Account Manager - Ground Engineering in Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
About us
Amey are one of the country's leading public and regulated services providers: We are the faces behind the services you use every day. Our expanding business of Ground Engineering & Geo-Environmental consultants deliver technical consultancy services, they advise, design and implement sustainable solutions and appropriate management of problematic ground, geological and sub surface hazards. Providing ground modelling, factual and interpretative reporting and the design of efficient and sustainable geotechnical engineering solutions.
The role
We are seeking an Account Manager to manage our national Ground Engineering business, continuing to grow and expand our teams based in Scotland (Motherwell and Edinburgh), North-East (York), North-West (Manchester), Midlands (Birmingham), Wales (Cardiff) and the South-West (Swindon, Bristol).
The Account Manager role will require regular to travel to work within their regional offices.
What is the purpose of this role?
To own the P&L of the account, implement the business plan, be accountable for the profit centre performance, work winning, delivery of projects, safety, allocation and recruitment of resources.
What will this role involve?
- Owns the P&L, produces financial forecasts and budgets and delivers to them
- Manage the resource planning to ensure the optimum recruitment, retention and utilisation of quality resources
- Set direction and targets for Programme and communicate these effectively to all team members
- Agreeing and owning budgetary targets for turnover and margin within the Programme and reporting progress monthly against these
- Develop and maintain specific client relationship(s), with regular reviews of project performance, and active management of issues
- Accountable for quality of the output from the account
- Experienced in the application of technical governance procedures within a consulting engineering environment
- Business planning and work winning in support of the strategy and business plans
- Accountable for the health, safety and welfare of all staff working on the account
- Able to work collaboratively alongside other business units within a culture of knowledge sharing and general cooperation
Skills & experience
- Preferred degree/or Masters in an appropriate subject
- Preferred Chartered status held with an appropriate professional body
- Knowledge and experience of running the P&L of an engineering consultancy
- Experience of managing teams/businesses
- Membership/Fellow of a recognised relevant professional body
- Knowledge of the Engineering Sector (e.g. road, rail, utilities)
- Able to lead a technical team against project challenges related to quality, cost, programme and health, safety and welfare
- Able to work collaboratively alongside other business units within a culture of knowledge sharing and general cooperation
- Manage the resource planning to ensure the optimum recruitment, retention and utilisation of quality resources
- Knowledge and experience of business planning and strategy
Additional Information
You will be accountable for a ground engineering consultancy business, driving opportunities for profit improvement and growth to increase market share and capability internally and externally.
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