Technical Director

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WSP is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Technical Director with a civil engineering background to lead and provide technical oversight across a range of multidisciplinary projects, including infrastructure, buildings, and transport & infrastructure (T&I).

This is a technical leadership role, not focused on delivery or commercial management. The successful candidate will act as a technical authority, supporting design excellence, quality assurance, and innovation across various projects.

Your new role, what's involved?

• Act as the technical authority for complex civil engineering projects across infrastructure, buildings, and T&I sectors.
• Provide design leadership, guidance, and technical direction to multidisciplinary teams throughout all project stages.
• Lead technical reviews and quality assurance processes to ensure compliance with international codes, standards, and client expectations.
• Oversee value engineering and technical risk assessment activities.
• Mentor and support the development of junior engineers and technical staff.
• Collaborate with other technical directors and discipline leads across the business to promote design excellence and innovation.
• Engage with clients on technical matters, providing expert input during project inception, design, and review phases.
• Represent WSP in technical meetings with stakeholders, clients, and authorities when required.
• Support bids and proposals by contributing technical content and demonstrating WSP’s capabilities.
  
  

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering; Master's degree preferred.
• 20+ years of relevant experience with a strong focus on technical design and engineering across infrastructure, buildings, and T&I projects.
• Extensive experience working with consulting firms or engineering design organizations.
• Deep understanding of regional and international design codes and standards (e.g., ACI, BS, Eurocodes).
• Proven track record of leading complex, multidisciplinary design projects.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to lead technical teams and influence outcomes through expertise and collaboration.
• Experience in the Middle East, particularly in KSA, is highly desirable.
• Chartered Engineer status (e.g., MICE, PE, or equivalent) is a plus.
  
  

What's in it for you?

What if we can have work-life balance? What if we can be rewarded in ways that support our individual needs? What if we can be accepted for who we are? Here at WSP – we can!

WSP recognizes that work is only one part of our lives and making time for the other things in our life is important – be that our families, our friends or ourselves. So, if working from home, working part-time or having flexible start and finish time will help with this let us know as part of your application.

As well as rewarding you with competitive pay, WSP offers standard benefits including first class medical cover, generous days annual leave, and paid professional subscriptions.

Apply now and be the future of WSP!

WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms. We are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower. We are technical experts and strategic advisors including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors and environmental specialists, as well as other design, program and construction management professionals. We design lasting solutions in the Property & Buildings, Transportation & Infrastructure, Environment, Industry, Resources (including Mining and Oil & Gas) and Power & Energy sectors as well as project delivery and strategic.