Technical Director - Regulated Utilities

GHD; North East; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Hybrid work model

25 days annual leave

Job summary

GHD is seeking a Tech Director for Regulated Power Utilities in the UK. The role delivers senior technical leadership, client engagement, and delivery excellence across a broad portfolio of regulated energy projects.

You will shape technical strategies, oversee governance, and mentor senior engineers while growing advisory services for UK regulatory environments. Flexible, hybrid UK work arrangement offered.

Qualifications

• Senior technical leadership experience in regulated electricity, power networks, or regulatory advisory.
• Credible operating experience engaging at executive, regulator, or board level.
• Proven track record delivering complex consultancy engagements (ideally £1m+).
• Strong stakeholder engagement across utilities, regulators, and system operators.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical authority across regulated power utilities engagements.
• Lead and grow client relationships with regulators, operators, and government bodies.
• Oversee multi‑million‑pound consulting engagements from bid through delivery.

Skills

Senior technical leadership

Executive-level communication

Regulated power/utility knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Job Description

Technical Director (Regulated Power / Utilities)

At GHD we are committed to addressing the world’s biggest challenges in the areas of energy, water and communities.

About Us

GHD is a global network of multi-disciplinary professionals providing clients with integrated solutions through engineering, environmental, design and construction expertise. Our future‑focused, innovative approaches connect and support communities around the world, building resiliency and sustainability for generations to come.

Established in 1928, we remain wholly owned by our people. Today, we are 10,000+ professionals across 200+ offices on five continents, united by a shared purpose: to make water, energy and communities sustainable for generations to come.

Shape the Future of Energy with GHD

GHD’s Energy Solutions UK business is strengthening its senior leadership team with a pivotal appointment: Tech Director – Regulated Power Utilities.

This is a rare opportunity to join a high‑performing consultancy during a period of strategic growth, stepping into a role that offers true technical authority, senior client influence, and market‑shaping impact across the UK’s regulated energy landscape.

If you want to operate as a trusted senior advisor, influence the future of regulated electricity systems, and shape complex, high‑impact consulting programmes — this is the opportunity to do it.

Your Role: What You’ll Do

As Tech Director – Regulated Power Utilities, you will provide senior technical leadership across GHD’s regulated power and utilities portfolio, combining deep subject matter authority with client leadership, delivery excellence, and people development.

Provide Senior Technical Authority

• Act as technical lead and sign‑off authority for major regulated power and utilities engagements.
• Set and assure technical methodologies, frameworks, and governance across the practice.
• Lead and review work spanning electricity networks, regulation, renewables integration, system operability, and resilience.
• Provide authoritative advice to clients at executive, regulator, and board level.

Lead Client Engagement & Market Growth

• Build and expand senior relationships across utilities, regulators, system operators, and government bodies.
• Operate as a seller‑doer, shaping, winning, and delivering high‑value advisory work.
• Strengthen GHD’s profile and credibility in UK and international regulated energy markets.

Drive Delivery Excellence

• Lead multi‑million‑pound consulting engagements from bid through to delivery.
• Ensure excellence in quality, compliance, commercial performance, and client satisfaction.
• Contribute to long‑term programmes across regulatory strategy, network development, and future energy systems.

Develop People & Capability

• Mentor senior engineers, consultants, and emerging leaders across Energy Solutions.
• Shape and embed technical excellence and thought leadership within the practice.
• Support succession planning and the recruitment of senior technical talent.

Typical Projects You’ll Influence

• Electricity transmission and distribution advisory
• Regulatory price control strategy and economic assessment
• Grid integration of renewables and energy storage
• System operability, resilience, and future networks analysis
• Multi‑year government and regulator support programmes

What You’ll Bring: Skills & Experience

Essential

• Senior technical leadership experience within regulated electricity, power networks, or regulatory advisory.
• Credible operating experience engaging at executive, regulator, or board level.
• Proven track record leading and delivering complex consultancy engagements (ideally £1m+).
• Strong stakeholder engagement across utilities, regulators, and system operators.

Desirable

• Established relationships within the UK utilities and regulatory landscape.
• Experience contributing to regulatory submissions, industry guidance, or thought leadership.
• Ability to bring or build technical followership.
• International regulated energy market exposure.

Working Arrangements

• UK‑based, with flexibility on office location.
• Preference for candidates without visa restrictions, due to international client work.
• Flexible and hybrid working supported.

What Success Looks Like

• Sustained growth in high‑value regulated advisory engagements
• Re‑established senior technical presence in regulated utilities
• Improved win rates and delivery quality
• Increased leadership depth and capability across Energy Solutions UK

Why Join GHD?

At GHD, we know that great people make great business. In return for your expertise and leadership, we offer:

• Competitive salary and benefits in a Senior Leadership role
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• 25 days annual leave, plus the option to buy additional leave
• Pension scheme, private medical cover, and income protection
• Enhanced parental leave and family‑friendly policies
• Clear pathways for career progression, influence, and legacy
• Opportunities to work across GHD’s global Energy Solutions network

Ready to Make a Sector‑Shaping Impact?

If you’re a senior technical leader who thrives in regulated environments and wants to influence the future of the UK’s energy system, we’d love to hear from you.