Associate/technical Director

4 months ago


Plymouth, United Kingdom AECOM Full time

Company Description
**At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.**

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

**Job Description**:
AECOM is looking to recruit a HV primary design focused Technical Director to lead the Electricity Transmission Workstream in our UK Transmission and Distribution (T&D) department. Our T&D team delivers HV design for electrical power projects at transmission and distribution voltage levels.

**Location**

You can be based in any of our UK&I locations spread across Ashford, Basingstoke, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Croydon, Dublin, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London Aldgate, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Plymouth, St Albans. If you are not located near a main office, we will consider a remote-/hybrid working arrangement.

**The focus of this role is**:
To lead the HV design workstream (circa 20 staff) on a portfolio of projects related to electricity transmission infrastructure, EHV/HV grid connections, and private networks at voltage levels normally between 110kV to 400kV. Typical projects include feasibility studies, optioneering, FEED, detailed design and design assurance on existing or new substations, grid connections and other transmission connected infrastructure.

Lead business development and client engagement on portfolio of clients such as National Grid, data centre developers, large commercial and industrial companies.

Lead on internal governance related to bidding and project delivery.

This is a very senior role within AECOM’s UK&I T&D practice, which requires a strong technical understanding of the T&D sector, excellent leadership ability and the ability to gain the confidence and trust of major clients. The ability to identify the most appropriate solutions to a wide range of projects, including promoting innovative ideas is an important requirement of the role.

The work typically comes from:

- Large projects and frameworks with transmission network operators mostly in UK and Ireland but also in the Middle East and other regions globally.
- Client and owners engineer role on construction of HV infrastructure.
- Connections of renewable generation and major demand customers, including hyperscale data centres.
- Supporting internal AECOM clients delivering large industrial and electrification projects.

The role is focused on primary plant, but an understanding of secondary system design will be advantageous. The Transmission Lead will need to take an active role in the full range of project life-cycle activities from bidding and work-winning, through pre-contract design to final commissioning and handover.

The role is a key position in the T&D practice leadership, reporting directly to the T&D Practice Lead. In addition to the engineering responsibilities, this role includes leading business development bidding activities, participating in the strategic development of the practice, building the team and supporting all parts of the AECOM business. There are opportunities to support the global AECOM T&D practice.

**Qualifications**:
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Wide -ranging experience of all aspects of electricity transmission infrastructure projects Substantial previous UK experience within a consultancy, contractor in the energy sector.(utilities experience will also be considered) Previous experience leading teams and operating at a senior leadership level within a consultancy, contractor or utility in the electricity energy sector. Some past experience as FEED designer, detailed design or owner’s engineer role. Extensive client facing experience ideally in the transmission utility and developer community in UK. Understanding of electrical plant items and control systems such as transformers, circuit breakers, HVDC system Previous experience within bidding and business development as this is a key aspect of the role

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
The value of diversity and inclusion is readily apparent in creating a collaborative, supportive working environment and in delivering innovative, contextually appropriate projects. It is very important to both what we do and the way we do it. We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences. The important thing for us is that you can demonstrate that you can effectively fulfil the needs of the role. If you feel you can fulfil the requirements of the role, but there are other factors that are making you hesitant in applying, we would still like to hear from you and see if we can work together to overcome any chall


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