Technical Lead
Location: Greater London
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Hours: 08:00 – 18:00 (flexibility required)
Salary: Competitive, based on experience
On behalf of a leading specialist construction and engineering business, we’re looking for a highly experienced Technical Lead to drive technical excellence and robust design solutions for a high profile and high value infrastructure project.
You will lead high value packages of work with multi-disciplinary teams, and ensure cost-effective, compliant project delivery across a diverse portfolio of infrastructure projects. You must have extensive experience on complex infrastructure projects.
This is an ideal role for a strategic thinker who is a strong leader and has a passion for technical excellence and commercial impact. If you’re ready to lead one of the UK’s most capable technical teams, ensuring safe, efficient, and world-class delivery on complex projects — then this is the ideal role for you!
In this role, you will:
- Oversee structural design, calculations, and detailing, ensuring buildability from the outset.
- Ensure compliance with Eurocodes, BS EN 1090, BS EN ISO 3834, and HSE/CDM requirements.
- Integrate design with fabrication and erection methodology to maximise efficiency and safety.
- Review and approve lifting plans, erection sequencing, and site method statements.
- Engage with estimators and quantity surveyors to align technical and commercial decisions.
- Manage design programmes, resource allocation, and risk registers.
- Mentor engineers, designers, and technicians, building technical capability across the division.
- Champion innovation in BIM integration, and digital engineering tools.
Leadership Impact:
• Shape the technical culture of the project.
• Oversee the full technical lifecycle from design to final bolt-up.
• Ensure quality and compliance in fabrication, welding, and on-site erection.
• Promote safety-first thinking in every design and installation decision.
Skills and experience required:
• Degree in Structural or Civil Engineering (or related discipline) with Chartered status (CEng, MIStructE, or equivalent) preferred.
• Extensive experience in fabrication, welding, and site installation on major infrastructure projects
• Proven success in integrating technical excellence with commercial strategy.
• Strong understanding of buildability, temporary works, and erection sequencing.
• Deep knowledge of CDM Regulations and health & safety leadership.
• Expertise in project management, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement as well as excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
Contact:
Robin Meyer at MRG – [email protected] to find out more.
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