Title:  Technical Director

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.    

The Opportunity 

We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Technical Director to join our Multidisciplinary Project Delivery team. 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.

The role 

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 enginering 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.

What you will bring to us: 

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• 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 highways, structures, geotechnics, drainage, environment, utilities, construction planning and stakeholder engagement.
• A strong network of client relationships that can be developed to create opportunities across a range of disciplines and sectors.
• Proven experience leading technical teams, managing multidisciplinary interfaces and delivering complex commissions across minor and major projects.
• Strong client-facing skills, including the ability to present technical and project delivery advice clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, local authority clients, public bodies, contractors, suppliers and multidisciplinary partners.
• Experience of work winning, bid leadership, quality responses, pricing, tender documentation and framework development.
• Experience of working on highways, structures, active travel or broader multidisciplinary infrastructure schemes. Experience of flood protection, geotechnical design or other transport-related programmes would also be advantageous.

What we can offer  

• Our benefits are designed to help you thrive at work and in your home life. You will have the flexibility to choose benefits and development opportunities that are best for you.

• Some of our benefits include:
• Exceptional personal development, training and progression plans, designed to allow you to shine in your career, all in line with your personal ambition
• Competitive salary and compensation
• Generous pension scheme, with extra contributions from Amey
• 24 days annual leave, plus bank holidays - holiday structure
• Family friendly policies for new parents or if you provide care for a dependant
• Membership of our Affinity Networks who connect, support and inspire diverse communities within Amey
• Two Social Impact Days each year, for volunteering and fundraising opportunities

About Amey

Who we are
Amey is a global, integrated infrastructure consultancy and operations partner. We design, deliver, protect, and maintain critical assets and systems.

What we do
We advise, design, finance, deliver, and enhance civic, transport, and defence systems. By combining strategic intelligence, engineering, infrastructure finance, and operational expertise, we create secure, resilient, compliant, and high-value outcomes across the lifecycles of new and legacy assets.

To find out more visit our website amey.co.uk/careers

Application Guidance

Diversity and Inclusion

We constantly evolve how we work to reflect the different needs and backgrounds of our employees. We seek out the skills, joy and energy that often-marginalised groups can bring to our teams and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

We are committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Please contact our recruitment team at peopleservices@amey.co.uk to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional support that you may require at any point during the recruitment process.

Apply today

We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Please apply as soon as possible.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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