Position: Technical Director - Dams
Location: UK wide including London, Manchester, Chester, Leeds, York, Newcastle, Nottingham and Guildford
GHD, a leading engineering and consulting firm, is seeking an outstanding individual for the role of Technical Director - Dams. This leadership position involves steering technical excellence, driving innovation, and ensuring the highest standards of quality within the discipline.
Purpose of the Role: As the Technical Director for Dams, you will be the UK’s top technical authority in this discipline. Your role is pivotal in developing technical capability, championing quality excellence, and fostering a culture of innovation. You will lead a community of practice, ensuring that best practices and knowledge are shared, and innovations are identified and recommended for adoption.
Individual Accountabilities:
Technical Leadership:
- Identify and leverage engineering industry trends and innovative solutions to support winning work.
- Act as the ultimate technical authority over best practice processes, technology, and data, approving standardization, automation, and technical content.
- Establish and lead a UK-wide technical discipline community of practice, promoting the sharing of best practices and innovation.
- Embed EDO quality management protocols, ensuring strict compliance with GHD quality systems and processes.
- Manage technical non-conformances, providing strategic solutions.
People Leadership:
- Provide visionary leadership to the dam engineering team, aligning with GHD's values.
- Drive technical excellence through regular project team meetings, fostering collaboration between discipline teams.
- Resolve technical issues between teams and clients.
- Collaborate with Discipline Leads to enable effective resourcing of the design team.
Project Delivery:
- Act as the Technical Design Lead for high-profile, complex, multiple discipline, or large moderately complex dam projects.
- Oversee all project phases, ensuring milestones and objectives are met.
- Lead the development and submission of design work proposals for major projects.
- Ensure the implementation and adherence to company standards across the Discipline Group.
- Identify and resolve quality, budget, or time risks, escalating as needed.
- Participate actively in lessons learned sessions, technical, and service line communities of practice.
Minimum Skills & Experience:
- Is technically sought after both within GHD and from external / national and or/international clients / industry bodies to act as a Trusted Advisor (typically through papers published/regular conference speaking engagements)
- Is recognized as being highly technical capable and is regularly drawn on for technical knowledge by others.
- Experience of bringing together cross-business teams and aligning them to achieve common goals and commitments.
- Indirectly influence teams to improve quality and technical delivery
- Has experience of design and delivery of technical training content
GHD Values:
- Safety: Prioritizes safety for all.
- Teamwork: Collaborates globally for shared success.
- Respect: Values relationships through understanding.
- Integrity: Upholds ethical behavior and professionalism.
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
- Enhanced parental leave and wellbeing resources.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Opportunities for skill growth and career advancement.
Join GHD and lead the way in shaping the future of dam engineering! Apply now to be a part of our dynamic team.
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