Job Description

Associate Director (Architecture) - Industrial and Logistics
RPS is currently seeking an Associate Director to join our Architecture team based in Newark with hybrid working.
About RPS:
RPS provides professional consultancy services for development projects across multiple, niche sectors including strategic land, logistics, retail, aviation, healthcare, education, advanced manufacturing, data centres and energy. From strategic development advice and appraisal, through project implementation and close-out, we put our clients' objectives at the centre of our service delivery. Our broad multi-disciplinary expertise, agility and responsiveness makes RPS a trusted partner focussed on finding optimum solutions to our clients' problems. Digitalisation is at the core of our delivery model providing clients and project stakeholders with exceptional development solutions driven by specialist sector expertise, extensive experience and high calibre people.
What you'll do:

• Plan, review, and manage projects (both bids and live projects) ensuring client requirements and deadlines are met and are undertaken
• Lead the development of relationships with new and existing clients and key stakeholders to achieve trusted advisor status with multiple clients
• Identify and support business development initiatives including attending relevant sector group meetings, providing market intelligence and input to strategy and business plans, preparing tenders and presentations, and attending business to business meetings
• Contribute to the preparation and implementation of strategic business plans prepared by the Operations Director and Senior Directors
• Lead and manage a team providing line management responsibilities and technical leadership to guide the team in project delivery
• Lead and participate in building a positive team spirit and maintain a culture that retains employees, identifies talent, promotes, and supports career development
• Mentor and manage individuals within the team, sharing knowledge and expertise, provide training and business development assistance to members of staff as and when required

Who we're looking for:

• Considerable technical knowledge and expertise in industrial and logistics architecture and design.
• Excellent awareness of local / national market and client base.
• Strong and proven leadership skills.

Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills. * Good mentoring skills.

• Ability to identify opportunities and secure new business / clients.
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with team, colleagues, clients, and external bodies.
• Strong ability to think creatively and strategically.
• Financially and commercially astute.
• An ability and willingness to travel as necessary.
• Ideally Chartered status of a relevant professional body.

What's in it for you?
A senior-level opportunity to have real impact in shaping and implementing a plan for success, rewarded by a competitive package of benefits.
We understand the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard. This is a workplace that works for you.
A career here is far from ordinary. Here you're not a number, you're part of the solution.
What happens next?
If this opportunity suits your career journey, we'd love to hear from you. All applications will be considered, and we will try our best to respond to you within three working days.
RPS, a Tetra Tech company:
With over 30,000 employees in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading, global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market-leading development and project opportunities, helping to solve some of the world's most complex problems.
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