Technical Director
HybridDerby, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Own overall accountability for technical delivery and quality across your assigned Defence business area. Collaborate with Business and Account Managers to develop and deliver Budget and Key Account Plans. Embed safety into project delivery and champion continuous improvement, lessons learned, and best practice. Build strong client relationships as the senior technical interface with Engineering Directors and other key stakeholders. Ensure all projects meet relevant technical, quality, and regulatory standards, including Assystem and client Quality Management Systems. Develop and implement technical roadmaps to align capability and capacity with future business opportunities. Drive technical innovation by developing best-in-class engineering capability and supporting business development. Support Bid/No Bid reviews, assessing opportunities and defining delivery strategies. Champion a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and professional development across engineering teams. Act as the senior escalation point for technical issues raised by project teams or clients. Lead recruitment activities for strategic and technical hires. Drive continuous improvement by enhancing internal procedures, processes, and engineering best practice. Collaborate with AEIL Technical and Engineering Directors through governance forums to support engineering assurance.
Required Qualifications
- Engineering degree (or equivalent qualification) in a relevant engineering discipline
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Incorporated Engineer (IEng) as a minimum, with a willingness to progress to Fellow (FEng) status
- Significant, demonstrable experience within the Defence industry, particularly in Naval Nuclear environments (e.g. Naval Dockyards, Naval Nuclear, Rolls-Royce Submarines, or MoD – SDA)
- Proven track record (10+ years) of leading multidisciplinary engineering teams delivering major infrastructure projects
- Extensive experience managing engineering scope throughout the full project lifecycle, from Concept Design through to Detailed Design, Manufacture and Installation
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and engage senior client stakeholders
- Experience developing strategic and operational value propositions that successfully influence clients and support business growth
- Strong understanding and application of current legislative regulations, including CDM Regulations, Machinery Directive and Pressure Equipment Directive (PED)
- Experience working within Quality Management Systems (QMS) and Business Management Systems (BMS)
Desired Qualifications
- Strong commercial awareness, with experience of NEC3 and/or NEC4 contracts being advantageous, although not essential
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