The Technical and Investment Director is accountable to the Chief Executive for the technical performance, asset management strategy and asset investment decisions. The role covers all technical performance aspects relating to works including lifecycle investment, funded improvements and third party projects. For lifecycle aspects under direct control the role ensures the effective planning, delivery, and optimisation of lifecycle investment, asset performance, and technical governance to meet contractual, financial, and handback requirements.
Responsibilities
Leadership and Team Management
* Managing a team of 6 people
* Providing technical leadership and driving asset strategies to meet short term and longer term objectives, including handback
* Lead technical engagement with key stakeholders
* Work collaboratively with other teams who influence asset investment and delivery
Technical Oversight and Engineering Governance
* Provide technical oversight and input into key decisions.
* Ensure designs meet lifecycle requirements and whole-life cost principles. Drive value engineering
* Establish and maintain structures, systems, and procedures to ensure interventions meet durability and technical requirements
* Oversee and challenge the quality of technical advice
Programme Delivery and Performance Management
* Provide support to the Commercial and Asset Delivery Director for the programme management of all works
* Monitor and report on technical performance and works progress
* Monitor the delivery of value, including in innovations and new practices
Strategy, Asset Management & Investment Planning
* Own and be accountable for the Asset Management Strategies and its delivery through 1-year, 5-year, and 30-year Asset Management Forward Plans and through end of year reporting via the Annual Asset Management Report
* Ensure the robustness of the AMFP for the Board.
* Set the strategic direction to deliver asset management objectives (asset performance, whole of life, handback and carbon related objectives)
* Manage and continuously improve lifecycle modelling and investment planning, linking to the financial model in collaboration with the Finance Director.
* Establish and maintain governance processes
* Ensure condition methodologies and Asset strategies are reviewed and updated on a regular basis
* Lead and engage with the clients Handback team to ensure a collaborative and aligned approach to Project Road outcomes at concession expiry Handback. Take an active lead with key contributions in Handback
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