Director of Engineering & Technical Services
Location: Flexible
Talented people are the key to our success
Role Overview:
As the Functional Engineering Leader, you will provide leadership and technical support across the Energy & Water Business Unit (BU). You will lead innovation, planning, energy resource, and plant allocation, and oversee the operations of our Training Centre. This is a senior role, reporting directly to the BU’s senior leadership team, where you will play a key part in shaping the strategic direction of our business.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Leadership:
- Contribute to the strategic direction and decision-making of the BU.
- Role model positive leadership behaviours and drive a culture of excellence.
- Collaborate across business units to share learning and best practices.
- Technical Services and Innovation:
- Develop technical services offerings for energy projects and manage the new training centre at Swynnerton.
- Drive innovation, challenge the status quo, and oversee IP-related matters.
- Ensure compliance with ISO 19650 processes and promote the use of digital tools.
- Engineering, Planning, and Technical Services Strategy:
- Develop and implement strategies for engineering, planning, and technical services.
- Form strong relationships with delivery team operations leads, engineers, and planners.
- Define and create engineering and planning communities and networks within the business unit, to promote knowledge sharing and peer support Quality Control and Assurance:
- Ensure effective quality control across projects from pre-contract to completion.
- Develop a technical lessons learned and best practice library.
- Provide support for safety-critical competence and design management.
- Resource and Training Management:
- Oversee the safe and effective operation of our training centre.
- Ensure comprehensive resource forecasts are in place for all energy plant and labour requirements
Qualifications:
- Chartered Engineer with extensive experience in a senior engineering leadership role.
- Proven track record of driving innovation and managing technical services in a large organisation.
- Excellent management, organisational, and negotiation skills.
- Ability to develop and implement strategic initiatives and ensure high standards of compliance and quality.
Attributes and Skills:
- Self-driven and results-oriented with a positive outlook.
- Strong ability to motivate and lead teams to achieve high standards.
- Excellent planning and time management skills.
- Strong ability to see the wider picture and understand the impact of activities on business direction and delivery.
Why Join Us?
- Be part of a leading company in the infrastructure sector.
- Play a key role in shaping the future of our engineering and technical services.
- Work with a dynamic and innovative team committed to excellence.
If you are a visionary leader with a passion for engineering and innovation, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity
What's in it for you?
Below is a selection of benefits that are available to you at Morgan Sindall Infrastructure.
- Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy five days
- Flexible and adaptable working
- Family friendly policies and work/life approach
- Mentoring programmes and continuous learning support
- Contributory pension scheme
- Annual bonus scheme up to 30%
- Recognition scheme and long service awards
- Car scheme and Private Medical Insurance (if applicable to role)
We also provide the option to participate in our share-save scheme; discounts including cycle to work and gym membership; a support and advice service for colleagues and their families, and more.
About the Energy & Water BU:
Our teams work within the energy and water sectors helping customers make the most of their existing assets as well as building new assets to continually improve the UK’s energy and water infrastructure. We do this by putting our customers first, using innovative ideas and challenging the status quo.
We have extensive experience in upgrading and replacing energy networks, delivering asset management for major UK energy companies and network operators.
Our transmission and distribution services involve the upgrading and replacement of electricity assets both above and below ground. Within the electricity sector we install and maintain assets, including excavation, laying and jointing of cables, (fluid filled and XLPe), substations and overhead line, new build, repair and refurbishment services.
Morgan Sindall is an equal opportunities employer and has been accredited with the Positive About Disabled People ‘Two Ticks’ accreditation. We are also an Investors in People company.
Morgan Sindall is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK.