Tetra Tech
Engineering Director - Cockermouth
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Engineering Leader
We are seeking a full-time Engineering Leader with a strong technical background and the ability to provide engineering leadership across multidisciplinary projects.
This role is suited to an experienced engineer who enjoys leading technical teams, guiding engineering decisions, mentoring colleagues, and maintaining high standards of technical excellence. The role requires a Chartered Engineer or someone working towards chartership. While formal line management is not essential, you will provide technical leadership, influence project outcomes, and support the development of others.
Your Impact in this Position
In this role, you will provide technical leadership across multidisciplinary engineering projects, leading engineering decision-making and providing technical assurance. You will review and approve technical deliverables, reports, and specifications, while mentoring and supporting engineers to foster technical excellence. Working collaboratively with clients and stakeholders, you will help resolve complex challenges, promote innovation, quality, and continuous improvement, maintain knowledge of relevant standards and industry best practice, and promote high standards of health, safety, quality, and professional practice.
Core Capabilities
Technical Leadership
- Provide technical leadership across multidisciplinary engineering projects.
- Lead engineering decision-making and provide technical assurance.
- Review and approve technical deliverables, reports, and specifications.
Mentoring & Technical Development
- Mentor and support engineers, fostering technical excellence.
- Promote the development of engineering capability through technical leadership and guidance.
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Collaboration & Stakeholder Management
- Work collaboratively with clients and stakeholders to resolve complex challenges.
- Support multidisciplinary engineering teams to achieve successful project outcomes.
Innovation, Quality & Best Practice
- Promote innovation, quality, and continuous improvement.
- Maintain knowledge of relevant standards and industry best practice.
- Promote high standards of health, safety, quality, and professional practice.
Technical Governance
- Support technical governance and assurance activities.
- Influence engineering decisions across multidisciplinary projects through sound technical leadership.
Qualifications, Experience & Skills
- Chartered Engineer with a relevant professional institution.
- Significant experience leading engineering teams or technical delivery.
- Strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and decision-making skills.
- Proven ability to mentor and develop engineers.
- Ability to produce and review high-quality technical documentation.
- Collaborative leadership style with strong accountability for technical quality.
Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams, working with major clients and complex programmes, and supporting business growth and technical capability development would be advantageous.
- Ideally hold a degree (or equivalent) in an engineering discipline.
- Ability to gain Chartered Engineer status with a recognised professional institution.
- Continued professional development to maintain Chartered status, leadership and management development, and opportunities to develop technical specialisms and strategic leadership skills.
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Working Environment
- Ability to obtain and maintain UK security clearance.
- A full UK driving licence may be required for site and client visits.
About Tetra Tech
Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting and engineering services working across the full project lifecycle worldwide. We have a wide range of expertise across our teams, providing a global support network with a personalised approach to client relationships to better understand where we can add value. We provide a collaborative environment that supports individual performance, innovation, and creativity.
We support public and private sector clients on local, national, and international projects to deliver sustainable and resilient solutions. Our operations in the UK, Ireland, and the Netherlands include more than 6,000 employees who are Leading with Science® to solve our clients’ most complex problems.
In alignment with the Equality Act 2010, we will make reasonable adjustments to support candidates and employees requiring additional arrangements. This could include adaptations to work schedules, training approaches, or the physical workspace. Please inform us if you need any accommodations during the recruitment process or in your day-to-day role.
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