Engineering & Technical Director

My client has an exciting opportunity has arisen for an Engineering & Technical Director to join them in their H/O in North London. To be considered, you will come from a Civil Engineering Background.

Key Accountabilities to include but not limited to:

• Working with the team to ensure the delivery teams (Planning, Design, Bid Reviews, Temporary Works, Document Control, and Business Development) are suitably skilled and experienced to deliver a first-class service
• Encourage engineering innovation and value engineering during the design and construction process to reduce site-based construction activity
• Share and capture innovation / VE across the business
• Manage the Design Managers outputs and standards, undertaking peer reviews
• Produce and maintain Design Standards to meet the business needs
• Advise, select, and appoint designers on D&B schemes
• Review design novation agreements and successfully facilitate appointment of designers
• Provide technical expertise across all projects and tenders in supporting issues such as design problems, temporary works problems etc
• Set a standard for planning output across the business ensuring they are compliant with the Form of Contract
• Mentor planners and review output and hold regular meetings with the Planning Team
• At tender stage undertake a pre-settlement review and challenge of programmes
• Review company planning reports (monthly including real forecast final finish dates)
• Carry out bid reviews including tender settlements
• Ensure Temporary Works are captured at bid stage by planner/bid lead and costed and programmed accordingly
• Review Temporary Works procedures, management, and co-ordination across all projects
• Mentor Temporary Works Coordinators
• Appointment and allocations of Temporary Works designers and monitor performance
• ‘Designated Individual’ appointed to manage the business’s procedures for Temporary Works
• Review the Document control process across all projects to assist the site in delivery
• Help and assist the site team in establishing a Utility Tracker for monitoring the liaison, coordination and implementation of Utility/Statutory Undertakers works
• Responsible for the hiring process and restructuring to provide an efficient and talented workforce for the relevant functions
• Lead in ensuring that the company has the required Quality and Technical accreditation and lead on appropriate Audits when required
• Undertake other duties commensurate with the level of this position
• Comply with Company policies & procedures

Experience/Knowledge:

• Ability to develop and implement strategic plans and decisions
• Highly experienced leader with a track record of leading, coordinating and developing large teams across geographical locations
• Experience in working within a multi-disciplined team
• Familiarity with resource planning, management and mobilisation, business development and tendering
• Experience in client and stakeholder management
• Understanding market analysis to identify opportunities to make informed business decisions

Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Demonstrable ability to champion and lead change
• A passion for people management
• Self-motivated
• Results driven
• Reliable to deliver on time
• Able to work in a fast-paced, highly entrepreneurial work environment

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering or equivalent
• Chartered Engineer (member of a professional institution)