Technical Director - Water

AECOM
Dublin
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Executive & General ManagementSkills: ["Leadership","Client relationship management","Communication","Business acumen","Mentoring"]

Lead AECOM’s UK & Ireland Water delivery by providing strategic leadership, technical oversight, and business development for water and wastewater engineering schemes. Serve as a trusted advisor to key client Uisce Éireann, directing complex work across feasibility, design, planning, tender, and construction stages. Manage and mentor multi-disciplinary engineers, foster collaboration, and drive proposal/bid activity to grow the Ireland water pipeline and ensure commercial success.

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Technical Director - Water

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Job Summary

Lead AECOM’s UK & Ireland Water delivery by providing strategic leadership, technical oversight, and business development for water and wastewater engineering schemes. Serve as a trusted advisor to key client Uisce Éireann, directing complex work across feasibility, design, planning, tender, and construction stages. Manage and mentor multi-disciplinary engineers, foster collaboration, and drive proposal/bid activity to grow the Ireland water pipeline and ensure commercial success.
Location: Dublin
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Act as trusted advisor to Uisce Éireann, strengthening partnerships and identifying cross-selling opportunities.
  • •Lead a team of multi-disciplinary engineers to deliver integrated designs while ensuring compliance with standards, safety, and quality.
  • •Provide high-level technical expertise and direction across feasibility, design, planning, tender, and construction stages.
  • •Drive strategic growth and business development by securing new opportunities, preparing proposals, and leading bids.
  • •Lead, mentor, and manage regional staff and collaborate with internal teams across Environment, Energy, Planning, and Landscape.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Hybrid Work

Key Requirements

  • •Professional recognition as a Chartered Civil Engineer.
  • •Substantial experience leading delivery in a consultancy or contracting environment.
  • •Proven track record operating in the island of Ireland with strong water-industry knowledge, including Uisce Éireann.
  • •Strong business acumen, financial management, and exceptional communication skills.
  • •Experience supervising engineering work across disciplines, managing safety, design, quality assurance, programme, and budget.
Experience:Water industryWastewater engineeringConsultingContracting
Skills:LeadershipClient relationship managementCommunicationBusiness acumenMentoring
Languages:English

Company Brief

AECOM
AECOM is a global infrastructure firm providing design, consulting, construction, and management services across transportation, buildings, water, environment, and energy sectors, delivering large-scale projects for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Civil Engineering
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 1990
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