects are managed by the Anturas team in accordance with approved plans and targets;
Developing and implementing resource plans and procurement of resources;
Advising on the development and management of monitoring and performance techniques, including the use of KPI’s to improve programme/project performance;
Overseeing Anturas team members who are responsible for managing the change control process, budget monitoring, and schedule management on programmes/projects;
Ensuring that the Anturas team are identifying and monitoring project risks and planning and implementing risk mitigations across programmes/projects;
Taking a lead role in preparation of client reports;
Taking a leading role in interfacing with the client, other consultants, and managing key stakeholders at all project stages;
Supporting and where required leading on business development opportunities including drafting tenders, attending networking events and working with the directors to grow the business; and
Be willing to travel should the need arise.