Technical Director

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Amey are a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations and decarbonisation solutions.

Working for us, you’ll be delivering sustainable infrastructure solutions that enhance life and protect our shared future.

Our people are driven by a set of strong values, based on safety, insight and collaboration.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Technical Director to join our Multidisciplinary Project Delivery team in scotland. The role is open to candidates with a recognised technical speciality in highways, active travel or civil structural engineering. It will involve identifying and developing new opportunities, leading bids, and managing the successful delivery of a portfolio of infrastructure projects for a variety of clients across Scotland.

As a Technical Director, you will be capable of fulfilling the roles of Project Manager, Design Manager, Project Director, Project Technical Lead or Discipline Lead, as required. You will bring strong technical leadership in either highways or structural works, together with the ability to lead and coordinate contributions from other disciplines.

You will lead the delivery of technically challenging and commercially important commissions. Your role will include coordinating project and technical teams and managing interfaces between disciplines to ensure that deliverables are integrated, buildable, safe, cost-effective and aligned with client objectives.

You will also play a key role in shaping the growth of Amey's multidisciplinary project delivery capability in Scotland, supporting the development of client accounts, technical excellence and sustainable infrastructure solutions.

You will be responsible for:

• Providing technical leadership, governance and assurance across highways, active travel, civil structural engine ring or multidisciplinary infrastructure projects, appropriate to your area of expertise. This may include the preparation, checking and approval of designs, calculations, drawings, inspection or assessment outputs, specifications, reports and NEC contract documentation.
• Managing the delivery of infrastructure commissions, coordinating inputs from highways, structures, geotechnical, drainage, environmental, utilities, stakeholder, contractor and supplier teams to achieve integrated project outcomes.
• Acting as Project Director, Project Manager, Design Manager, Project Technical Lead or relevant Discipline Lead on minor and major projects, from optioneering and concept design through to detailed design, tender documentation, construction support and asset management.
• Leading project controls across commissions, including programme management, budget control, forecasting, risk management, change control, interface management, NEC contractual obligations and reporting to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Managing client relationships with local authorities, national transport clients, contractors, suppliers and multidisciplinary partners, creating opportunities for repeat work, direct awards and long-term framework growth.
• Leading the preparation of bids, quality submissions, pricing strategies, tender documentation and framework responses, including work winning for consultancy opportunities and major public sector frameworks.
• Championing CDM 2015, Principal Designer duties, hazard identification, design risk management and the communication of health, safety and welfare risks throughout the project lifecycle.
• Supporting the development of colleagues through mentoring, professional development, technical training, knowledge sharing and capability building across disciplines.

• Chartered status in a relevant engineering or construction discipline, with membership of an appropriate professional institution.
• NEC Project Manager accreditation, or an equivalent relevant project management qualification, is desirable.
• Significant technical and delivery experience in highways works or structural works including relevant experience in feasibility, optioneering, design, assessment, inspection, refurbishment, construction support, asset management or contract administration.
• Proven project management or project leadership experience on infrastructure schemes, including responsibility for programme, cost, risk, change control, stakeholder coordination, design interfaces and client communication.
• Experience leading or coordinating teams involving relevant disciplines such as…