Following its recent acquisition by SLR, Wardell Armstrong now forms part of a leading global environmental and sustainability consultancy working on projects across the world from over 100 offices. We have an exciting opportunity for a Technical Director to support and grow the Leeds Ground Engineering team consisting of a mix of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineers and manage the existing clients whilst developing new business across the region.
The Land Quality & Remediation team undertakes a wide range of site assessment/investigation and associated reporting for a diverse range of clients and you will get to manage bids, projects, fieldwork and data and lead the preparation of subsequent reports to provide advice to clients in this role. Our Ground engineering team is one of Wardell Armstrong’s largest and most successful disciplines and now combined with SLR, have approximately 80 consultants across the country undertaking a broad and diverse range of geotechnical, geo-environmental, and geological projects
As a Technical Director you will be involved in managing a successful team of Engineers along with business development, financial management, building client relationships, project management.
You will be involved in an interesting variety of projects across a range of sectors and clients such as, energy (linear infrastructure), property development, infrastructure, mining, local authorities, waste management to name a few.
A good understanding of water, ground and soil gas site investigation techniques and assessments.
A good understanding of contaminated land regulatory and legislative framework.
Familiar with and able to interpret geological maps and geological data.
Experience in working for a variety of Clients (such as House Builders, Private Developers, Contractors and Infrastructure) would be advantageous.