Associate Director

About The Role

Black & White Engineering is a multi-award-winning engineering consultancy, with over 900 employees in teams based in our UK, European, Middle East and Asia Pacific offices. We have been providing a wide range of engineering consultancy services since 2007.

Date : 24/10/2025

Reporting to Technical Director/Area Director, this role will lead a multi‑disciplined team on technically challenging projects. They will manage projects to deliver an excellent service to clients and assist in the ongoing development and growth of the business as a whole, whilst providing sound technical, design and contract management support.

• Manage a team of engineers with responsibility for all day to day people leadership activities
• Provides technical support and leadership to project teams in the successful delivery of Client projects
• Lead projects liaising with internal and external stakeholders to ensure Client requirements are understood and met, on time and in budget
• Carries out cost and profit diagnosis on projects including feasibility studies and preparation of fee bids
• Responsible for managing team turnover targets (Team Plan) making adjustments where necessary to meet obligations
• Participate as an active member of the appropriate office leadership team (LMM)
• Other reasonable duties as appropriate

• Awareness of H&S policies and procedures and impact on yourself and team
• Ensure all staff members complete mandatory compliance training when required
• Report any accidents, incidents, near misses appropriately

• Responsible for leading and developing a team of engineers
• Responsible for managing team performance against team plan (focus on resource and profitability)
• Responsible for project decision making

• BSc/BEng or HND/HNC in appropriate engineering discipline
• MCIBSE/MIET desirable
• Chartered Engineer status (or working towards)

• Prior experience of complex MEP design for a range of building types
• Experience and knowledge of relevant design software (e.g. AutoCAD, NES, Cymap)
• Knowledge of MS Office applications Word, Excel etc
• High level of technical skill with the ability to communicate knowledge clearly
• Prior working knowledge of applicable legal/regulatory requirements, codes and standards

The post holder will be expected to operate in line with our workplace values:

• ACCOUNTABILITY > Everyone is accountable.
• INTEGRITY > We are straight‑talking, respectful and fair.
• SIMPLICITY > Both in our approach and solutions.
• SUPPORTIVE > We are approachable, inclusive and recognise success.
• QUALITY > We strive to get it right first time, every time.

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