Regional Technical Director

Wates Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Regional Technical Director to oversee MEP projects across the Southern region. The ideal candidate will lead an independent design and engineering team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality design information. Strong leadership and communication skills are essential. This role offers a competitive salary, profit share, flexible working, and extensive corporate benefits, including medical and generous family leave.

Benefits

Competitive salary & Profit Share

Car Allowance / Car Scheme

Flexible working

Travel covered to sites

Private Medical

Generous pensions contribution

26 days holidays + Birthday off

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading technical teams on complex projects within MEP.
• Strong leadership, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to drive consistency and quality across multiple projects and regions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage technical aspects of projects, ensuring consistent delivery across the region.
• Collaborate with other regional technical leaders to ensure best practices and quality are maintained.
• Drive the delivery of design information and lead a high-performing design and engineering team.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Relationship-building

Job description

The Vacancy

SES are currently looking for a Regional Technical Director to lead the technical and design aspects of our MEP projects across the Southern region.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This role will drive consistency across all projects, leading an independent design and engineering team while collaborating with other technical leaders across regions. You will oversee the delivery of high-quality design information across multiple projects, ensuring the effective management of MEP design from preconstruction through to completion.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage technical aspects of projects, ensuring consistent delivery across the region.
• Collaborate with other regional technical leaders to ensure best practices and quality are maintained.
• Drive the delivery of design information and lead a high-performing design and engineering team throughout the project lifecycle.
• Champion design excellence, mitigating risk and creating value for both our customers and the business.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, promoting proactive governance and performance across the technical team.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key customers and consultants to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of technical strategies.
• Manage resources effectively to meet project demands and optimize team performance.

Requirements

• Proven experience in leading technical teams on complex projects within MEP.
• Strong leadership, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to drive consistency and quality across multiple projects and regions.
• A passion for delivering excellence in design and engineering.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary & Profit Share
• Car Allowance / Car Scheme
• Flexible working
• Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
• Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, generous employers’ pension contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + your Birthday off + bank holidays and much more…
• Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression.
• Industry leading family leave benefits to include 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.

Working at SES

SES Engineering Services (SES) is recognised as one of the leading M&E partners in the UK. Specialising in the design and installation of building services and infrastructure solutions, SES covers all aspects of M&E engineering.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises :

Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.

Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.

Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.