Remote Technical Director - Highways and Infrastructure in Watford

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Our Highways & Infrastructure team, within our Transportation business line, have a vacancy for a Regional Director / Technical Director with experience in leading the delivery of transportation engineering schemes in our Belfast office. You will be joining our team who are recognised as market leaders in the delivery of major road infrastructure, public transport, rail, greenways and active travel, and that has a track record of delivering high profile and impactful projects across the country.

The successful candidate will be joining a growing team of over 70 Highways staff in Ireland that are actively involved in the delivery and services to a range of both local and national clients, with projects at all phases of delivery over the next few years. You will be part of the supporting management team for the wider Ireland transportation team of over 150 staff. You will have a proven team leadership, business development, project delivery and business management experience within a commercial environment.

The role would suit a self-motivated individual looking to advance their career in a dynamic team. In addition to delivering work within the local office the role will involve working with other AECOM teams in the UK and Ireland. We are therefore seeking candidates who are able to work flexibly across other AECOM offices as projects dictate to support the wider business.

Current & Upcoming Projects:

• RoI Major Transport Projects
• N4 Mullingar to Longford
• M21 Adare Bypass
• Carlow Southern Relief Road & Multi Modal Transport Corridor
• N3 M50 to Clonee & the N3 Bus Priority and Active Travel Scheme
• NI Major Transport Projects
• A24 Ballynahinch Bypass
• Newry Southern Relief Road
• Asset Management and Renewals
• TII Standards Commission - Network Asset Management and Maintenance Framework
• DBFO1 Package 1 Northern Ireland - Technical Advisory Services
• Greenways and Active Travel
• Extensive greenway programme for TII and Local Authorities across the country
• Public Transport
• Large scale bus infrastructure design projects and bus infrastructure programmes for the National Transport Authority
• Energy Transition
• Major HV Cabling and Sub Station projects for Eirgid and ESB

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Deliver: The Highways team are responsible for the full lifecycle delivery of projects aimed at improving our streets and places for local authority clients across Ireland.
• Oversee: You will be responsible for the appointment of competent discipline lead engineers for technical delivery.
• Provide Expertise: Offer technical knowledge and expertise to the design team on all aspects of multi-disciplinary projects, from conceptual phases to implementation.
• Ensure Quality: Working through the complexities of our Transportation projects, you will hold our clients’ hands and overcome problems in unison when they inevitably arise.
• Collaborate: Leading a team of multi-disciplinary engineers to deliver integrated designs and building effective relationships with our technical teams and Clients.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop sound client relationships, being alert to commercial opportunities, identifying emerging opportunities and developing strategies to fully exploit them.
• Following successful accreditation on the AECOM project management system act as a Project Director and Project Manager including monitoring financial performance.
• Ensure Technical content and quality of output produced is in line with the project brief.
• Support and monitor team skills and ensure they are up to date with current best practice, techniques, and innovation.
• Manage career progression of line reports and support with recruitment.
• Support senior management of the Transportation team and deputising for the key Directors in Ireland as required.
• Development of Client relationships through business development being the key point of contact for meetings and liaison.
• Prepare detailed proposals, client briefs and fee proposals and contribute to or lead bids.
• Establishing strong working relationships with other internal teams across AECOM’s business lines.

Qualifications:

A successful track record of relevant experience in the management and delivery of complex civils engineering and/or transport engineering projects, particularly sustainable infrastructure projects and roads/traffic engineering projects. Experience in associated design standards for roads and active travel in the UK and Ireland. A good working knowledge of the forms of contract used by clients on the island of Ireland, including the New Engineering Contract and the Government Construction Contracts Committee Public Works Contract. Commercial acumen in relation to the management of opportunities and risks on projects contracts.

Preferred Qualification: Relevant degree and will have Chartered status along with membership of a professional institution or ability to achieve similar if moving for other jurisdictions.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities.