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Director (tunnels) 1

Derby
COWI
Director
£60,000 - £120,000 a year
Posted: 10 October
Offer description

**Director (

Tunnels

)**

London,
Derby, York, Glasgow

Permanent

Office/Home Hybrid Working

Do you have industry leadership experience in Tunnels and Underground Structures? Can you inspire the civil engineers of the future?

*Do you want t

o

impact

the strategy

for sustainable infrastructure

?

Then,

join us to shape a sustainable and liveable world

.*

Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow

We
are looking for a senior technical leader to join us in COWI in the UK. Working on a variety of road, rail, water & utility infrastructure projects, you'll provide strategic technical leadership to our tunnels, heavy civils and underground structures engineers.

Your key responsibilities will be:

·


Senior t

echnical leadership of

our

established

team of

over 70

civil

and

structural

design

engineers

across the UK and Ireland

.

·


Working closely with our Senior Technical Leadership from other disciplines, particularly our ground engineering leaders.

·


Maximising business development

opportunities

through excellence in delivery and working with the leadership team to set the direction for the discipline

.

·


Technical o

versight and

direction to

UK and international tunnel and underground

structures projects. Working across multiple projects to guide our technical leaders, to

promote innovation, to

maintain

best practice, and to

continue COWI's legacy of

solv

ing

complex engineering problems

in tunnelling and heavy civils.

·


Overseeing

the

development of conceptual designs and setting the direction of the project

, working with clients and stakeholders to

identify

solutions to complex challenges.

·


Working alongside our

wider

l

eadership

team

to d

evelop

strategies around training and development of staff, links with industrial bodies, and though

t

leadership

.

·


Approval of

complex

designs,

assessments

and calculations

in accordance with

quality procedures

, current industry guidance and codes of practice

to achieve safety by design

.

·


Introduction of innovative solutions to meet carbon reduction goals, and digital design solutions.

·


Supervising coordination of work undertaken by external sub-contractors and design checkers.

·


Contribution to

bids and tenders

.

·


Attending client meetings and building relationships with clients and other stakeholders.

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

the business

.

As a technical leader you contribute to this direction, alongside senior

project

and people leaders.

You lead by example in delivering excellence and building an open and safe

culture to nurture our high-performing teams.

On top of that,
you'll have:

·


Achieved Chartered Engineer
or equivalent status with a relevant Institution (e.g. MICE or
MIStructE
or similar international institution), and have achieved, or be working towards, Fellowship.

·


Demonstrable relevant UK

and/or international

civil engineering design

and leadership

experience, with

experience

in below ground structures and tunnelling.

·


A high level

of technical skills, knowledge and experience of relevant industry standards

, best practice and current technical strategy and developments

.

·


A sound understanding and experience in the

construction of underground structures and

tunnelling techniques to drive safe, economically buildable designs

.

·


Good communication

skills.

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. That is why we say no to fossil-based projects and aspire to have 100 per cent of our revenue come from activities that move our customers towards sustainability.

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 primarily
located in Scandinavia, the UK, North America, and India, we are currently 7,300 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy, and 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:

·


28 days' holiday (plus bank and public holidays)

·


Formalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunities

·


Private health care, for you and your immediate dependents

·


Flexible and hybrid working conditions

·


Annual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional Institutions

·


Group personal pension scheme – salary exchange

·


Life assurance

·


Cycle-to-work scheme

·


Corporate gym membership

Got more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to,

Ciaran Gilfedder

at

CIGI
@COWI.COM

.

Get to know us even better at our website,

where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Equal opportunity employer

.

COWI

provides

equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin,

age

or 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.

CIGI

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