Technical Director - Water Infrastructure

Technical Director – Water Infrastructure

New Careers Page - Technical Director – Water Infrastructure Join an established and highly respected environmental and engineering consultancy with a nationwide presence. Driven by solving the important infrastructure and environmental challenges facing NZ, we are still growing and invite you to be part of our future. You will be working in a business that prides itself on our people-focused culture, our fun workplace, and our creative thinking and sound advice. With one of the most capable three-waters teams in NZ, we are looking for a Technical Director with significant experience in the sector to continue to grow PDP’s capability in the sunny Hawke’s Bay/Gisborne area. Building our presence on the Napier City Council three-waters design panel will be an initial focus, and your role will include relationship management and business development, as well as technical and people leadership, project management and everything in between. We have an established office, we’re growing rapidly, and we invite you to be part of our future.

About the Role

• Grow PDP’s three-waters capability in the Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne regions expanding our offerings in the municipal and private sectors
• Project and people management and the opportunity to further build and lead a local team of environmental engineers and scientists
• Play a lead role in quality, safety and risk management
• A key leadership position within the company where you will have influence over the direction of the business and have the potential for shareholding.

Skills and Experience

• Degree in Civil, Environmental or Natural Resources Engineering
• Be a recognised industry leader in the three-waters sector with 15+ years of experience in consulting combined with proven commercial, project management and business development skills
• Strong business acumen, superb business development skills and established local government and private contacts
• Proven leadership skills, a collegiate, team-player attitude
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Creative thinking to find innovative and sounds solutions for our clients.
• Fully subsidised health insurance and income protection
• Ability to purchase extra annual leave through salary sacrifice
• Salary top-up for parental leave (all primary carers)
• Full professional membership fee cover and continued study support
• Multiple opportunities to be part of our inclusion, community, and sustainability groups

Would you like to apply for this position?

PDP is one of New Zealand’s leading environmental and engineering consultancies. We provide a range of specialised services to our clients, on a wide variety of projects ranging from major infrastructure worksthrough to investigations for private landowners. We aim to offer all environmental consulting services inair, land, and water. We are a fully New Zealand employee-owned and operated company, with over 36 years of experience.We have over 230 team members, located in Northland, Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Napier,Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, and Invercargill. We are proud of our strong culture of work/life balance with a genuine focus on the wellness, health, andsafety of our people. At PDP you will work alongside a supportive team, with the best opportunity toadvance your career in a growing company that prides itself on being the best in class. #J-18808-Ljbffr