Technical Director - Ports & Maritime
Country: Singapore
Position Location: Singapore, Singapore / Hong Kong, Hong Kong / Kual
Contract Type: Permanent
Work Pattern: Full Time
Sector: Transport
Discipline: Maritime
Job Ref: 3013
Recruiter Contact: Shing Ying Low
The Opportunity
Mott MacDonald is a global management, engineering and development consultancy adding value for public and private clients on agenda-setting, next-generation projects worldwide. We use our ingenuity to save our customers money and time, reduce risks, increase efficiency, maximise sustainable outcomes and advance best practice.
We are selective and specific in the clients and projects we choose to work with, aligning with our strong social, environmental and safety ethics, allowing us to constantly drive to do better for us, our clients, and the world as a whole.
Mott MacDonald is currently looking for a Technical Director Ports & Maritime to join us. As part of our targeted growth in our Asia region, we have an opportunity for a dynamic ports & maritime professional to join our team. This pivotal role will be involved in expanding Mott MacDonalds presence in the ports and maritime sector. Part of this role will include steering technical design delivery, business development initiatives, and spearheading the ports and maritime business stream in Asia and beyond.
The focus of this role will include:
Spearheading the ports and maritime business stream by building and leveraging on our multi-disciplinary engineering capabilities and sectors, with building and maintaining strong client relationships across Asia and beyond.
Providing technical direction and guidance to engineers on ports and maritime projects through fostering a culture of technical excellence.
Manage the delivery of projects from a project management and/or technical perspective to support our engineering and design services and spearhead client engagements as the project principal. You will also build team capability through transfer of internal expertise.
Coordinating our work winning activities and client account focus.
The preferred location for this role is either Singapore or Hong Kong, with other Asian locations such as Indonesia and Malaysia as possibilities.
About you:
We are in search of a business and technical professional in the ports & maritime sector, with demonstrable experience in project management of ports & maritime projects, with client-facing experience. It is a role that requires a multi-sector approach, driving sustainable solutions for our clients through leveraging Mott MacDonalds deep multi-sector and engineering capabilities.
You also bring:
Degree qualifications in marine civil/structural engineering or similar technical fields.
Previous experience in directing the design of port facilities, land reclamation or other civil engineering projects in a marine environment.
Experience in people management in a consultancy environment, and in a client-facing role.
The ability to communicate clearly and concisely verbally and written, with good ability to prepare proposals and explaining technical issues to non-engineers, including Clients.
Able to collate, evaluate, and act upon complex and diverse information from a variety of sources.
Youve got this!
We are committed to bringing diversity of thinking into our team, which means we value alternative paths, understand there will be career gaps and we have a culture in place ready to cultivate your talent. If you dont have all the requirements listed above, but feel you can do this job, then we encourage you to apply.
If you dont tick every box in this ad, please dont rule yourself out. We also focus on hiring people who share our values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability courage and integrity, so if this role resonates with you, please send through your application.
