Technical Director

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role Description:

Join our growing Wastewater Network Modelling team as an Associate Technical Director and play a key role in delivering high-profile projects that support the UK water industry's environmental improvement goals. Leading hydraulic modelling projects for major UK Water Companies and other clients, you will drive the development of innovative solutions addressing CSO improvements, DWMPs, flooding, pollution reduction, catchment growth, and SuDS retrofit schemes. This is an exciting opportunity to provide technical leadership across the full project lifecycle, from scoping and concept development through design and delivery, while working closely with clients and multidisciplinary teams. As part of a specialist team of over 90 water professionals, you will help shape sustainable wastewater strategies that contribute to cleaner rivers, beaches, and marine environments, while building your career towards senior leadership within a global consultancy.

Role Accountabilities:

• Proactively managing a portfolio of projects and working in collaboration with other design disciplines and stakeholders.
• Working with the client and taking ownership for the delivery of Arcadis' portfolio of works, with potential secondment arrangements with clients.
• Ensuring adequate resource for the delivery of the programme and identifying needs to enable strategic recruitment as necessary.
• Building a profile with our clients, and maintaining Arcadis' reputation for high quality, innovative design.
• Communicating with team members to ensure that they understand, and become engaged with, company and client processes, plans and initiatives.
• Creating and managing quality processes (PCRA), ensuring quality deliverables and assurance in line with company systems.
• Planning, directing and controlling tasks, people and resources.
• Leading a team and developing staff to meet changing technical and managerial needs.
• Undertaking the design and development of engineering solutions and evaluating their effectiveness.
• Providing technical leadership, direction, and pastoral care to team members, taking a proactive role in developing them to their full potential, leading by example to achieve sector/divisional goals and championing a quality, innovative and entrepreneurial culture.