**Company Description** **Work with Us. Change the World.** At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us. **Job Description** **Start here. Grow here.** **Are you a strategic leader with a passion for driving growth, innovation, and excellence in the water industry?** AECOM is looking for a **Regional Director – West England & Wales** to lead a dynamic, 90-strong team delivering sustainable water solutions that protect communities and enhance the environment. The water business works with clients to create and deliver a full range of sustainable solutions across the hydrological cycle, water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure that safeguard human health and protect and enhance the built and natural environment.This is your chance to shape the future of water infrastructure, collaborating with industry experts to deliver cutting-edge solutions. You’ll play a key role in driving business success, leading multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring our projects create lasting, positive impacts. _Here’s what you’ll do:_ + Report directly to the Water - England & Wales Sub-Business Unit Director and collaborate with fellow Regional Directors. + Foster a culture where AECOM is recognised as a top employer, upholding our values and championing equity, diversity, and inclusion, while promoting employee engagement and ongoing development. + Contribute to and implement a growth plan that aligns with the Water Business Unit's strategic vision. + Take full accountability for the performance of the regional Water sub-business, managing approximately 90 staff across Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, and Plymouth offices, with key performance metrics including NSR, Gross Margin %, Cost Utilisation %, FTEs, and employee attrition. + Share joint accountability with the leadership team for delivering the overall P&L for the Water sub-business in England & Wales. + Ensure resources are in place to meet project plans, including identifying recruitment and succession needs. + Collaborate with the Delivery Excellence Director to ensure successful management of projects and programs, from prepositioning to completion, including periodic reviews. + Work closely with framework managers and directors to secure new business opportunities, while maintaining exceptional client satisfaction. + Support the development and implementation of innovative and digital solutions, driving business performance and enhancing service delivery. + Lead initiatives that maximise staff technical development in your region, working with the Technical Excellence Director, Practice Area Leads, and technical heads. If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives. Why not give our AECOM Water page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects we're working on and see firsthand the difference we're making in the industry! **Enjoy the Perks.** At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days. **Qualifications** **Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?** _Here’s what we’re looking for:_ + Proven experience in a leadership role within an environmental consultancy or a key supplier to the water sector. + A track record of successfully building, developing, and leading teams, including multi-disciplinary project teams. + Strong understanding of water markets and the socio-political and economic drivers influencing the sector. + Demonstrated ability to provide growth-oriented leadership, fostering talent development and offering mentorship to team members. + Solid financial and budget management skills. + A successful history of securing new business and maintaining long-term client relationships, with exceptional skills in building trust and rapport. + Experience in managing and motivating diverse, multi-disciplinary teams to achieve high performance. + Strong communication and interpersonal skills that facilitate effective collaboration and connection. + Flexible and proactive in approach to work, with the ability to adjust to changing needs and priorities. + Skilled at developing and nurturing positive business relationships, with a focus on finding mutually beneficial solutions. We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at ReasonableAccomodations@aecom.com. At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you! **Applications close on Friday, 28th March – don’t miss your chance to apply!** **Additional Information** Interested in the role or curious about life at AECOM? Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to explore our AECOM voices, employee stories, latest projects, and much more! For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn – Jay Hewitt. **About AECOM** AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM. **Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity** You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed. You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients. AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too. Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. **ReqID:** J10125198 **Business Line:** Water **Business Group:** DCS **Strategic Business Unit:** Europe & India **Career Area:** Business Management **Work Location Model:** Hybrid **Legal Entity:** AECOM Limited