Technical Director Building Services

About The Role

Mott MacDonald are currently looking to recruit a Building Services Leader to manage and develop our Mechanical Electrical and Public Health (MEP) Building Services engineering capability in the UAE.

As well as being a technical leader in the field you will demonstrate strong strategic and commercial acumen, with a focus on delivery of excellence and an ability to develop high profile relationships. You will have significant experience in the planning, design and development of Building services designs, covering the full spectrum of project types in the Built Environment.

Key responsibilities and duties are listed, but not limited to, the below:

• Responsible for technical delivery of projects.
• Responsible for growing part of the business
• Demonstrate technical leadership in the application of modern, sustainable building services designs
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the market, help capture new opportunities, direct the bid process to ensure we produce powerful, attractive, compliant and competitive proposals
• Participate and contribute to the Company’s Building Services Practice network
• Develop the MEP capability through engagement with employees to encourage new innovative thinking and manage performance
• Identify capability gaps within the building services practice and develop improvement plans with staff training and recruitment
  
  

To be successful in this role, you should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Candidate will be an accomplished engineer who will quickly achieve the respect of the existing team and inspire them to deliver technical excellence
• Ability, drive, and motivation to fulfil a team leadership role and grow part of the business
• An established track record of winning and completing building structures projects successfully
• Industry standard software skills, including hands-on knowledge of BIM and other digital platforms
• Continuously focused on innovations and improvements to manage workload and accomplish deliverables across individuals, teams and projects
• Using leadership skills to build and nurture relationships and provide career paths within an effective working environment
• Able to manage multiple teams with diverse backgrounds on geographically and culturally diverse teams
  
  

Candidate Specifications

• Candidates should ideally be CEng registered with a membership of a recognised professional institution such as IET, CIBSE or international equivalent.
• Significant experience operating at this level
• Leadership of multidisciplinary teams including MEP, structures, and Architecture
• Maintaining high levels of corporate governance on projects
• Proven track record in growing and developing an MEP team
• Proven negotiating and influencing skills at an executive level
• Ability to work under pressure and meet project deadline
• Previous experience in managing and delivering technical excellence into significant projects, understanding and managing budgets, resources and a strong commercial acumen
  
  

Our Purpose

At Mott MacDonald, our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do; relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of our organisation. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate, rather take positive steps towards creating a diverse and inclusive working environment.

Flexible Working

At Mott MacDonald, we support our staff to create work-life balance which works for them and welcome candidates looking for career flexibility. We are open to discussing flexible working at interview stage.

We Can Offer

• 90 calendar days’ paid maternity leave
• Competitive annual leave
• An annual professional institution subscription
• Annual company performance bonus scheme – Subject to company performance
  
  

Location(s):

Dubai, AE

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Buildings

Discipline: Building services

Job Ref: 7261

Recruiter Contact: Iustina Blidariu