Director of Design & Engineering

at  Avove

About the role…
Avove are recruiting for a Director of Design & Engineering to lead the successful delivery of the design, engineering, and environmental services.
This is a strategic leadership role, suiting someone with design and build understanding and experience with a passion to continue to develop the team as a centre of excellence for innovation and technical authority.
The team form a central pillar of the Avove offering of agile, expert and responsible engagement with our blue-chip customer base, where we focus totally on a solutions-based approach to solving our customer challenges, whilst leading on viewing all that we do through a practical lens on ESG.
This role will shape the future of the design, engineering and environmental services across our water sector and will work collaboratively with the Account Directors and Business Development team to identify and implement fresh thinking.
This role will report into the Business Operations Director. The role has 5 direct reports and 100+ indirect reports.
About you…
You will have extensive experience working in a design and build leadership roles, experience within the water sector is not essential as you will have a team of experts around you. You will have a proven track record of successfully leading design and build teams and delivering major projects on time and within budget. You will have excellent leadership skills and the ability to effectively collaborate and adapt your style with external clients and internal stakeholders.
About us…
We design, build and maintain the UK’s utilities infrastructure to help transform local communities for the better. We provide cutting-edge and sustainable engineering solutions and play a critical role in helping to keep the water running, the lights on and people connected.
We are an expert, responsible and agile partner, providing vital services to water, power and telecommunications sectors. We work closely with our clients to help protect and improve their assets, enhance customer experience and protect the natural environment. Everything we do is designed to drive continual improvement and move life forward.
We are proud to work in partnership with leading utility providers, including Severn Trent, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, Northern PowerGrid, Northumbrian Water Group, Scottish Power Energy Networks and Scottish Water
We are an equal opportunities employer…..
We welcome applications from candidates of all races, genders, disabilities, religions, ages and sexual orientations. We know that having a diverse workforce encourages new perspectives, inspires creativity and creates an engaging workplace and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where all colleagues can thrive. When it comes to inclusion, we’re making sure we keep up the progress with our Communities of Practice, who help us do just that.
What next…
We encourage you to apply for this role as soon as you can. We recognise talent waits for no one, so we progress candidates individually through all stages of recruitment process.
If you have any questions, please reach out for an informal discussion

Please refer the Job description for details