Technical Director - Dams & Reservoirs in Cardiff

Are you ready to join a team of talented engineers and help shape the future of water? Join our dynamic and multidisciplinary Water business as a Technical Director in our Dams & Reservoirs Team. In this role, you will help support the delivery of an exceptional portfolio of dams, reservoirs, flooding and water infrastructure projects through our long‑term partnerships with key clients. Projects will include work on dams and reservoirs, water supply systems and flood risk management schemes. We offer a diverse range of experience for candidates with a wide spectrum of interests and career goals. This position provides an excellent opportunity to join a talented and diverse team committed to innovation, technical excellence and efficient delivery.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Lead: Drive the technical delivery of a range of water and infrastructure projects, managing multidisciplinary technical teams to deliver value‑added solutions to client challenges throughout the design lifecycle.
• Manage: Oversee key packages of work from conception through to handover, interfacing with AECOM teams, clients and suppliers to create seamless technical solutions.
• Collaborate: Work closely with clients, stakeholders and AECOM colleagues to secure buy‑in to project solutions, while also contributing to AECOM’s wider technical capability and innovative approach.
• Develop: Perform line management duties, support the development of team members, manage their input to projects and provide mentoring.

If you’re passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don’t just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives. Come grow with us.

Become part of our dynamic Water business, which boasts around 600 experts across the UK & Ireland. Collaborate with top‑tier civil, mechanical, electrical, and process engineers to deliver a variety of captivating projects, from small initiatives to large‑scale ventures, all the way from concept to completion.

Let’s not forget about the perks at AECOM. You’ll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well‑being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, technical practice networks, AECOM University, volunteering days and our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work‑life balance that suits your lifestyle.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what is possible? Here’s what we are looking for:

• Significant experience in a similar civil engineering, water infrastructure or project management role.
• Degree, HNC/HND or equivalent qualification in a relevant engineering discipline, such as civil, mechanical or electrical engineering, and/or equivalent industry experience.
• Chartered or incorporated status with a relevant professional institution, such as ICE, CIWEM or similar, or working towards this.
• Clear ambition to work towards Supervising Engineer or All Reservoirs Panel Engineer status in the UK.
• Experience in feasibility studies, options appraisal, and concept, outline and detailed design for water company clients.
• Experience in managing teams and supporting the technical and financial delivery of projects with multidisciplinary teams.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at [email protected]. At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.