Associate Technical Director

3 weeks ago


Glasgow, United Kingdom Arcadis Full time

As an Arcadian, you already help us deliver world leading sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. You are part of our global business comprising 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life.

Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can continue to solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

**Role description**:
As an Associate Technical Director you will provide Technical leadership for Main Plant designs within the multi-discipline engineering team in the Electrical Transmission and Distribution market with key clients being Transmission Owners, Distribution Network Operators, Onshore and Offshore Windfarms and large industrial clients. You will be leading a team of specialist electrical system protection & control staff in transmission and distribution substations from 11kV through to 400kV in the UK and as required when supporting international Arcadis projects. You will be responsible for technical delivery of staff assignments to clients and large size projects or elements of major projects in the Main Plant discipline with fee levels generated in range of £500k-£1M.

**Role accountabilities**:

- Operational Department Leaders - liaise to define and negotiate support for the programme implementation with a focus around embedding changes into business as usual.
- GEC Team Leaders - coordinating wider workload.
- Delivery Suppliers - negotiate technical aspects of contracts and performance manage to ensure effective delivery of the programme.
- Client Senior Stakeholders - agree project objectives, communicate project status and facilitate resolution of project issues and risks.
- In a project management role, main contacts will be technical staff working on allocated projects and Clients. Technical staff will be managed to ensure delivery to time and cost and Client expectations will be managed.
- Provide Technical leadership for all aspects of transmission substation FEED design including:

- main plant, P&C, Civil designs within the multi-discipline engineering team in the Electrical Transmission and Distribution market with key clients being Transmission Owners, Distribution Network Operators, Onshore and Offshore Windfarms and large industrial clients
- Being a senior technical authority on all Customer Connection activity within the wider company and supporting key Clients
- Operate partly outside the project environment to support professional leadership in their discipline at a management level, establishing and consolidating relationships with clients, managing the team, managing the technical delivery of projects or specialised components of projects, supporting the development of Arcadis capability in the discipline and building and maintaining a professional reputation as an individual and for Arcadis.
- Undertake a Project Management Role in line with Arcadis Project Management Academy competence requirements as required.
- Take a leadership role with the project team, providing direction and leading by example where appropriate
- Manage the delivery of projects in accordance with Management Systems to meet time, quality, budgetary and health and safety targets.
- Manage all aspects of the client relationship so that delivery meets or exceeds client expectations.
- Working to ensure maximum client satisfaction, championing client care and proactively working with the client.
- Promote both the regional and global culture of the business.
- Ensure that effective financial and project management controls are in place and deployed to enable monitoring, modification and forecasting as appropriate.
- Drive project performance, service delivery and technical and commercial outcomes and undertake reviews, ensuring client delivery is above expectation.
- Communicate with project team members to ensure that they understand, and become engaged with, the project strategy, brief and client requirements.
- Manage the acquisition, deployment and management of resources for the project to ensure optimal resource allocation for the project.
- Responsible for the selection and management of suppliers, sub-consultants and contractors associated with projects.
- Provide specialised technical input to major/complex studies and design for staff's specific area of expertise
- Develop and propose potential solutions, including solutions that fall outside the standard codes where appropriate, to meet or exceed client expectations. Guide clients through the technical decision making process and provide alternative solutions if there are changes to project parameters.
- Resolves differences of opinion between designers and checkers.
- Lead interdisciplinary reviews of project deliverables.
- Perform independent technical review for projects of moderate complexity.
- Build strong working relationships with other teams and technical disciplines, Arcadis



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