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Associate Technical Director (Civils & Structures)

Suite 4D, Fourth Floor, Hodge House, 114-116 St Mary Street, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Arcadis

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.

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced Associate Technical Director to join our Rail South, West & Wales Business Unit, supporting the delivery of major rail structures projects across the region.

Working within our Civil & Structural Engineering team, you will provide technical leadership across a diverse portfolio of rail infrastructure projects, including stations, bridges, depots and maintenance facilities. You will play a key role in delivering technically complex projects, strengthening client relationships, developing teams, and supporting the growth of our rail business.

This role is ideal for a collaborative and commercially aware leader with extensive experience in rail structures, strong technical assurance knowledge and a passion for delivering high-quality outcomes.

Role Accountabilities

  • Lead the technical delivery and assurance of multidisciplinary rail projects.
  • Act as a trusted adviser to clients and stakeholders, building strong and lasting relationships.
  • Support project teams through technical governance, resource planning and safety-critical reviews.
  • Mentor engineers and promote a culture of technical excellence, collaboration and continuous improvement.
  • Contribute to work-winning activities, business development and the growth of the Rail South, West & Wales business.

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Qualifications & Experience

  • A BEng or MEng in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering or a related discipline.
  • Chartered Engineer (CEng) status with a recognised professional institution.
  • Significant experience leading the technical delivery of rail structures projects or complex multidisciplinary rail infrastructure programmes within the UK rail sector.
  • Strong knowledge of rail design assurance, health and safety requirements, safety-critical processes and relevant industry standards.
  • The capability to undertake the role of Contractor's Engineering Manager (CEM) in accordance with NR/L2/INI/02009, where required.
  • Proven experience leading technical teams, managing client relationships and delivering successful project outcomes.

Experience across a range of rail infrastructure projects, together with involvement in multidisciplinary consultancy teams, client development and work-winning activities, would be advantageous.

Ready to Apply?

If you are an experienced rail structures leader looking to influence major infrastructure programmes, develop talented teams and help grow our Rail South, West & Wales business, we would welcome your application.

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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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Hodge House, 114-116 St Mary St, Cardiff CF10 1DY, UK

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