# Technical Director/Director - Development Planning

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Greater Manchester
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Consulting
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking a Technical Director/Director to join our Development team in Greater Manchester. As a Technical Director/Director, you will play a key role in the team's growth aspirations, focusing on client-facing activities, business growth, market strategy, and technical leadership.

The Development team provides transport planning, civil infrastructure, and urban design support on development and masterplanning projects. You will be responsible for identifying and pursuing new business opportunities, building relationships with clients and stakeholders, and providing technical advice to clients.

Key aspects of the role include:

- Identifying and pursuing new business opportunities

- Liaising with clients and stakeholders to build trusted relationships

- Providing technical advice to clients and supporting them through the planning and design process

- Leading and supporting bids, including reviewing and authorising submissions

- Acting as Project Director for major projects

- Supporting all aspects associated with H&S / Corporate Responsibility and ensuring the team complies with SHEQ

Requirements:

- Degree level qualification in transport planning or civil engineering

- Chartered status

- Commercial and strategic capability with a demonstrable track record in having identified and subsequently delivered new business opportunities

- Excellent inter-personal skills with established leadership and management capabilities and experience

- Proven track record of work winning

- A broad range of relevant project experience

## Skills

### Required
- transport planning
- civil engineering
- leadership
- management
- business growth
- technical leadership

### Nice to have
- sector specialism

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