Job Description Start here. Grow here. Are you ready to lead a team of talented engineers and shape the future of energy infrastructure? We are seeking a highly experienced and visionary Technical Director/Technical Lead – Protection & Control (P&C) to spearhead our P&C engineering initiatives. The ideal candidate will be responsible for technical leadership, strategic direction, project oversight, and team development for all activities related to P&C design and implementation across transmission and distribution systems. In this leadership role, you will be a key member of our Transmission & Distribution team dedicated to engaging with our clients and directly contributing to the successful delivery of groundbreaking and technically challenging P&C design projects encompassing the T&D projects. This is a Technical Director level role in combination with integrated project management and delivery to support the growth of our UK & Ireland T&D practice. Here’s what you’ll do: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of P&C engineers and technical specialists. Provide strategic and technical leadership in the design, development, and implementation of Protection & Control systems. Establish technical standards, procedures, and best practices for protection schemes, control systems, and SCADA integration. Review and approve protection coordination studies, relay settings, and logic diagrams. Provide engineering expertise from the concept to detailed design of transmission & distribution projects, including substations, power generating stations, data centers, BESS and renewables. Check and review engineering deliverables such as complex designs, reports, proposals, presentations and drawing packages. You’ll provide technical expertise in bids and proposals and represent the Company in client meetings as a senior member of the P&C team, applying your experience and expertise to a range of exciting and interesting projects. Take responsibility for assigned project scope, technical delivery, and client engagement for P&C scope within projects. You will have the opportunity to be involved in large programmes of work like Great Grid Upgrade (GGP) projects. Oversee the preparation of detailed engineering designs, technical specifications, and construction packages. Provide expert technical evaluations and offer problem-solving solutions to different team members. Contribute to written proposals outlining all project details, including the timeline, resources, budget, objectives, and goals. Ensure your work meets safety, health, environmental, sustainability, and quality standards. Actively participate in business and strategic planning activities to identify opportunities to continue the growth of the business in the short, medium and longer-term. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with our Global Enterprise Capabilities teams to deliver projects in the region. Ensure design submissions comply with codes, standards such as IEEE, IEC, National Grid, and quality requirements. Drive innovation in smart grid technology, IEC 61850 implementation, and digital substation design. Assess emerging trends and technologies in P&C to enhance system performance and reliability Enjoy the Perks. At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.