Associate Technical Director

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 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

Working within our Design & Engineering teams, youll create some of the world s most iconic and ground-breaking structures and spaces that transform the world around us, from making journeys easier to opening up public places that bring people together.

The role sits within our Resilience Global Business Area. We work to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations. Around the world, we re feeling the effects climate change, rapid urbanization, loss of biodiversity. The rate at which we re seeing large-scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires, is becoming more frequent. We are here to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations.

Role Accountabilities

• Provide Technical leadership for substation main plant designs within the multi-dicipline engineering team in the Electrical Transmission and Distribution market with key clients being Transmission Owners, Distribution Network Operators, Onshore and Offshore Windfarms and large industrial clients
• Being a senior technical authority on Main Plant engineering within the wider company
• Operate partly outside the project environment to support professional leadership in their discipline at a management level, establishing and consolidating relationships with clients, managing the team, managing the technical delivery of projects or specialised components of projects, supporting the development of Arcadis capability in the discipline and building and maintaining a professional reputation as an individual and for Arcadis.
• Undertake a Project Management Role in line with Arcadis Project Management Academy competence requirements as required.
• Take a leadership role with the project team, providing direction and leading by example where appropriate
• Manage the delivery of projects in accordance with Management Systems to meet time, quality, budgetary and health and safety targets.
• Manage all aspects of the client relationship so that delivery meets or exceeds client expectations.
• Working to ensure maximum client satisfaction, championing client care and proactively working with the client.
• Promote both the regional and global culture of the business.
• Be a lead technical role on Main Plant design project deliverables, ranging from 11kV up to 400kV (with a particular emphasis on 132kV voltages and above), including undertaking the role of Lead Engineer on project teams, as required and when appropriate.
• Produce detailed substation Main Plant design packages, compliant to required client and national technical standards.
• Prepare calculations and technical/equipment specification documentation.
• Execute complex assignments requiring the use of advanced techniques, resulting in the development of new or improved processes, equipment, and/or technological methods.
• Undertake consultancy role on FEED stage projects, including production of technical reports and presentations.
• Maintain compliance to CDM Regulations and all other legal and regulatory requirements associated with the nature of substation and electrical system design.
• Undertake technical quality assurance reviews and provide design approval/sign-off, as required, on Main Plant related designs and deliverables.
• Work closely with other sections within the T&D Engineering Team, to enable effective collaboration on multi-disciplinary projects and facilitate an optimal engineering function in the Germany business.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum of 20 years of Main Plant system design experience in the electricity transmission & distribution sector, with at least 7 of those years being on UK transmission system related projects.
• Knowledge of engineering design management best practices with ability to implement this knowledge
• Understanding of the requirements of relevant UK Health & Safety legislation relating to design and construction work in the electricity supply industry.
• Thorough understanding of current Construction (Design & Management) Regulations.
• Experience of working in a lead substation design role on SPEN and SSEN projects in the Germany.
• Good working knowledge of SPEN and SSEN policies and procedures.
• Thorough knowledge and experience applying SPEN, SSEN, National Grids Technical Specification, Technical Guidance Notes, and Design Handbooks relating to substation design in the UK.
• IT literate, with good knowledge of using Microsoft Office applications.
• Knowledge of applying CAD technology/software to substation design
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
• Strong persuasion and negotiation skills with clients and employees.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to deal effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders across clients, industry, government and public.
• Able to manage tasks on multiple projects and conflicting deadlines.
• Able to work autonomously and/or as part of a project team.
• Pro-active in building knowledge and understanding of the electricity transmission and distribution industry.
• Capability to coach, develop & record CPD and encourage others in the team to do so
• Engaged in the engineering community and how we can drive success for our clients.
• Ability to develop innovative and practical solutions to a range of problems, and an understanding of how one issue may be part of a much larger solution.
• Ability to make an effective and collaborative contribution to the team through sharing knowledge, promoting ideas, and valuing the contribution of all team members
• Promote continuous improvement in Safe by Design

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. It s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging.

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.

Join Arcadis. Create a legacy.