At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead technical direction and drive business growth in civil infrastructure projects.
- Company: Join a dynamic team in a leading civil engineering firm with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy hybrid working, a car allowance, bonuses, and private medical insurance.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities for networking and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by mentoring talent and shaping the future of infrastructure development.
- Qualifications: Degree in civil engineering and strong leadership skills required.
The predicted salary is between 80000 - 100000 £ per year.
What have an opening for a highly skilled Technical Director to join our clients expanding Cambridge office.
This senior position will be very much centred on client facing activities, technical leadership and business growth, rather than day-to-day operational management and will play an integral part in supporting the initiative to diversify our team, both in staff numbers and revenue.
The Development Team is a well-established and high performing discipline within the Planning and Development business unit which includes over 500 colleagues focused on project delivery through the whole project life cycle, from initial land acquisition, planning support and design, through to scheme implementation and handover.
You can expect to work across both the public/private sector land promoters and house builders, developers, signature architects, Government, and local authorities.
- What's on offer
- Hybrid / Flexible working
- Car allowance
- Bonus scheme
- Private medical insurance
- Life assurance
- Networking events/opportunities
The role
- Providing strategic direction and highly visible leadership.
- Working in partnership with other colleagues to ensure coordination across the Development discipline and sharing of market intelligence, best practice and innovation
- Engaging with the Technical Leadership Group (TLG) to promote technical innovation, best practice and technological advancements for infrastructure development for major projects.
- Winning work from key accounts and align the business to secure major opportunities and an increasing order book.
- Leading and support bids by contributing reviewing and authorising submissions and by demonstrating added value both commercially and technically.
- Supporting all aspects associated with H&S / Corporate Responsibility and ensure the team complies with SHEQ.
- Mentoring of selected colleagues on the Succession Planning Schedule, Emerging Talent schedule.
- What you need to succeed
- Degree level qualification in civil engineering
- Chartered status or working towards chartership
- A broad range of project experience across civil design for developments.
- Inter-personal skills with good leadership and management abilities.
- Commercial and strategic capability with a demonstrable track record in having identified and subsequently delivered new business opportunities.
- Expert stakeholder management and related relationship and team management skills.
- Demonstrate ability to improve, motivate and encourage others within the workplace, lead and implement change programmes, inspiring colleagues and drive an innovative and supportive culture.
- Forward thinking, capable of visualising and planning for the longer term.
- A broad range of project experience, both within Discipline and multi-disciplinary.
- Demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively, use own knowledge to support and coach others as required.
- Actively champion sharing knowledge, ideas and intelligence.
- Able to establish, build, sustain and share, professional relationships with relevant groups both inside and outside the organisation.
- Able to reason logically and apply a systematic process to finding solutions, proactive in responding to problems, able to apply sound logic in situations of ambiguity and problem-solving methodologies across a range of circumstances.
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Technical Director - Civil Infrastructure in Cambridge employer: Strata Consulting
Join a dynamic team as a Senior Structural Engineer in Leeds, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping diverse structural projects across the north of England. Our company fosters a supportive work culture with flexible working arrangements, wellbeing initiatives, and opportunities for professional growth, ensuring that you can thrive both personally and professionally. With competitive benefits including a contributory pension scheme, annual bonuses, and social activities, we are committed to creating a rewarding environment for our employees.
