Penguin Recruitment Looking for Technical Director – Civil Infrastructure at Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear Full Time

Technical Director – Civil Infrastructure

Overview / Responsibilities

Our client recognises the need to push boundaries to build innovative sustainable solutions to make real world impact, this role gives you a chance to be a part of this new movement. They have a reputation for providing one of the best working environments within the industry and are renowned for shifting the focus to personal development by giving unique opportunities for employers to excel

With an established and growing client base, the company requires extra firepower and relationship management expertise to maximise, lead and deliver an awesome array of projects for an impressive list of clients.

This really is a rare opportunity to join a burgeoning business at the perfect time, with work coming from a range of existing key frameworks. You will be client and industry facing with the objective of delivering as a leading expert in the trends helping to shape the Built Environment.

You will be the conduit for the client’s communication to the business and will have the capability to motivate and lead our internal teams to deliver these projects. Being involved from project inception through to development, encompassing the full project lifecycle from site finding, due diligence and site appraisal, through to concept and detailed design, and assessment, consenting and construction delivery, will position you as a key player within the multidisciplinary business

You will possess strong technical, management and leadership skills gained in either a consultancy or design & build contracting environment. Probably Chartered, you will be experienced mentoring junior colleagues to achieve their own professional development goals.

You will be part of our operational team who will support you on bidding, key accounts and service development and you will have a key role in shaping innovation in our products and services. You will be accountable for achieving business growth objectives, providing medium to long term views on end markets and achievement of significant year on year sale targets.

This role can be based in any of the UK office locations (Leamington Spa, Reading, London, Bristol, Birmingham, Glasgow, Newcastle upon Tyne, Knutsford or Leeds) with a hybrid working environment to suit flexible working patterns.

Required Skills

• Client Leadership
• People leadership
• Financial leadership
• Growth
• Strategy
• Supply chain management

Experience

• Professionally Qualified – ideally Project Management/ Construction/Engineering/Quantity Surveying Degree
• Chartered Status with the RICS, CIOB, RIBA, ICE or other equivalent institution
• Senior level experience in the built environment sector, particularly in delivery of place through regeneration and residential-led developments
• Knowledge and experience of working with stakeholders/clients to produce Strategic Development Briefs and Client/User requirements
• Knowledge and experience of working as part of complex, multi-disciplinary/multi-agency Project Teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant Post Graduate Qualification
• APM affiliation preferred (as secondary accreditation)
• Prince 2 or MSP experience
• NEC Contract Administration

For a confidential chat to discuss this exciting opportunity, please contact Andy Hopkins – (phone number removed) or email (url removed)