Senior Technical Director

Location: Denver

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Salary Founded in 1919, KJ has always looked to the future. With a talented team of professionals and a culture of continuous improvement, we deliver exceptional engineering, environmental consulting, and construction management services, with a focus on innovation and sustainability. Using advanced analytics, technology, and tools, KJ improves designs, reduces risk, and finds better ways to deliver projects from planning through construction.

KJ is at the forefront of developing sustainable solutions for clients, including green infrastructure design, strategies to reduce energy use and environmental impacts, award-winning water reuse projects, and efficient construction management practices that ensure quality, safety, and on-time delivery. We are known for our dedication to industry-leading client service and tailored solutions. Kennedy Jenks is seeking a Senior Technical Director to serve as a recognized technical authority and strategic leader across our firm.

This is a high-impact role for a seasoned expert who thrives on solving complex challenges, shaping technical direction, and influencing the future of the industry. In this role, you will provide firm-wide leadership across major projects and initiatives, guiding technical excellence, innovation, and long-term practice development. You’ll partner with executive leadership, project teams, and key clients to deliver forward-thinking solutions that drive quality, performance, and growth.

What You’ll Do As a Senior Technical Director, you’ll serve as a firmwide technical authority and trusted advisor, leading technical strategy, quality , innovation, client partnership, business growth, and development of future technical leaders. Lead technical strategy:
Serve as a firmwide technical authority in your area of expertise, leading strategy and setting standards across complex, high-risk projects. Drive quality:
Provide expert oversight and peer review to ensure quality, safety, and regulatory compliance. Solve Complexity:
Lead the resolution of complex technical challenges, bringing clarity to ambiguity and risk. Advance innovation:
Drive innovation and technical advancement, including methodologies, tools, and emerging technologies. Shape pursuits:
Shape and support major pursuits, advising on technical approach, risk, and delivery strategy. Advise with credibility:
Act as a trusted advisor to clients, project managers, and firm leadership. Strengthen client relationships:
Build and maintain strong client relationships, influencing strategy through credible, data-driven insights. Develop leaders:
Mentor and develop Technical Directors and senior engineers, strengthening the firm’s technical bench. Represent the firm:
Represent Kennedy Jenks in industry forums, professional organizations, and client engagements, enhancing our reputation and visibility. What Makes This Role Different Firmwide technical direction:
You define and elevate technical standards and direction across the firm, shaping how Kennedy Jenks approaches its most important technical decisions. Complex challenges and risk:
You deliver solutions to the most complex technical challenges, protecting quality and reducing risk across high-impact work. Innovation and long-term strategy:
You advance innovation and long-term technical strategy, preparing the firm for future complexity and opportunity. Trusted client partnership:
You strengthen client partnerships as a trusted advisor, connecting technical judgment to client trust, business performance, and long-term market reputation. Business growth through technical leadership:
You support business growth through technical leadership on key…