Technical Director (Water & Wastewater)
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About the Role
Stantec seeks an experienced Technical Director to lead technical delivery for a large, long-term wastewater infrastructure programme in the UAE. The role oversees multidisciplinary engineering teams across all design stages, ensuring quality, compliance, and innovation.
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Responsibilities
- Lead technical delivery across all design stages for a large wastewater infrastructure programme
- Provide oversight of feasibility studies, concept, preliminary, and detailed design
- Establish and maintain technical standards, design governance processes, and coordination across disciplines
- Drive effective optioneering, value engineering, and risk informed design decisions
- Oversee integration of digital delivery approaches including BIM, modelling, and data led design processes
- Ensure alignment with regulatory requirements and stakeholder expectations
Requirements
- Degree in engineering discipline (master’s preferred)
- 20+ years’ experience in design and delivery of major infrastructure projects
- Experience in the GCC
- Chartered Engineer (or equivalent internationally recognised accreditation)
- Proven leadership of multidisciplinary engineering teams on complex projects
- Strong experience in wastewater / utilities infrastructure design
- Expertise in design governance, technical assurance, and value engineering
- Working knowledge of BIM, hydraulic modelling, and digital engineering tools
- Strong understanding of regional authority requirements and approval processes
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Description
- We are seeking an experienced Technical Director to support a large, long term infrastructure programme in the UAE, involving a diverse portfolio of wastewater projects.
- The role will lead technical delivery across all design stages, ensuring consistency, quality, and compliance across multidisciplinary engineering outputs.
- You will provide oversight of feasibility studies, concept, preliminary, and detailed design, guiding teams to develop robust, efficient, and buildable solutions.
- You will be responsible for establishing and maintaining technical standards, design governance processes, and coordination across all disciplines.
- The role includes driving effective optioneering, value engineering, and risk informed design decisions across the project portfolio.
- You will also oversee the integration of digital delivery approaches, including BIM, modelling, and data led design processes, while ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and stakeholder expectations.
- This position is suited to a senior technical leader with a strong track record in delivering complex infrastructure projects and leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Qualifications
- Degree in engineering discipline (master’s preferred)
- 20+ years’ experience in design and delivery of major infrastructure projects
- Experience in the GCC
- Chartered Engineer (or equivalent internationally recognised accreditation)
- Proven leadership of multidisciplinary engineering teams on complex projects
- Strong experience in wastewater / utilities infrastructure design
- Expertise in design governance, technical assurance, and value engineering
- Working knowledge of BIM, hydraulic modelling, and digital engineering tools
- Strong understanding of regional authority requirements and approval processes
About Stantec
- We’re active members of the communities we serve. That’s why at Stantec we always design with community in mind.
- We look for people who are drawn to use every talent they possess, plus creativity, determination and a drive to do the extraordinary.
- The Stantec community unites approximately 22,000 employees working in over 400 locations across six continents.
- We collaborate across disciplines and industries to bring projects to life.
- Our work as architects, engineers, and consultants from initial project concept and planning through design, construction and commissioning is built on a solid history of success.
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