Morson Talent
Technical Director
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Technical Director
Location: North West England (Hybrid)
Salary: Competitive + Executive Benefits
About Morson Edge
With over 55 years of experience, the Morson Group is a global leader in connecting highly skilled professionals with complex projects across the engineering, energy, infrastructure, and technology sectors. Supporting more than 3,000 clients and deploying over 10,000 specialists worldwide, Morson has built a reputation as one of the UK's leading technical recruitment partners. In 2024, the Group achieved record revenues of £1.45 billion, reflecting its significant presence across the energy and infrastructure markets.
Morson Edge is our specialist executive search and talent solutions division, partnering with organizations that are shaping the future of energy. We identify exceptional commercial and technical leaders to deliver high-impact projects across the energy transition and critical infrastructure sectors.
On behalf of a leading UK energy infrastructure business, we are seeking an experienced Technical Director to lead a multidisciplinary engineering function supporting a portfolio of nationally significant energy assets.
The Opportunity
This is a senior leadership appointment with responsibility for defining engineering strategy, developing technical capability, and leading a high-performing engineering team operating across complex, highly regulated onshore and offshore environments.
You'll play a key role in ensuring engineering excellence, regulatory compliance, and safe, reliable asset performance, while supporting the delivery of major engineering programs and future energy transition projects.
This role would suit an experienced engineering leader who combines strong technical credibility with exceptional people leadership and the ability to influence senior stakeholders across the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team, creating a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Define and deliver the engineering strategy, ensuring safe, reliable, and compliant operation of critical energy assets.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant health, safety, environmental, and engineering legislation, including offshore regulatory requirements and Safety Case obligations.
- Oversee engineering governance, technical standards, risk assessments, and engineering documentation across both onshore and offshore operations.
- Lead engineering support for regulatory inspections and ensure ongoing compliance with major hazard regulations.
- Identify engineering and asset risks while developing effective mitigation strategies to protect business continuity and operational performance.
- Lead the planning and execution of engineering projects, ensuring delivery to the highest standards of safety, quality, schedule, and cost.
- Optimize capital investment programs through effective engineering governance, project management, and commercial decision-making.
- Manage engineering budgets, contracts, and supplier performance, driving continuous improvement throughout the supply chain.
- Support the growth of engineering services and identify opportunities to enhance technical capability across the wider business.
- Develop engineering standards, technical procedures, and best practice across the organization.
- Coach, mentor, and develop engineers at all levels, supporting succession planning and future leadership capability.
- Build strong relationships with regulatory bodies, contractors, clients, and senior internal stakeholders.
- Collaborate closely with Operations, Maintenance, Projects, and Technical Authority teams to deliver engineering solutions supporting energy transition initiatives, including brownfield modifications, decommissioning, hydrogen storage, and other low-carbon infrastructure projects.
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About You
We're looking for an experienced engineering leader with a strong track record of leading technical teams within complex, highly regulated industries.
You will demonstrate:
- Extensive experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams within offshore oil & gas, gas storage, LNG, petrochemical, process, or other major hazard industries.
- Strong knowledge of offshore engineering regulations, industry standards, and Safety Case environments.
- Proven experience developing engineering capability and building high-performing technical teams.
- Experience influencing engineering strategy and supporting business growth through engineering excellence.
- Strong commercial awareness with experience managing budgets, contracts, supply chains, and major capital investment programs.
- Experience leading engineering governance, asset integrity, and regulatory compliance activities.
- The confidence and credibility to engage with Executive Leadership Teams and represent the engineering function both internally and externally.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence across technical, operational, and commercial functions.
- A collaborative leadership style with a passion for coaching, mentoring, and developing people.
- Experience establishing or developing engineering best practice, technical capability, or centers of excellence would be highly advantageous.
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Qualifications
- Degree qualified in Engineering, Technology, or a related discipline.
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) status, or equivalent professional accreditation, is strongly preferred.
- Membership of a recognized engineering institution or the Association for Project Management is advantageous.
Why Apply?
This is an outstanding opportunity to join a leading UK energy infrastructure business at a pivotal point in its growth and transformation.
You'll have the opportunity to:
- Lead engineering across nationally significant energy infrastructure.
- Shape engineering strategy and technical direction.
- Develop and mentor a highly capable engineering function.
- Influence major investment decisions and capital programs.
- Support the delivery of projects that are critical to the UK's energy security and energy transition.
- Work alongside an experienced executive leadership team within a collaborative, forward-thinking environment.
If you're a strategic engineering leader looking for your next executive opportunity, we'd be delighted to discuss this confidential appointment with you.
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