Associate Technical Director - Electrical Engineering (Water & Wastewater)
Posted 20 hours 5 minutes ago by Poutrix
Our Water Design & Engineering team are looking to recruit an Associate Technical Director for our Electrical Design team. As an Associate Technical Director within this function, you will be a key leader within our multidisciplinary delivery teams, working on a variety of water and wastewater capital projects. You will have the opportunity to apply your expertise to clients regionally as well as across the UK.
This role sits within our Resilience Global Business Area, where we work to protect our natural environment and water resources while powering our world for future generations. Climate change, rapid urbanisation, loss of biodiversity, floods and wildfires are becoming more frequent, and we are here to address these challenges.
Role Accountabilities- Ability to self start and work both independently and as a team member carrying out production, checking, review or approval of complex electrical detailed designs including calculations, specifications, reports, and drawings.
- Leading design and advisory services relating to new and existing water and wastewater process plants, pumping stations and ancillary assets.
- Ensuring safety of yourself and others through design leadership and actions.
- Technical delivery of multi disciplinary projects in a Design Lead capacity where assigned, using latest digital design techniques.
- Identify and develop innovative and optimised technical solutions based on client needs and drivers.
- Lead and co ordinate work with multi disciplinary teams (e.g., process, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and ICA).
- Establish and grow relationships with clients and capital alliance partners on project technical, commercial and progress matters.
- Ensure projects meet required technical, legislative, quality, safety and environmental standards and objectives.
- Mentor and technical supervise colleagues with their professional development.
- Line manage and develop the performance of assigned staff.
- Capture key project and technical knowledge, including innovations.
- Promote MEICA team capability and achievements both internally and externally.
- Degree in Electrical Engineering or another directly related degree.
- Chartered Engineer status and membership of a professional institution such as IET, InstMC or CIWEM.
- Significant experience and a track record in technical delivery of process plant systems on complex engineering projects, preferably related to the water and wastewater industry.
- Experience of working on design and construct projects using digital design platforms.
- Team leader with collaborative behaviours.
- Feasibility to detailed design stage delivery experience.
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. By working together, diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life, and we work closely with our people across six ED&I workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.