Mitie Power & Grid is one of the UK's largest and most experienced providers of grid connection and renewable energy services. Our Major Projects & Connections division brings together G2 Energy, ESM Power and Rock Power Connections, as well as our wider major projects delivery teams and access to thousands of engineering experts within Mitie. Together, we deliver some of the UK's most complex engineering, energy and infrastructure projects. We support customers across the entire asset life cycle, with everything from high voltage electrical infrastructure and grid connections through to major engineering programmes, helping to shape the UK's energy transition.

We are currently looking for a Design Director to join our Major Projects and Connections business.

Main Purpose of Role:

• To build, develop and lead a best in class design function, both electrical and civil & to support business growth.
• This is a very specific design lead role. The postholder will be required to lead and direct technical innovation at design stage, representing Mitie Power & Grid in the ICP community externally.
• The role will have complete technical and managerial authority over the Design Engineering team to ensure an effective and robust team. Ensuring excellent employee relations will therefore play a key part. Leadership and teamworking capability are essential behaviours the postholder will demonstrate. The postholder will mentor and actively develop team members to secure their development and identify capability and/or training gaps.
• The postholder will be responsible for the design review and design sign off of all drawings and for leading technical teams, for example on tendering and project work.
• The role also sits on the leadership team and plays a key part in shaping the future direction and growth of the business.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead the technical strategy and delivery of excellent service to customers, responsible for setting standards, quality and benchmarking
• Play a key role in the development and implementation of business strategy, ensuring continued growth which is clearly communicated and embraced across the business.
• Lead multidisciplinary Design Engineering team across HV Plant, Protection & Control, Grid compliance, Civil and Structural disciplines.
• Mentor and actively develop team members to secure their development and identify capability and/or training gaps.
• Work closely with the Business Development Director to secure business growth and generate business opportunities
• Build and maintain excellent relationships internally and externally, fully partnering with all stakeholders to understand business needs and being proactive to customer needs to secure future business
• Proactive leadership, technical and commercial expertise on major projects to ensure delivery commitments are achieved
• Provide technical expertise, leadership and direction, ensuring technical compliance and quality production by leading regular design review meetings and reviewing and approving designs
• Accountable for the accuracy of engineering calculations and for ensuring drawings meet the required robust industry and legal standards
• Responsible for Design Review and Design Sign Off of all drawings prior to submission/ release to 3rd party
• Monitor project risk and risk mitigation, assist in the resolution of issues
• Cross functional working, serving as a technical expert across teams in the achievement of business strategy, to include Design and Tendering input and Business Development Support
• Ensure projects achieve the desired outcomes and deliverables meet customer needs
• Develop and maintain excellent design capability, internally and externally, with the capability and resources to meet operational needs
• Technical assessment of staff and contractors
• Management of Design Engineering on a day to day, and where necessary, when interacting with client teams, EPC contractors and other project partners to ensure full alignment and coordination in line with the project design requirements
• Represent the business internally and externally, to include active attendance at technical meetings
• Assist Design Engineers, when required, when working with DNO/IDNO as technical authority. Support the interface with DNO's to secure and optimise grid connection arrangements
• Champion HSQE
• Ensure Company HR Policies and Procedures are implemented within the function and, in liaison with the Major Projects Operations Manager, effective feedback is given for employee reviews

 Qualifications and Experience:

• Educated to degree level in a relevant engineering discipline with at least 5 years' experience at senior management level
• At least 10 years' experience of working within the utilities sector, in particular grid network companies
• Strong leadership, communication and interpersonal skills, team player and customer focussed
• Broad based business understanding
• A high calibre professional, self-starting, commercially aware with a strong results ethic
• Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint
• Full, valid UK Driving Licence
• Previous experience of working with UK renewables projects desirable
• BESS experience desirable