Engineering Director (Highways / Infrastructure)

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car Allowance

Private Medical

Excellent Company Benefits

Job summary

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd is seeking an Engineering Director for highways and infrastructure, based in the West Midlands and commutable from Birmingham and surrounding areas. The role leads a multidisciplinary engineering function, shaping strategy and delivering major technology and infrastructure programmes.

You will provide strategic and technical leadership across the full engineering lifecycle, building high-performing teams and ensuring governance, assurance and compliance across

Qualifications

• Senior Engineering leader with experience directing large-scale programmes.
• Background in Highways, Transport, Infrastructure or Operational Technology.
• Experience delivering integrated technology or engineering programmes.
• Strong knowledge of systems engineering, governance, assurance and lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering strategy and delivery of major Highways / Infrastructure programmes.
• Manage and develop multidisciplinary engineering teams across the full project lifecycle.
• Oversee engineering governance, systems engineering, V&V, assurance and technical compliance.
• Collaborate with senior customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders to deliver complex technology programmes.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder management

People management

Systems engineering

Job description

Engineering Director (Highways / Infrastructure)

£Competitive Salary + Car Allowance + Private Medical + Excellent Company Benefits

West Midlands - commutable from Birmingham, Coventry, Warwick, Solihull, Wolverhampton, Worcester, Redditch, Tamworth and surrounding areas

Are you an Engineering Director or senior Engineering Leader from a Highways, Transport, Infrastructure or Operational Technology background, looking to take a leading role within a major organisation delivering complex, mission‑critical engineering programmes?

This is an excellent opportunity to lead a multidisciplinary engineering function, shaping engineering strategy and overseeing the delivery of major technology and infrastructure programmes.

You will provide strategic and technical leadership across the full engineering lifecycle, developing high‑performing teams, driving engineering governance and working closely with senior customers, suppliers and stakeholders.

The Role:

• Lead the engineering strategy and delivery of major Highways / Infrastructure programmes
• Manage and develop multidisciplinary engineering teams across the full project lifecycle
• Oversee engineering governance, systems engineering, V&V, assurance and technical compliance
• Work with senior customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders to deliver complex technology programmes

The Person:

• Engineering Director / Head of Engineering / senior Engineering Leader
• Background in Highways, Transport, Infrastructure or Operational Technology
• Experience delivering large-scale, integrated technology or engineering programmes
• Strong knowledge of systems engineering, governance, assurance and the full engineering lifecycle

Reference Number: BBBH279964

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.