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Job Description
At AECOM, were delivering a better world.
Whether its improving the commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, we believe infrastructure has the power to uplift communities and improve peoples lives. Bringing together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions, we partner with our clients to turn their ambitions into action, changing the world for the better. Were proud to be recognized for our leadership, including our No. 1 ranking by Fortune as the Worlds Most Admired Company in our industry for two years in a row. Join us and youll become a part of a global team of nearly 50, 000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, program and construction managers and other professionals, working on projects that create positive and tangible impacts around the world.
Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity .
We are currently recruiting a Technical Director - Rail Design Management with solid experience in Railways design and team leading, to join our busy and expanding experienced team. The team provides assessment, concept, feasibility, preliminary and detailed designs on a wide range of Railway Projects across the globe. Our internal clients work for private and public sector and include long term Framework Agreements with numerous Local Authorities together with Design and Build commissions for many major Contractors. Our group has an established track record of successfully delivering design projects for many years, throughout the USA and Australia, not to mention Canada or Middle East. You may have the opportunity to work on some of the most iconic Transportation projects, being part of a diverse and multicultural team. This is a key role within the South African Global Delivery Center, with a high visibility within Enterprise Capabilities (EC), but also close contact with other Design Centers. The Technical Director reports to the Rail Market Sector Lead in Africa.
The Responsibilities Of This Role Include
- Works with rail discipline leadership to prepare proposals and do assessment of multidisciplinary packages of work. Categorizes packages of work, elaborates project execution plans and defines the delivery strategy, including composition of design teams across different disciplines and locations.
- Responsible for leading a design team working for internal clients, integrating resources from different global offices.
- Accountable for the development of delivery methodologies which manage risk, maximise on opportunities for the pursuit of delivering multi-disciplinary projects to budget and schedule for our clients.
- Initiates and directs the planning, development, and continuous monitoring of the project scope, resources, procedures, budget and schedule for the packages of work allocated to the project team.
- Reviews project key performance indicators and forecasts any modifications to schedules, cost estimates, and financial reports, and effectively reconciles risks to commitments that may exceed assigned schedules and budgets. Reports KPIs and metrics regularly.
- Delivers effective communication inclusive of internal clients and team members to clarify expectations and requirements.
- Performs quality control reviews of work developed by others. Approves and signs off on work.
- Can apply principles of rail System Engineering including requirements specification and management, designing for robustness (Whole System Lifecycle), Safety by Design and System Integration and Verification.
- Trains, mentors and evaluates less experienced staff.
- Proven track record of technical work on railways design collaborating with international and multi-cultural teams (+10 years), combined with design management experience (+5 years) on large international Railways Projects.
- Previous Contractors Design Manager experience in railways projects could be considered favourably.
- Strong technical leadership of teams in the delivery of projects focused on delivering for the Client.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work within teams or in a wider collaboration.
- Experience with international regulations and standards (i.e AASTHO; Australian Codes; British Standards, etc.).
- Proven commitment with Quality Control Policy and Quality Management System.
- Team management experience.
- Experience working in the UK (Network Rail), North America region / Australia will be considered favourably.
- 15+ Years' experience after obtainment of Qualification of which 5+ years should be in a technical supervisory role.
- Bachelor of Science / Engineering degree in Civil Engineering (or Railways Engineering) from an accredited University. Master of Science / Engineering will be considered favourably.
- Professionally registered as an Engineer with ECSA or equivalent professional body is required. UK, US and/or Australia Professional Engineer license will be considered favourably.
- PMP or PRINCE2 certification would be considered favourably.
With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and theres never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm, and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each persons potential, and well help you reach yours.
Join us and lets get started.
ReqID: J10080244
Business Line: Transportation
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Enterprise Capabilities
Career Area: Engineering
Work Location Model: Hybrid
