Project Technical Lead (Water Industry)

Stantec Consulting International Ltd.; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in Scotland seeks Project Technical Leads to spearhead exciting water projects. The role involves leading multidisciplinary teams, driving innovative solutions, and ensuring project quality and compliance. Ideal candidates will have a relevant engineering degree and experience in the water sector. Support for chartership can be provided.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role within the water sector or a regulated industry.
• Ability to lead and inspire teams to deliver projects successfully.
• Chartered engineer status or membership in a relevant engineering institution is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary project teams from start to finish.
• Identify and implement innovative solutions for water projects.
• Ensure quality and compliance of project deliverables.
• Promote health, safety, and well-being in project design.

Skills

Leading project teams

Driving innovation

Ensuring excellence

Championing safety

Education

Degree in engineering or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Do you have a passion for engineering and a drive to make a tangible impact? We're looking for Project Technical Leads to join our growing teams in our modern offices in Glasgow & Edinburgh. With an exciting pipeline of work with multiple water companies nationwide, this is your chance to shape the future of water infrastructure across the UK.

What You'll Do

As a Project Technical Lead, you'll be at the forefront of exciting water projects, leading multidisciplinary teams and coordinating both design and project delivery. You'll partner with top water clients, tackling challenges in areas like clean water treatment, wastewater networks, flooding, and urban drainage. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Leading project teams: Form and lead multidisciplinary project teams, coordinating design and project delivery from start to finish.
• Driving innovation: Identify and implement innovative, sustainable solutions in close collaboration with clients and technical experts.
• Ensuring excellence: Oversee the quality, compliance, and efficiency of project deliverables, ensuring best value and exceptional client service.
• Championing safety: Lead the design and implementation of principles to improve health, safety, and well-being outcomes in project design.

Our design teams are involved in large partnership initiatives such as Coire Glas Pumped Storage and Johnson Street Storm Overflow Screening, Northumbrian Water's Strategic Technical Partnership and frameworks further afield, such as Yorkshire Water's Storm Overflow Alliance and United Utilities' Design Development Partnership.

About You

We are looking for someone who has a passion for solving engineering problems, the ability to lead and inspire and the confidence to drive through challenging solutions.

You will have experience of working in a similar role within the water sector, or other relevant regulated industry.

You will also be a degree qualified (or equivalent) engineer and you will ideally be chartered, or a member of a relevant engineering institution e.g. ICE. Support can be given to achieve this if required.

Apply today or get in touch to find out more!

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