About the role
Balfour Beatty Highways is looking to make a critical leadership hire and appoint a Technical Director for the iconic Lower Thames Crossing project.
As a member of the senior team, reporting directly to the Managing Director, you will play a key part in the leadership of the integrated LTC Programme.
Areas of responsibility will include Project Planning, design and engineering, sustainability including carbon and zero emissions transformation.
You will provide inspirational leadership to a highly talented and multi-disciplinary team and collectively deliver customer, project and portfolio objectives.
The role will be based at our project site in Thurrock, with flexible working arrangements as per our smart working policies.
What you’ll be doing

DIGITAL

• Promote consistency and reliability of digital data to aid project delivery
• Awareness of Digital Group Minimum Standards and operate with appropriate level of digital tools
• Seek coaching so that the team has the right level of training
  Who we’re looking for

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Experience of leading Technical / Engineering / Design teams and contracts within a multi-disciplined engineering environment
• Experience within the Project Management / Engineering sector at director level (highways or broader civil infrastructure sector), with demonstrable leadership experience within an integrated client/contractor/supply chain team or JV/Alliance set up
• Previous experience of resource planning, management, and mobilisation
• Formal qualification (BSc/MSc) in Civil Engineering or equivalent; Chartership status would be highly desirable

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more