Associate Director / Senior Partner – Power / Energy / Utilities

Freedom Group; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent engineering company in the UK is looking for an Associate Director / Senior Partner in Power, Energy, and Utilities. You will lead strategic delivery for major infrastructure projects while managing a team and ensuring compliance with regulations. Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree and significant experience in project management and technical leadership. This role offers competitive salary and hybrid work arrangements.

Benefits

Car Allowance / Car

Pension with up to 8% employer contribution

Private Medical Insurance

Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days

Flexible benefits including Gym Memberships

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in leadership roles with large teams.
• Knowledge in power and energy sector project management.
• Experience in utilities, electrical infrastructure, topography, and geomatics.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team to deliver business strategy.
• Develop policies supporting continuous improvement.
• Manage stakeholder relationships and pursue new business leads.
• Prepare and present operational and financial reports.

Skills

Technical leadership

Project management

Stakeholder management

Solution-driven delivery

Proficiency in AutoCAD

Successful bid management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related discipline

Project Management qualification (Desirable)

Tools

AutoCAD

P6

MS365 suite

Job description

Overview

East Midlands, UK

Role

Associate Director / Senior Partner – Power / Energy / Utilities
Leeds, Birmingham, East Midlands (hybrid)
Permanent - Full Time
Salary Competitive DOE + Car/Car allowance & Flexible Benefits

Be Part of the Future of Power Solutions

We have an exciting opportunity for an Associate Director / Senior Partner to join our Surveys and Inspections team within the Professional Services unit at Freedom, part of NG Bailey. This role is key to our ambitious growth plans, working on a variety of utilities and infrastructure projects across the UK. This part of the business encompasses Topography, Geomatics and Surveying.

The Senior Partner will lead their business area in the strategic and operational delivery of major infrastructure projects to deliver high quality, innovative and cost-effective solutions. The role is responsible for ensuring projects meet the agreed deadlines, turnover and profitability targets while ensuring compliance with regulations and client requirements.

With projects ranging from £3m to £15m and potential schemes exceeding £50m, this is an opportunity to drive excellence and make a significant impact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor a team to deliver business strategy by gaining involvement in company initiatives and communications. Provide clear direction and leadership for the project delivery team; through provision of objectives, responsibilities and accountabilities, managing performance accordingly. Offer guidance and feedback to maximise the performance of the team fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Develop key policies and processes that not only align with the evolving needs of the business and changes within the industry but also support performance and actively promote a culture of continuous improvement across the organisation.
• Provide expert technical advice and guidance to the team and Clients to ensure best practice and build a strong reputation for effective delivery.
• Support and maintain relationships with existing Clients and actively pursue new work leads to attract new Clients. Oversee the overall bid activity for the Business Unit in conjunction with the Business Development/Bid team, to ensure professional, profitable and successful bids that provide agreed levels of turnover and profit.
• Prepare and present reports including high quality, succinct and relevant operational and financial information via budget updates and business unit reviews to the Group Leadership Team and other Stakeholders.
• Undertake monthly project reviews with the business unit Finance Manager and Project team to understand and report on project performance; cost to complete, profit forecast, early warnings and commercial risks.
• Initiates contact with customers to assess future needs; adapts services and systems accordingly. Develop and implement strategies that support growth and stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure the Business Unit remains competitive.
• Own and manage the preparation of annual and monthly budgets and forecasting to support divisional strategy and objectives whilst ensuring volume, profit and non-financial targets are met.

What We’re Looking For

We’re seeking a highly experienced leader within their respective discipline, demonstrating a track record of technical leadership, strong solution-driven delivery, while managing key stakeholder relationships to successfully serve as the preferred strategic partner for both customers and the Group.

• Experience within a Leadership role and proven track record of managing a large team
• Experience managing large-scale and complex projects in the power and energy sector
• Experience / Knowledge within Utilities and electrical infrastructure
• Experience within Topography or Geomatics
• Experience working within the confines of commercial contracts and terms and conditions. NEC3/4 (Required), JCT/FIDIC (Desirable)
• Experience working under CDM2015
• Strong technical expertise in required discipline
• Proficiency in ICT systems and Software; AutoCAD, P6 or MSP, MS365 suite, particularly PowerPoint, Excel, Word

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related discipline (Required) RICS or equivalent commercial qualification.
• Master’s degree in related discipline or higher (Desirable)
• A member (or working towards membership) of relevant professional body
• Project Management qualification from relevant industry bodies such as APM, PMI etc. (Desirable)

Benefits

We’re always evolving our benefits to ensure we’re attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes:

• Car Allowance / Car
• Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)
• Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Programme to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice)
• Flexible benefits to suit from Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes.
• Personal development programme

Next Steps

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation. We’ll outline the recruitment process ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us

Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression

Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.