Project Technical lead
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The document outlines a job opportunity for a Project Technical Lead focused on civil infrastructure diversion projects in Coventry, with a salary range of £45,000 to £50,000. Key responsibilities include leading teams to develop solutions for the diversion of sewerage and potable assets as part of the HS2 phase 1 project, managing technical content, stakeholder relations, and ensuring quality and efficiency in project delivery. Candidates should have substantial experience in civil infrastructure project delivery, technical management, and strong communication skills.
Project Technical lead
- 1. Infrastructure Project Technical Lead (Civil Infrastructure Diversion Projects) £45’000 - £50’000 Coventry The Project Technical Lead responsible for leading teams to develop solutions and produce associated designs to enable the successful delivery of projects. My client has a great opportunity for a dedicated and focused Project Technical Lead to lead a major civil infrastructure diversion project. The project scope is to produce a feasibility study for the required diversion of Severn Trent Waters’ sewerage and potable assets in preparation for HS2 Phase1. You will supervise a team of Engineers and Technicians in the production of feasibility studies for the necessary diversions. The scope encompasses; planning the anticipated 50+ individual diversions, management of 3rd party liaison and statutory approvals, resource management and responsibility for the technical content of the proposals.. There is a likelihood that the role will extend into the D&C delivery phase of the project, with the potential for technical management of outline & detail design, construction drawings, specifications and technical reports. As such, previous experience of working within a Design & Construct environment would be preferable. In this role you will be required to take a hands-on approach to manage the delivery of study and design output to ensure that the selected solutions and the delivery process both satisfy the scope of works and provide value for money. You will be required to communicate across delivery teams to ensure that delivery is being achieved within acceptable quality, cost and schedule parameters and take proactive action to support project teams to achieve their goals. There will be a strong emphasis on Stakeholder management and good communications skills will be vital. You will need to understand the activity of the project teams, identify and manage programme risk items, and ensure good technical governance procedures are followed. The key functions of the role can be summarised as; • To be responsible for leading project technical teams to develop and efficiently deliver effective technical solutions on projects • Develop budget and schedule targets in conjunction with Project Managers • Work with Project Managers to deliver the agreed technical scope, on time and on budget. • Close liaison with Client and other utility representatives - ensuring Client endorsement of solutions • Co-ordinate multi-disciplinary activities and inputs by the technical team, including specialist inputs, to ensure an integrated technical solution • Ensure all technical outputs conform to the project scope, are safe and are of an appropriate quality that has been confirmed by an independent review • Build strong working relationships with clients and contractors. • Maintain reliable and consistent communications with all members of project teams
- 2. Job Requirements The main job requirements can be summarized as; Technical Management • Ensure effective use of systems to define and manage project deliverables, project budgets and project timeframes. • Ensuring teams achieve timely delivery of project deliverables • Ensuring monthly design resource cost updates • Ensuring monthly progress meetings • Identifying programme design risk issues and putting in place mitigation plans • Assisting with the development of strategies to realize opportunities • Contribution to the professional development of technical staff. • Maintaining links with other partner organizations for knowledge transfer Communications • Effective regular liaison with Project Managers and Clients • Providing guidance and support to design delivery teams • Ensure teamwork within the design delivery teams Technical Governance • Ensuring Technical Reviews and risk assessments are undertaken as required. • Management of design quality procedures • Leading technical challenge sessions to ensure value for money solutions • Ensuring the use of delivery systems as applicable Candidate Requirements: To be successful in this role you will be a dedicated and experienced chartered professional with a detailed technical understanding of the issues affecting delivery of civil infrastructure projects. You will have extensive experience working successfully in delivering feasibility projects and ideally have experience of the process of detailed design delivery. You will have experience leading multi- disciplined design teams delivering significant projects within the water sector and will have experience working on programmes of work in a management capacity. The role requires strong organisational, communication and inter-personal skills, and the experience and knowledge to identify areas of improvement and make necessary adjustments to the business process. Technical management is an essential element of the ethos and those who undertake these roles should be aware of the significant expectations and accountability placed on them to deliver these requirements.