Job Description

Technical Director - Energy / HDD
Salary: 90,000 - 110,000k + pkg
Location: National
Regions: London, Nationwide, North of England, North West, North West England
An industry-leading civil engineering business, providing complex and innovative engineering solutions across a wide range of sectors including maritime, flood risk management, defence, energy, water and regeneration. Collaborating with, and drawing on the specialist skills of the group's business units we deliver a truly integrated, multidisciplinary service.
As the Energy sector grows, we have an exciting opportunity to expand our team with a new Technical Director of EHV electricity transmission projects.
They have a long history of delivery of EHV cable projects and complex major HDD schemes. The Volker Infra brand previously used to deliver these works. In recent years they have transitioned from delivering Tier 2 works for National Grid and Tier 1 works for offshore wind farm clients to being in a tier 1 position across the regulated and non-regulated sectors, with schemes up to 100m in civils value being delivered.
The role, reporting to the Sector Director for Energy, would be responsible to leading technical development and delivery across all EHV cable projects in the regulated and non-regulated sectors.
Projects vary from full EPC schemes in the regulated sector for National Grid, to civils only in the regulated and non-regulated sectors acting in a tier 1 Principal Contractor role and in a tier 2 sub contractor role.
Our projects are situated all over the UK and the successful candidate must be prepared and able to support projects and site teams across this geography. We have head offices in the NW and central London with area offices elsewhere in the UK and a new dedicated Energy division office to be opened in 2025, which the successful candidate will be involved in the decision-making process on location.
With steady controlled growth contained with our business plan out to 2030, the role will be forefront in expanding the success existing team into a significant contactor in the market.
Key Accountabilities:
The Technical Director will be responsible for the technical support, compliance and development of our portfolio of works, through preconstruction, to delivery and handover. With support from Operations Managers covering our HDD specialist business, Operations Manager for EHV transmission and Commercial Manager.
About you
What key attributes we are looking for in our successful candidate

• Innovative mindset with ability to optimise resources to achieve both short-term goals and long-term sustainability.
• Outcome focused, out-performance driven and committed to delivering customer expectations and required outcomes.
• Effective decision maker that takes accountability for their aspects of a project/ portfolio, including health, safety, wellbeing, environment, time, quality, cost (profit margin), customer satisfaction, staff retention and progression.
• Experience in a similar or related role with previous involvement through the two-stage project delivery.
• Experience of collaborating with and influencing customers, key stakeholders, partners, suppliers and staff at all levels.
• Commercially astute with understanding of how business decisions impact the bottom line.
• Inclusive with ability to build a culture of innovation, embrace new ideas, continuously improve ways of working and step outside comfort zone.
• Degree or equivalent in civil or electrical engineering preferred

If your past experience doesn't match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.

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