Technical Director

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We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Technical Director to join our Consulting Highways Team. With office space in Motherwell, Perth and Edinburgh our we invite applications from across Scotland.

The standard hours of work are 40 hours per week, but we offer a range of flexible working practices, including hybrid, part-time and flexible working patterns. With our network of offices across the UK and now Ireland, we are open to discussing working options that match your needs, with the flexibility to change how you work as your life evolves.

Amey Consulting Scotland Team are involved in designing some of the largest civil engineering and associated infrastructure projects across Scotland with cumulative values in excess of £1bn.
Amey manages both the Southwest and Northeast Trunk Road Network Management contracts, with the Southwest being awarded in 2020 and the Northeast in 2022. These are 8-year contracts, extendable up to 12 years. In addition to these long-term contracts, we also have a diverse portfolio of major roads, bridges and transportation and civil design projects with Transport Scotland, Local Authorities, and established contractors across the country.
These long-term contracts provide excellent opportunities for technical, engineering, and professional design staff at all stages of their careers to be involved in some of the most exciting and challenging engineering projects associated with Scotland’s arterial road network.

Our Technical Directors play an important part within the Highways team and alongside our clients. As a Technical Director you will act as a technical specialist and subject matter expert within the specific technical discipline and direct the actions of technical teams across the UK.

• To act as a technical specialist and subject matter expert, providing direction, guidance and supervision as appropriate to technical teams, operational managers, client and suppliers
• Leading and directing the preparation and checking of designs, calculations, drawings and documentation as part of the production of scheme deliverables that satisfy the overarching criteria of quality, cost and programme.
• Responsibility for the commercial success of the projects within their portfolio, controlling budgets and managing the costs associated with the production of deliverables
• Liaising with client and supplier representatives up to director level and higher, including presenting proposals, attending progress meetings and responding to queries
• Leading the preparation of bids and the general work winning function, including the role of Bid Director
• Drive effective health and safety practices within the team

• Subject matter expert within the relevant technical field, probably gained in a Principal Engineer role or equivalent
• Demonstrable track record of managing project related tasks associated with the management of health, safety and welfare, e.g. Amey’s Integrated Management System and the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations
• Capable of acting as engineering lead for a project where required under the terms of the commission, e.g. Contractor’s Engineering Manager (CEM) for Network Rail schemes
• Knowledge, understanding and experience of design and specification process with ability to manage others. Demonstrates a full understanding of the project scope and acts as Design Team Lead for both minor and major projects
• Highly experienced with relevant software and similar analytical tools. Good ability to check work produced by others and able to validate and approve the use of new tools
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