Overview
As Technical Director in Arcadis’ Water Engineering team, you will lead technical delivery and drive strategic growth across coast and river projects. You’ll mentor a small team, embed safety and sustainability, and promote emerging technologies in multidisciplinary settings. You will shape major coastal, hydraulic, and asset-management work and act as a trusted advisor to clients. This role offers influence across UK and international projects and opportunities to lead bids and thought leadership.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted client advisor and drive technical excellence
- Lead technical delivery across WME projects ensuring standards compliance
- Mentor and develop team members, fostering innovation and learning
- Promote and integrate emerging technologies into project delivery
- Collaborate across disciplines and geographies for integrated solutions
- Represent Arcadis through thought leadership and professional engagement
- Embed health, safety, and sustainability in all project work
- Manage a team of 3–5 staff including welfare and resourcing
- Expand capabilities in coastal engineering, scour analysis, and hydraulics
- Lead bid development and contribute to tendering (commercial and technical)
- Maintain technical oversight with quality and financial accountability
- Manage projects including planning, coordination, subcontractor management, and client communication
- Oversee commercial aspects including contracts, invoicing, and client engagement
- Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and promote a safety-first culture
Key requirements
- Strong technical background in coastal processes, scour assessment, and hydraulic design
- Experience on major infrastructure projects in marine and river environments; dams and reservoirs experience advantageous
- Proven ability to lead design, inspection, and asset management projects
- Proven client engagement, proposal development, and commercial delivery experience
- Experienced team leader and line manager
- Degree in Civil Engineering, Geography, Environmental Science, Water Resources, or Engineering Hydrology
- Chartered status with CIWEM or ICE
- Membership of the DEFRA Panel of Reservoir Engineers is desirable
- Leadership and people management
- Client engagement and communication
- Collaboration across disciplines and geographies
- Coastal processes
- Scour assessment
- Hydraulic design
Technical Director - Coastal Engineering in Cardiff employer: Arcadis
Arcadis UK is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, where sustainability and resilience are at the forefront of our projects. Employees benefit from continuous professional development opportunities, a supportive environment, and the chance to work on impactful projects in the water and energy sectors. Located in the UK, we offer a dynamic workplace that values diversity and encourages creative solutions to complex engineering challenges.
