Technical Director

Job Summary

The Technical Director provides strategic technical leadership and direction across the Delivery Partner organisation for major airport and infrastructure programmes. The role acts as the senior technical interface between the Client, designers, contractors, and project stakeholders, ensuring successful technical delivery in accordance with Client requirements, applicable standards, and project governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall technical leadership and develop the programme’s technical management strategy and governance framework
• Act as the senior technical interface between the Delivery Partner and Client, providing independent technical advice and recommendations
• Provide strategic oversight of multidisciplinary design activities and establish design review and technical assurance processes
• Lead coordination across Civil, Structural, MEP, Electrical, ICT, Aviation Systems, Infrastructure, and other relevant technical disciplines
• Provide technical oversight of contractors, consultants, designers, and specialist suppliers, reviewing submissions and challenging non-compliant solutions
• Lead identification and management of technical risks across the programme and establish the technical risk register
• Provide technical leadership for design and engineering changes and coordinate with Commercial, Planning, Project Controls, Quality, HSE, and Construction teams
• Lead and manage the Delivery Partner’s multidisciplinary technical function, providing direction and mentoring to Technical Managers, Discipline Leads, and Engineers

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Architecture, or another relevant engineering discipline
• Minimum 20 years of relevant professional experience
• Significant experience in major airport, aviation, infrastructure, transportation, or complex capital programmes
• Proven experience in a senior technical leadership role within a Delivery Partner, PMC, Programme Management Consultant, or similar client-facing organisation
• Extensive experience managing multidisciplinary engineering and design teams
• Proven experience providing technical oversight and assurance across major projects
• Strong experience working with Clients, designers, consultants, contractors, and specialist suppliers
• Professional engineering registration or equivalent professional qualification is preferred
• International project experience is highly desirable
• Experience with complex airport and infrastructure interfaces is highly desirable

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