Delivery Director - Transport Advisory

Amey are a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations, and decarbonisation solutions, for transport infrastructure and complex facilities.

Working for us, you’ll be delivering sustainable infrastructure solutions that enhance life and protect our shared future.

Our people are driven by a set of strong values, based on safety, insight, and collaboration.

The Opportunity

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Delivery Director for Transport to join our Consulting Advisory Business on a permanent contract.

As the Delivery Director for Transport, you will be accountable for the delivery, commercial performance and growth of Amey’s UK Advisory business in the external transport market and internally with Amey Transport Infrastructure.

The role carries full P&L accountability and is responsible for ensuring that client obligations, quality standards and profit targets are met, while maximising value from existing frameworks and developing a sustainable future pipeline of work across the transport market.

You will operate as a member of the Advisory SLT and collaborate with Practices and Heads of Profession to develop solutions and resource projects. Collaboration will also include business development to ensure contribution towards the development of a future, relevant pipeline of work.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a strong external market profile individually and for the Amey brand.
• Hold and manage C-Suite Client relationships with key transport Clients.
• Form, manage and drive strategic partner relationships as required to grow and deliver the business.
• Lead the delivery of a portfolio of transport projects or major programmes to agreed time, cost and quality outcomes.
• Act as the senior escalation point for client delivery, performance and contractual matters.
• Ensure high levels of client satisfaction and effective stakeholder management across the transport portfolio
• Develops a robust strategy to ensure achievement of optimum margin aligned to or in excess of agreed targets. P&L responsibility for the contracts within their area. Accountable for achievement of revenue and margin targets as agreed by Amey Group.
• Ensures optimal use of the entire range of Consulting capability.
• Ensures and improves the delivery of service excellence across the projects maximising efficiency and effectiveness, actively sharing best practice across contracts and seeking opportunities for profit improvement.
• Is commercially astute and ensures that all entitlements under the contract and through change are correctly administered by the portfolio and project delivery leads.
• Manages the day-to-day performance of the contract/s with regular site and office visits as appropriate.
• Establishes strong partnerships with Practice leads and assigned Business Development resource.
• Seeks out and identifies additional revenue opportunities, liaising with business development team to secure (framework farming)
• Day to day leadership for the resources assigned to the project or programmes.
• Forecasts resource needs for projects within their portfolio working closely with practice heads to enable the people assignment process.
• Identifies and manages risks to the delivery, including developing contingency plans to mitigate potential issues.
• Manage the supply chain as appropriate.
• Is responsible for Mobilisation and Demobilisation of contracts as relevant and completed in line with the agreed budget allowance
• Is accountable for ensuring a strong health and safety culture aligned to Amey Zero Code which ensures safe processes, procedures and behaviours as well as continuous improvement through best practice activities.

What you will bring to us:

• Be able to generate new Advisory business, converting major opportunities and leading successful delivery
• Demonstrable ability to lead and influence multi-disciplinary teams
• Proven experience leading large, complex transport programmes or portfolios (e.g. rail, highways, aviation or public transport).
• Strong commercial and financial management capability, including P&L accountability.
• Credibility operating with senior clients, partners and internal stakeholders.
• Experience working within a consultancy or professional services environment.
• Demonstrates well-developed communication, relationship management and influencing skills.
• Has experience running large contracts or portfolios to time and budget.
• Experience managing a significant client, or multiple smaller customers.
• Has operated within a matrix structure seeking support to deliver through influence and collaboration.
• Experience and/or understanding of industry and market.
• Strong track record of delivery success.
• Experience of robustly managing contract performance.
• Experience of bid management including mobilisation and demobilisation.
• Managed a Business Improvement or change management project.
• Able to evidence strong track record of client and project delivery coupled with CDM and strong HSEQ understanding.
• Degree qualified or equivalent experience
• MBA / Chartered Manager / Prince 2 / APM or equivalent
• Professional qualification in relevant field, or equivalent experience

What we can offer you:

At Amey, we recognise that our biggest asset is our people. That’s why when you join us, we offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life’s ups and downs. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers.

Career Development –

Our dedicated progression framework identifies your career pathway and progress within the organisation, and with dedicated mentoring and support on hand to ensure you hit your career milestones. We’re huge advocates for professional development and offer a recognition bonus for those achieving professional qualifications.

Work-life Balance –

Work-life balance and flexibility are key for our success. We empower our people to make choices that are right for them, with hybrid, part-time and flexible work patterns. And with a network of offices across the UK, we’re open to discussing working options that suit you.

Wellbeing –

Health cash plan, 24 GP, support and assistance programmes, wellbeing ambassadors and Wellbeing Wednesday, dental vouchers

EDI-

At Amey we celebrate our people and all that they are. This is reflected in our Affinity Group networks, providing a community of support and connection, a safe space to share experiences, learn from one another and generate ideas – Women @ Amey, NeuroDiversity, Armed Forces, Multicultural Network, Pride, Diversability and Parents & Carers.

Social Value –

You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives.

Plus, a range of other great perks and benefits including:

• Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to
• Holidays - Minimum 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Bonus – up to 20% of base salary
• Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership.
• Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in.

Your Career at Amey Consulting

At Amey Consulting, we value collective expertise, but also the spark one person can bring. As one of us, you can really be yourself, because your individuality is an asset.

You’ll be stretched, but always supported. We’ll recognise your hard work and look after your well-being too. You’ll be empowered to play your part and achieve, encouraged to fulfil your own ambition as well as the shared one.