Civil Structures Technical Director | Nuclear & Defence

slihrms; Epsom; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

UK-wide travel

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis in the UK is seeking a Civil Engineering Structures Technical Director to lead as a technical expert in heavy civil design and to drive business results. The role requires UK-wide travel and a hybrid working pattern with three travel/office days per week, based from Epsom or other key locations.

You will guide multi-disciplinary teams across Energy, Defence, and Nuclear sectors, shaping strategies, ensuring safe delivery, and advancing transformational programmes for critical UK

Qualifications

• Degree and chartered status as a prerequisite.
• Extensive leadership of complex, high-risk projects.
• Experience across nuclear, defence, or large-scale civil structures.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership within discipline for the national D&AT practice.
• Influence D&AT Practice wide initiatives and recommend best practices to improve internal process and services.
• Serve as the recognised expert and technical authority in Civil Structural engineering of nuclear related structures across the D&AT Practice and wider AtkinsRéalis business.
• Provide visible representation of your and AtkinsRéalis' Civil Structural Engineering technical expertise to our current and prospective clients.
• Collaborate with stakeholders at all levels, including internal and external clients, operational staff, project teams, or external stakeholders.
• Recommend and drive improvements to processes, services, and technical practices while ensuring robust engineering governance is consistently upheld.
• Oversee technical input into bid proposals, defining the delivery strategy and working with cross-functional teams to prepare high-quality, compliant, competitive submissions.
• Proactively identify opportunities for cross-selling and business growth, using commercial insight to strengthen and expand client relationships and selling our value proposition to clients.
• Grow, develop, and manage the Civil Structures engineering capability, particularly in the context of nuclear energy and defence markets, within the national practice, supporting talent development and succession planning.
• Anticipate emerging business, regulatory, and technology challenges, identifying risks and opportunities early and advising senior leadership.
• Provide strategic oversight across multiple complex, multidisciplinary projects, ensuring technical excellence, safe delivery, and alignment with client and practice objectives.
• Work independently even in the most challenging situations. Act as the point of escalation for the most complex technical matters and exercise personal judgement to find solutions

Skills

Leadership

Technical leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering

Chartered Civil or Structural Engineer

Job description

AtkinsRéalis in the UK is seeking a Civil Engineering Structures Technical Director to lead as a technical expert in heavy civil design and to drive business results. The role requires UK-wide travel and a hybrid working pattern with three travel/office days per week, based from Epsom or other key locations.

You will guide multi-disciplinary teams across Energy, Defence, and Nuclear sectors, shaping strategies, ensuring safe delivery, and advancing transformational programmes for critical UK