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168,000+ live jobsAssociate Technical Director - Mechanical Engineering
On-site in London·Added 2 months ago (last checked 19 Oct)
Our summary
- Work mode
- On-site, London
- Experience
- Senior level


Skills
Requirements
Education & certifications
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering or other directly related degree.
- Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status and membership of a professional institution such as IMechE, IET, or CIWEM
- Significant experience in technical delivery of process plant systems on complex water industry engineering projects
- Experience of working on design and construct projects using digital design
- Team leader with collaborative behaviours
The role
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
We are actively seeking an Associate Technical Director to join our Water & Utilities MEICA team. In this role, you'll play a pivotal role in establishing and consolidating relationships across Arcadis and our client base, managing the technical delivery and design outputs of some of the UK's most complex and stimulating projects in the Water sector.
The role would sit within our Resilience Global Business Area, where we work to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations. Around the world, we're feeling the effects climate change, rapid urbanization, loss of biodiversity. The rate at which we're seeing large-scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires, is becoming more frequent. We are here to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations.
What you'll do
- Ability to work independently and as a team member carrying out production and checking complex mechanical detailed designs including calculations, specifications, reports, and drawings.
- Supporting and / or Leading design and advisory services relating to new and existing water and wastewater process plants, pumping stations and ancillary assets.
- Technical delivery of multi-disciplinary projects, in a Design or Technical Lead capacity where assigned, using latest digital design techniques.
- Identify and develop innovative and optimised technical solutions based on client needs and drivers.
- Lead and co-ordinate work with multi-disciplinary teams (e.g., process, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and ICA)
- Establish and grow relationships with clients and partners on project technical, commercial and progress matters.
- Ensuring projects meet required technical, legislative, quality, safety and environmental standards and objectives.
- Line management, mentoring, and performance development responsibility for assigned staff.
Qualifications & Experience
- Desired: Water and/or wastewater experience
Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.
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About Arcadis
- Industry
- Architecture and Engineering Consultancy
- Founded
- 1888
- Employees
- 10,000+
- Headquarters
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
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