At Springtide, a division of IPS, a Berkshire Hathaway company, we listen, understand, and lean into complex challenges to unlock new solutions and realize opportunities with our partners. Distinguished by our agility, creativity, expertise, and owner’s perspective, we deliver faster time-to-market and longer-lasting value, enabling you to do more. We are looking for a talented Structural/Civil Engineering Technical Director to join our dedicated team at our office located in either the UK or Europe.

In this role, you will lead, develop, and manage the Structural and Civil Engineering discipline across the region. This discipline includes Structural Engineers, Civil Engineers, Structural Designers, Civil Designers, and associated technical specialists. You will also ensure excellence in engineering quality, technical delivery, innovation, and alignment with global standards.

Additional Responsibilities

• Be responsible and accountable for the Structural & Civil Engineering discipline.
• Ensure consistent, high-quality engineering deliverables through structured QA/QC reviews and technical audits.
• Support business development with technical expertise, proposal input, and engineering work hour estimates.
• Maintain strong technical proficiency across structural and civil engineering to understand project requirements and allocate appropriate resources.
• Support strategic company initiatives and innovation, ensuring discipline alignment with organisational goals.
• Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for key structural and civil engineering areas.
• Manage discipline budgets, inter-office collaboration, and quality assurance.
• Ensure alignment with global engineering procedures, standards, and software platforms.
• Coordinate with Regional Senior Directors, Project Managers, and Proposal Managers to determine scope, cost, complexity, planning, and scheduling requirements for structural and civil engineering projects.
• Assigns appropriate engineering personnel to ensure cost-effective, high-quality technical support.
• Defines efficient engineering workflows and levels of design detail to achieve project objectives.
• Estimates engineering hours required for project deliverables and supports project planning.
• Ensures the quality, accuracy, consistency, timeliness, and completeness of all structural and civil engineering work in accordance with engineering principles, codes, standards, and project schedules.
• Provides technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to discipline personnel.

Strategic & Organisational Leadership

• Develops a Structural & Civil Engineering strategic business plan aligned with company wide long term goals.
• Contributes to ongoing strategic planning for the regional organisation.
• Leads the Structural & Civil Engineering Communities of Practice (CoPs) to promote continuous development of engineering frameworks, standards, and best practices.
• Assists in developing and coordinating divisional and inter departmental policies, procedures, and standards.
• Collaborates with global engineering directors to ensure consistent project execution across all regions.
• Drives innovation in structural and civil engineering, including digital engineering, automation, and AI enabled workflows to improve productivity and reduce manual tasks.
• Maintains active engagement with relevant industry bodies and encourages team participation for professional development.

People Leadership & Capability Development

• Performs hiring, performance appraisals, salary recommendations, and employee development planning.
• Plans and schedules work to ensure effective distribution of assignments, resources, and facilities.
• Oversees inter office labour sharing and outsourcing to external consultants.
• Conducts regular capability assessments to identify skill gaps and implement training or recruitment strategies.
• Builds and maintains a culture of collaboration, inclusivity, and high performance.
• Leads teams through organisational change and ensures smooth transitions during restructuring or strategic shifts.

Technical Excellence & Engineering Delivery

• Ensures quality of all structural and civil engineering deliverables, including calculations, models, drawings, specifications, and reports.
• Oversees integration of structural and civil engineering models with multidisciplinary BIM environments.
• Supports digital engineering deliverables such as model coordination, clash detection, structural analysis integration, and 4D/5D engineering workflows.
• Collaborates with project teams to align engineering levels of detail (LOD) across project phases.
• Oversees development of engineering standards, templates, and technical guidelines.
• Reviews and approves engineering execution plans for all projects.
• Supports risk assessments including structural safety reviews, constructability assessments, geotechnical risk evaluations, and civil infrastructure risk analyses.
• Provides engineering consultancy services as required.

Business Development & Client Engagement

• Participates in business development by identifying new opportunities with existing and prospective clients.
• Contributes to technical proposals, sales presentations, and client meetings.
• Collaborates with client engineering counterparts to develop concepts and technical strategies for projects.

Other Responsibilities

• Travels to regional offices and client sites to support projects and business objectives.
• Leads special projects as assigned.
• Supports a smooth transition to new organisational structures, addressing concerns and fostering alignment.
• Promotes the company’s vision, values, and culture across the engineering discipline.

Line of Report

• The Structural/Civil Engineering Technical Director reports to the Senior Director, Design.
• The Structural/Civil Engineering Technical Director oversees both Structural and Civil Engineering disciplines. 
• Structural and Civil Associate Directors or Discipline Leads report directly to this role.

• Extensive experience in the structural and civil engineering design of complex industrial, mission-critical, pharmaceutical, or large-scale commercial facilities.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams and manage large technical projects.
• Strong administrative and organisational skills with the ability to plan, coordinate, and supervise engineering work.
• Expertise in structural and civil engineering software, BIM platforms, and digital engineering workflows.
• Experience preparing and reviewing engineering deliverables including calculations, models, drawings, specifications, and digital coordination outputs.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to lead teams through change and maintain a positive, high-performance culture.
• Strong background in employee engagement, talent development, and succession planning.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic, growth-oriented environment.
• A degree or equivalent qualification in Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a related field.
• Commitment to fostering a culture of innovation, inclusivity, and continuous improvement.

All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually, with video required.

Springtide Project Services is a full-service technical consultancy providing Architectural, Engineering, Construction, Project and Program Management, and Commissioning services to advanced technology industries, including the semiconductor, mission-critical data center, renewable energy, electric vehicle, and display sectors. We bring deep subject matter expertise as well as proven, reliable execution experience to bear on complex projects. The name Springtide represents our culture and values as an agile organization providing fresh, dynamic, and innovative solutions to help our clients optimize their project outcomes. We are energetic, driven, and curious, and take a sophisticated approach to every client project, enabling a critical scope to be executed; we walk in our clients’ shoes, we listen, we are curious, and we excel in a thriving collaborative culture, proactively leaning into challenges with a solutions mindset. We focus on collaborative engagement, alignment, and optimized execution, enabling our clients to do more and to achieve their business success. Springtide is a division of IPS-Integrated Project Services, LLC.

Specialties

Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Program Management, LEAN Project Delivery, Strategic Master Planning, Energy Conservation Management, Project Controls, Program/Project Management, Operations/Logistics Strategy and Planning, EPCM, and augmented resourcing services.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at Springtide without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, veteran, marital, or citizenship status, or any other status protected by law. Springtide is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

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