Ports and Maritime Associate Director

We are seeking a Ports & Maritime Associate Director to develop and grow our portfolio of consulting and advisory clients and projects, raise our profile in the market place, and enhance our service offering. You will help in shaping the strategic direction of our Ports & Maritime business and play a key role in the continued growth of the Jacobs business globally. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career and progress quickly. The role is hybrid and can be based at any Jacobs UK office.

In this role you will:

• Build on internal and external relationships to help develop potential pipeline of opportunities with an array of client types including Port Operators, Port Authorities, Public entities (municipal councils, DfT,) Shipping Lines and the lender investor cohort.
• Manage and develop client relationships and proactively promote the Jacobs brand across all the sectors in which Jacobs operates.
• Actively engage in the ports and maritime markets to develop pipeline of consulting projects or provide opportunities for the wider Jacobs businesses.
• Serve as Project Director/Manager for of high-quality profitable client work across portfolio of pre-dominantly ports and maritime commissions in both the public and private sector.
• Work closely with Jacobs ports & maritime technical experts, and or other sectors within Jacobs, to deliver projects co-creatively.
• Transfer knowledge and skills throughout the Company to promote staff development.
• Surface the innovative solutions and expert knowledge across Jacobs different market sectors which may provide market leading benefits and value to the Ports & Maritime clients.
• Help develop and influence how Ports and Maritime team operate as “one team” across our Global and regional clients.
  

• Broad experience of the Ports & Maritime sector, including areas such as business/commercial planning, forecasting, regulation, strategy development, management organisation, and capacity appraisal.
• A proven track record of providing strategic advice (externally or internally), including a deep understanding of commercial and/or technical due diligence activities.
• A depth of understanding of key market and industry trends and communicate these clearly and effectively both internally and externally.
• Experience of successfully managing and developing client relationships within the infrastructure sector, including port operators, maritime authorities, port owners and investors.
• Strong commercial and financial awareness, with specific appreciation of risks within the Ports & Maritime sector.
• Experience of business development, work winning and proposal writing.
• Industry experience within one or more of the other sectors in which we operate (Ports, Intermodal Rail or related infrastructure businesses), or experience within a financial institution (e.g. providers of equity / debt to projects requiring project finance) while desirable, is not essential.
• Experience with hinterland development and supply chain management would be advantageous.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and minority ethnic groups are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet all of the criteria. At Jacobs, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the criteria on the advert, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be the right candidate for this role, or other roles within Jacobs.

About the Team

Jacobs Strategic Consulting team provides strategic advisory in all phases of the business life cycle, informed by our operational knowledge and deep functional expertise. By integrating both strategic and technical expertise we serve the “whole client” from the executive leadership to those who procure and deliver projects and operations.

As a result of our high standards, our clients rely on us as trusted advisors to provide strategic guidance and business planning support as they seek to optimise their operations. We are regarded by financial institutions as one of the leading providers of buy and sell side technical advisory services across infrastructure transactions and pursue these opportunities in line with the market.

About Jacobs

At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities. People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay, free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.

We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations. Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role

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Please note that in order to be considered for this position you need to be resident in, or willing to relocate to, the country this position is advertised in, and a. have a current right to work visa in that country, or b. be prepared to go through a work visa process if the hiring manager/business unit is willing to accommodate this.