Binnies an RSK Group Company is recruiting a Technical Director to join our Water Services Reservoir Team to help deliver our clients’ dam safety programmes of work. It is expected that candidates will have demonstrable technical experience of working on reservoirs at the highest level either as or significantly advanced towards All Reservoir Panel Engineer status.

The candidate should have an extensive technical base and have strong experience in the appraisal, design and supervision of dam safety schemes.  The primary purpose of the role is to lead and co-ordinate studies, inspections and design within the reservoir engineering team ensuring consistent quality and timeliness of output. In addition to providing technical oversight for projects, you would also support our team’s growth by managing and encouraging the development of our engineers and Engineering Managers.

You would be a key part of our growth strategy providing, networking with our key target clients and supporting and carrying out parts of our bid-winning and growth strategy.  

The ability to travel to client offices and project sites on a flexible basis is essential.

Primary Responsibilities

The role is suitable for an experienced Chartered Engineer who has extensive reservoir and dam knowledge having worked on many types of dams and if not already, is significantly advanced towards becoming an All Reservoir Panel Engineer.  You should be able to demonstrate leadership and the technical knowledge and experience to guide engineering teams and clients in all aspects of reservoir works such as the following areas:

• Provide technical direction to the team and our clients.
• Directing the delivery of the design stage outputs of each project within the agreed timescale and budget.
• Ensuring that an adequate Technical, Safety, Environmental and Sustainability review is carried out for each project.
• Undertake inspections of reservoir assets and produce reports on condition.
• Supervise construction work on reservoir assets, including monitoring construction quality, compliance with specifications and Health & Safety performance.
• Ensuring that company/client standard designs and design practices are utilised wherever possible.
• Agreement of the design cost budget and monitoring performance against the budget and providing forecast costs to completion for individual projects.
• Ensure recording, monitoring and controlling design changes in order to maximise cost efficiency.
• Promotes buildability and supply chain efficiency in design outputs.
• Leading discussions and actions to ensure a safe working environment for all staff.
• Establishes and maintains a positive and solution-oriented approach to work, providing open and honest feedback.
• Ensuring our teams satisfy customer requirements with the aim of enhancing the customers’ perception and satisfaction.

Client Focused Leadership

• Extensive client management experience
• Is seen by clients as an advocate for their organisation and as a trusted technical advisor.
• Provide coaching of client obligations under the Act with senior board members of client organisations
• Communicates client interests and drivers to the wider business and contributes to business line strategy.
• Proactively offers other services to the clients to meet their specific challenges and requirements.
• Develops and maintains regular customer contacts for expanding product/service across multiple clients.

Commercial Acumen

• Assists in mentoring members of the engineering team in managing budgets, efficient delivery, recognising scope change, managing project risks and implementing mitigation measures.
• Experienced in building up costs for production of engineering deliverables, predominantly under the NEC suite of contracts.
• Knowledge of programme management using Microsoft Project or other suitable software.
• Awareness of the tools used to monitor project performance and produce accurate cost and spend profiles such as Earned Value Analysis to enable support for the project management of commissions.

Continuous Improvement in Project Execution

• Consistently and independently applies specialist knowledge and complies with Binnies’ quality programme relative to assigned tasks.
• Drives compliance with Binnies’ quality programme.
• Consistently provides guidance and direction to others from their project team.
• Supports and actively encourages continuous improvement and change management efforts.
• Provides quality management guidance and assistance to project and engineering managers and wider team promoting a culture that is conducive to quality.

Effective Management and Pastoral Care for a Team

• Involved in the career planning, recognition, learning and development for a team.

Resource Management

• Involved in incorporating local resource management into the wider consultancy resource management process.
• Highlights resource and skills gaps and recruitment requirements to department leads.

Leadership and a Positive Role Model

• Is recognised as being a positive role model and technical leader.
• Operates as a technical specialist leader within the consultancy group.
• Leads and directs others with effective delegation as necessary.
• Actively uses their skills to build trust and integrity in wider delivery teams and the industry at large.

Educational Attributes

• Bachelor's degree in engineering technology preferred or any other degree, specialised training, or experience, that makes the individual qualified to perform the job responsibilities. 
• Holds an industry recognised, chartered professional qualification.
• Qualified as or significantly advanced towards becoming an All Reservoirs Panel Engineer.

Why join us

Would you like to work in a business where you feel empowered to grow?  Where there is no place for criticism or discrimination?  A place where people are mindful and respectful? If so, then Binnies is the place for you.

We have a strong ‘ENGAGED’ culture that runs through everything we do. Evolved over 100 years, we have a culture of caring, where our employee’s wellbeing and work-life balance are priorities, in fact we have industry leading flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We pride ourselves on providing an inclusive working environment, where a diverse workforce is supported to grow and develop.
The successful applicant will go from being great alone to truly amazing with Binnies.

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