Rail Regional Civils Design Discipline Lead

We are searching for a Civils Design Regional Lead to join us here at AECOM, working collaboratively with our multi-disciplinary leads on our Transportation projects. 

As the Civils Design Regional Lead for London and South East, you will be responsible for leadership, leading client stakeholder engagement and intelligence, team development, technical excellence and championing the use of processes and governance.  You would be expected to interface with other regional teams and Global design centres with AECOM. 

Our key external stakeholders include Network Rail, TfL and key contactor partners.

The region currently comprises approx. 100 FTE headcount and has an interest mix of heavy and light rail work in both the renewals and enhancement space. 

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Lead the Civils Rail Design growth strategy and delivery in region
• Promote a culture of inclusiveness
• Grow strong relationships with clients and partners
• Own discipline performance by working closely with project managers
• Be a role model for compliance and governance adherence
• Engage with the wider AECOM business (i.e. other end markets, and Client Account Managers) to support strategy and growth targets

Safety

• Lead the safety culture for the Civils team in the region
• Cascade relevant briefing material within the team

Excellence in Execution

• Ensure that relevant projects within the region are resourced with the appropriate civils staff
• Work collaboratively with the Professional head of Civil Engineering to identify training requirements and funding
• Play a key part in delivering the operation’s KPIs for the London South East Rail region through high quality delivery

• Promote the appropriate use of governance and processes to support the business
• Maintains utilisation within the team through effective workshare and resource planning

People

• Develop and manage the LSE Rail Civils team
• Ensure that the discipline has appropriate structure, succession, and development plans, including early careers recruitment and development
• Instil a culture where others share knowledge, insights, and learning

• Works with the Professional head of Civil Engineering and Regional Director to build a strong working relationship with global resources in the Enterprise Capability Centre (ECC) allowing the region to draw on the benefits of this resource
• Demonstrates commitment to the team’s achievement of professional accomplishment eg. Chartership and actively mentors team members in their development

Work Winning/ clients

• Develop/maintain key client and supply chain relationships
• Build a pipeline of projects and opportunities though engagement with the Regional Director, regional PMs, and other RSGE geographies
• Technically lead bids as required
• Promote a culture of success
• Engage with the wider AECOM business to support strategy and growth targets