Associate Director - Offshore Wind Grid Connections Lead, UK & Ireland

at  AECOM

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Job Description

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Professionally qualified in an electrical engineering, power engineering or equivalent subject at HNC, HND, degree and/or masters (or equivalent) level.
• Chartered (CEng) or working towards gaining Chartership with a relevant institution.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:

• Ability to understand and communicate customer requirements, lead technical discussions with customers and develop client relationships.
• Able to work to deadlines under pressure whilst maintaining the safety, quality and engineering integrity of the solution.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; experienced in creating and presenting technical reports; and responding to clients’ technical questions.
  Additional Information
  You can learn more about us here: 2023 AECOM Candidate Brochure (adobe.com)

This is a brand new role identified for an Associate Director to lead our Offshore Wind (OSW) team in the Transmission and Distribution team in the UK and Ireland. This is a timely appointment for an experienced client facing OSW leader to play a prominent part in further growing our OSW workload with existing and new clients, lead integrated multi-disciplinary project teams to deliver this work and build and manage your own team of OSW specialists. As this is a brand new role in the business, you have greater influence over the shaping of the role for success and the development of our OSW business plan and growth strategy, based on your experience and knowledge of the OSW market in the UK and Ireland.