Head of Engineering UK & Ireland

Head of Engineering

London Bristol Derby York or Glasgow

Permanent

Office/Home Hybrid Working

Do you want tobe part of our senior leadership team Can you deliver strategic and operational directions Are you experienced in contributing to business growth Then read on. This could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow

We are looking for a Vice President Head of Engineering to join our UK & Ireland business. Youll be part of the Senior Leadership team and will support the delivery of strategic commercial and operational direction commercial growth and operational efficiency.

Youll also act as a visible ambassador for COWI building effective client relationships and developing market opportunities.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Lead and role model according to COWIs leadership behaviours and values.
• Working with the Senior Leadership Team delivering the strategic direction of the UK&I business and driving growth.
• Responsible for strategic workforce planning actively driving the medium-to-the-term capability development of the unit in coordination with other Senior Leaders across the Group
• Responsible for driving employee engagement and encouraging a high-performance diverse and inclusive culture
• Provides ongoing sparring and performance management for Heads of Discipline responsible for overall professional/technical development and talent management within the allocated engineering disciplines.
• Ensure optimal performance of the resource account driving both high billability and Engineering Design Centre (EDC) share acting as point-of-contact for all staffing requests (with support from resource manager) and ensuring close coordination within the unit and with other executing units and EDC
• Promote our position as an established name within your area through involvement in relevant industry bodies technical publication and facilitating the same in others.
• Support our Discipline Leadership Team by communicating and role-modelling leadership messages and encouraging a high-performance diverse and inclusive culture.

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.

Like us you believe that leadership success comes from setting a clear and meaningful direction for your team and supporting them in taking ownership of their work. You always delegate responsibility and ensure an open and safe dialogue and you coach your people to achieve their aspirations through constructive fact-based feedback. Attracting and nurturing a diverse group of high-potential team members is at the top of your agenda as is creating an inclusive caring and trusting culture in your team.

On top of thatyoullhave:

Experience as an effective people leader having built and mentored senior teams able to communicate effectively engage and lead teams supporting their performance and professional development. Degree-qualified in engineering or a related discipline; Chartered Engineer status preferredSenior leadership experience in engineering construction or professional servicesExperience in a similar role with technical commercial business development and line responsibilitiesExpertise in a design environment working on major or complex heavy civils projects in the UK & Ireland or internationally at a senior leadership levelExperience working within a matrix organisation including both direct and dotted-line leadership.A place to work and so much more
At COWI we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity and sometimes even our courage to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you at work and at home.With offices primarilylocatedin the Nordic region the UK NorthAmericaand India we are currently more than 7500 people who bring theirexpertisein engineering architectureenergyand environment into play.What we also offer:
To us a fair reward is more than a competitive salary. We want to take care of our people professionally and personally as well.Some of our benefits include:28days holiday (plusbank and public holidays)Formalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunitiesPrivate health care for you and your immediate dependentsFlexible and hybrid working conditionsAnnual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional InstitutionsGroup personal pension scheme salary exchangeLife assuranceCycle-to-work schemeCorporate gym membership
Got more questionsIf you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer please reach out to Ciaran GilfedderatCIGI@.

Get to know us even better at our websitewhere you can learn more about our projects our strategy what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Equal opportunity employer.
COWIprovidesequal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants foremployment without regard to ethnicity colour religion gender national originageor disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

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