Joining Arup

Arup’s purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world. 

Our Advisory Services experts form a global team of independent, creative and pragmatic strategists, economists, financial advisors, change managers, performance specialists and asset managers. The clients we work with benefit from our seven decades of technical and engineering expertise, shaping the places where people live and work. Our people are at the heart of our business. As a humane organisation, we pride ourselves in ensuring that our people embrace Arup values when dealing with both our colleagues and our clients.

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The Opportunity

Our Advisory Services team are a multi-disciplinary team and utilise our collective capabilities in business strategy, organisational design, economics, user experience design, business psychology, and change management and apply it in the context of the built environment. Through advising and collaborating with c-suite stakeholders, we develop solutions that are tailored to their needs under-pinned by a user-centric and data-driven approach to delivery. We operate in a range of markets including Energy, Water, Highways, Aviation, Rail and Cities.

We are currently recruiting for a Principal Technical Advisor to join our PPP Advisory team based in Birmingham or London. You'll join a team of advisors and experts with a diverse range of background and experiences and join projects delivering advice to clients across our service markets.

One of the biggest advantages of our team is the breadth of work that we do; you will be working with multi-disciplinary teams across the range of our Advisory Services while working collaboratively with our sector specific teams. Our work broadly falls into the following services: Grantor Technical Advisor, helping our clients to shape projects from inception to delivery; Lenders’ Technical Advisor, helping our clients to ensure projects are bankable and deliverable, from tender to construction, and operation to handback; PPP Technical Advisory, working with Concessionaires to provide technical advice to PPP projects.

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas.  You will have the opportunity do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

Is this role right for you?

As a Senior Technical Advisor , you will be comfortable with uncertainty and able to handle a varied workload of clients and projects. We expect our senior staff to also help shape our work and teams to deliver excellence for our clients. We would expect you to be involved with work winning, project delivery and to lead tasks and teams. We would also expect you to be flexible and work in an agile way for our clients.

The successful candidate will be technical expert with excellent analysis and report writing skills. Capable in leading work with clients alongside leading projects and tasks and contributing as part of a multi-disciplinary team to develop presentations and reports.  You will be passionate about Learning continuously, adapting to new tasks, and working on different types of problems and solutions. Supporting us as we grow our team capability and services, and developing junior staff members will also feature within this role.

The following qualifications, skills and experience are desired for the successful candidate;

Professional Qualification with a relevant institution; Applying research and data analysis approaches to provide evidence-based advice and insights for clients; Background in a client-facing role within an engineering consultancy firm or experience working within an infrastructure owner/operator; Project delivery team leadership experience; a track record of successfully forming and managing agile multi-disciplinary teams; Proven business writing, research, communication, and organisational skills; including the ability to deliver complex work to time and budget; Supporting business development and work winning activities.

Not ready to apply just yet, or have a few questions? Contact Rachel Connolly - rachel.connolly@arup.com

If this role is not quite what you are looking for but you are interested in other opportunities for a future with purpose, please sign up to our Talent Community https://arupwhg.avature.net/talent where you will be kept up to date with roles suitable for you to shape a better world.

 

What we offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

We also provide Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefits to help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.

Different people, shared values

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence.

Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-at-arup.

We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates. Please contact Rachel Connolly at rachel.connolly@arup.com to let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application or interview process, and/or to perform the essential functions of the role. We will do everything we can to support you.

Our Application Process

To understand what to expect next, please visit https://www.arup.com/careers/arup-careers-uk-application-process

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 Closing date: 3rd of November 2024