Associate Technical Director, Smartgrids
Associate Technical Director, Smartgrids
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As an Arcadian you already help us deliver world leading sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. You are part of our global business comprising 36000 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 continue to solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
- Provide professional leadership primarily in Smartgrid Energy projects particularly distributed networks in industrial commercial and utility networks at a senior management level establishing and consolidating relationships with clients taking ownership for the delivery of the regions technical capability supporting the delivery of projects or specialised components of projects
- Support the development of Arcadis capability in Onshore Renewable Energy and build and maintain a professional reputation as an individual and for Arcadis
- 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
- To provide temporary embedded support to key clients as required.
Role accountabilities:
- Lead by example to promote continual improvement in SHE performance across the business
- Build relationships with clients to identify and realise business opportunities and to ensure that client expectations and Arcadis commercial objectives are met or exceeded
- Engage with and champions the involvement and inclusion of Arcadis Global Design resources facilitating twoway feedback on the performance of project teams using Arcadis Global Design resources
- Provide technical leadership at a subject level
- Evaluate technical competence of staff proposed for projects and identify specific training and mentoring needs
- Take technical line management responsibility for the development and performance management of team members to support the delivery of Arcadis business
- Supports recruitment process and are personally involved in the selection process of engineering staff at all levels within your team.
- Lead the technical delivery of complex projects ensuring client satisfaction effective project management and good communication and collaboration between Arcadis colleagues
- Ensure that local staff understand the benefits of their utilisation as team resources
- Lead on the design of innovative engineering solutions for clients that resolve complex problems
- Coach and mentor engineering professionals to support the development of Arcadis talent pool
- Through an effective review process oversee the delivery of projects to time meeting both quality and budgetary targets whilst striving to exceed client expectations
- Perform independent technical review for complex and/or major projects
- Encourage innovative and entrepreneurial thinking amongst team members
- Promote and market all facets of the companys services during client interfaces
- Manage technical client relationships with key clients and plays a major role in selling
- Promote effective and efficient bid management
- Provide input into specific technical aspects of individual bids to support the production of highquality winning pursuits
- Keep up to date with developments in the industry sector and with technical and legislative developments and seek out opportunities to develop a strong professional profile at a National level (e.g. conference presentations publications and participation in technical committees)
- Maintain records of Continuing Professional Development and are able to make these available for audit by their professional institution
Qualifications & Experience:
- Significant knowledge and track record in distribution networks Engineering role
- Significant knowledge and track record in the development of the GB transmission and distribution systems and their challenges
- Significant knowledge and track record of supporting clients in grid access and application matters
- Demonstrable experience in the delivery of onshore renewable energy projects and their associated grid connections
- Detailed understanding of embedding renewable energy sources in distribution networks and associated plant and equipment and their delivery and implementation
- Detailed understanding of substation design from concept to completion for MV and HV substations in the UK
- Can identify the limits ofboth their personalknowledge and skills the limits of their teamsskill and knowledge
- Exercise soundholistic independent judgementand take responsibility.
- Understand and comply with the Code of Conduct operated by professional institution
- Plan carry out and record CPD and encourage others
- Engage with activities promoted by professional institution
- Demonstrate appropriate professional standards recognising obligations to society the profession and the environment
- Exercise responsibilities in an ethical manner
- Able to communicatewell with others at all levels including effective use of English orally and in writing
- Discussideas and plan competently and with confidence
- Effective personal and social skills
- Able to managediversity issues
- Able to communicate new concepts and ideas totechnical and nontechnicalcolleagues including effective use of English verbally and in writing
- Lead continuous improvement in Safe by Design
- Sound knowledgeof legislation hazards and safe systems of work
- Understand how to managehealth safety and welfare within own area of responsibility
- Leadcontinuous improvement in health safety and welfare
- Experienced in leading and working with people from varied discipline backgrounds and cultures
- Manageteams and develop staff to meet changing technical and managerial needs
- Managequalityprocesses
- Plandirect and controltasks people and resources.
- Leadteams and develop staff to meet changing technical and managerial needs
- Demonstratecontinuous improvementthrough quality management
- Experience of managing business relationships at executive level
- Strong consulting skills including project management and client relationship management at senior management level
- Maintain and extend a sound theoretical approach to theapplicationof technology in engineering practice
- Ability to use a soundevidencebased approach to problem solving and be able tocontributeto continuous improvement
- Can maintain and extend a sound theoretical approach inenabling the introduction and exploitationof new and advancing technology
- Can engagein thecreativeandinnovativedevelopment of engineering technology and continuous improvement systems
- Have extensive consulting experience on large scale/highly complex projects
- Able to identify review and select techniques procedures and methods to undertake engineeringtasks
- Can contributeto the design and development of engineering solutions
- Implement design solutions andcontributeto their evaluation.
- Conductappropriate research relative to design and appreciate its relevance within own area of responsibility
- Undertake the design and development of engineering solutions andevaluatetheir effectiveness
- Implement or construct design solutions and evaluate their effectiveness
- Have a thorough understanding of Arcadis service lines and demonstrated capability to integrate these into a coherent programme
- Understands market backed pricing for a wide range of services in specialist discipline
- Usesound knowledgeof statutory and commercial frameworks within own area of responsibility and have an appreciation of other commercial arrangements
- Demonstratesound judgementon statutory contractual and commercial issues in relation to own area of responsibility
- Sound knowledgeof sustainable development best practice
- Manageengineering activities that contribute to sustainable development
- Have a BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng or equivalent in a relevant discipline
- Achieved Chartered or Incorporated Engineer professional status or equivalent
- Previous relevant experience including leadership of the development and implementation of engineering solutions
- Leadcontinuous improvement in sustainable development
Continue your career journey as an Arcadian.
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its 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 do meaningful work and no matter where your next role in Arcadis takes you youll 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. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age Disability Faith Gender LGBT and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.
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