53 Director Of Engineering jobs in London
Senior Director, Engineering
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Snyk is the leader in secure AI software development, helping millions of developers develop fast and stay secure as AI transforms how software is built. Our AI-native Developer Security Platform integrates seamlessly into development and security workflows, making it easy to find, fix, and prevent vulnerabilities — from code and dependencies to containers and cloud.
Our mission is to empower every developer to innovate securely in the AI era — boosting productivity while reducing business risk. We're not your average security company - we build Snyk on One Team, Care Deeply, Customer Centric, and Forward Thinking.
It's how we stay driven, supportive, and always one step ahead as AI reshapes our world.
Why this role?
As Senior Director, Snyk Open Source Engineering at Snyk you will own the engineering team for Snyk Open Source, our >$100m ARR Software Composition Analysis product. You will build and run a world-class engineering team which solves technically challenging problems in dependency analysis, security intelligence and remediation, leading the team to innovate strongly, deliver predictably, and delight Snyk's customers.
You'll be a technical leader that thrives on the details of building delightful developer tools and high-volume production systems, whilst at the same time being able to lead and grow your team at scale. You'll be equally happy explaining our roadmap to customers, making trade-offs to deliver the right outcomes for our business, and helping to solve technical issues directly.
What You'll Do:
- Build a long term strategy for Snyk Open Source that delivers on business priorities and drive its execution, in collaboration with cross-functional partners and peers.
- Be an owner of the Snyk Open Source product as a business, optimizing for and trading off the competing requirements of innovation, support, cost, reliability and performance to maximize benefit for that business long-term.
- Create and execute on organizational strategy which proactively identifies requirements for senior talent, and grow or hire to fill gaps as required.
- Lead cross team collaboration across Snyk to quickly resolve issues and risks, and unblock progress.
- Establish clear success criteria for direct reports and the group, monitoring and course-correcting as required.
- Build a high-performing, engaged, world-class team that can deliver on the technical challenge of program analysis in the security domain.
- Serve as role model, mentor and advisor to Snyk's most senior engineering talent.
What You Bring:
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in technical leadership roles in software engineering.
- Proven track record of successfully leading software engineering organizations of 75+ in a product context.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
- Proficiency in software development, system architecture, and operational practices.
- Familiarity with modern software development methodologies and tools.
- Excellent leadership and influencing skills to collaborate effectively with senior technical and managerial stakeholders.
- Strong analytical abilities to support technical decisions with data-driven metrics.
- Exceptional communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop emerging technical talent.
We care deeply about the warm, inclusive environment we've created and we value diversity – we welcome applications from those typically underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this role but are not totally sure whether you're the right person, do apply anyway
About Snyk
Snyk is committed to creating an inclusive and engaging environment where our employees can thrive as we rally behind our common mission to make the digital world a safer place. From Snyk employee resource groups, to global benefits that help our employees prioritize their health, wellness, financial security, and a work/life blend, we aim to support our employees along their entire journeys here at Snyk.
Benefits & ProgramsPrioritize health, wellness, financial security, and life balance with programs tailored to your location and role.
- Flexible working hours, work-from home allowances, in-office perks, and time off for learning and self development
- Generous vacation and wellness time off, country-specific holidays, and 100% paid parental leave for all caregivers
- Health benefits, employee assistance plans, and annual wellness allowance
- Country-specific life insurance, disability benefits, and retirement/pension programs, plus mobile phone and education allowances
Director - AI Engineering
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Consulting Director – AI/ML Engineering
Posted by Brio Digital on behalf of our client
Brio Digital is supporting a leading organisation at the forefront of AI innovation to hire an AI Engineering Director - A unique chance to combine engineering expertise, people leadership and senior-level consulting to deliver AI solutions that improve an industry vertical at scale.
Applicants must either hold, or be eligible for, UK Security Clearance (SC).
The Role
- Provide technical authority across multiple large-scale AI/ML programmes, ensuring solutions are robust, scalable, and production-ready.
- Set the engineering standards , ways of working, and technical excellence benchmarks for teams.
- Lead and grow teams of engineers and data scientists, supporting career development and fostering a culture of delivery excellence.
- Operate as a senior consultant , engaging with C-suite and senior government stakeholders to shape strategy, scope projects, and translate business needs into technical solutions.
- Partner with commercial leaders to identify opportunities, build propositions, and support business growth.
What We’re Looking For
- A proven technology leader with a deep engineering background (system architecture, ML/AI deployment, full-stack fundamentals).
- Experience taking AI/ML solutions from concept into production in real-world settings .
- Strong people leadership skills , with a track record of building, mentoring and inspiring high-performing technical teams.
- Ability to operate as a trusted senior advisor , confident in consulting with stakeholders and communicating complex concepts with clarity.
- Commercial awareness, able to balance delivery excellence with strategic and business outcomes.
Why Apply?
Through Brio Digital, you’ll join a client working at the cutting edge of AI for public good. This role offers the chance to:
- Shape the technical direction of high-impact programmes in government.
- Lead and grow exceptional teams of engineers and data specialists.
- Be at the table with senior decision makers , influencing strategy and delivery at national scale.
This is a career-defining opportunity for a hands-on engineering leader who can also inspire people, advise at the highest levels and bring AI solutions into the real world .
Director of Engineering
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Technical Lead Engineer / Director
Key Technologies: C#, .NET, .NET Core, Azure, SQL
Location: London
Perm Role | Hybrid Working Structure
Harrington Starr has partnered with a global Investment Bank, seeking to hire a Director level Engineer with extensive .NET development experience within investment banking. This person must be confident translating complex business needs into functional solutions and be able to communicate with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead delivery of software solutions across trading technology systems, ensuring alignment with strategic business goals.
- Build and maintain the regional technology roadmap, consolidating systems into a consistent, scalable stack.
- Manage a team of developers, fostering high performance, mentoring, and technical guidance.
- Oversee vendor relationships, regulatory reporting, and compliance requirements.
- Drive agile software development, system integration, and adoption of modern technologies, including cloud solutions.
Benefits of the Role
- Flexible hybrid working arrangements and paid leave.
- Health and wellbeing support, including medical and mental health services.
- Access to learning and development opportunities and career progression programs.
- Inclusive and diverse work environment promoting collaboration and engagement.
- Competitive remuneration package and employee benefits.
Key Skills and Experience
- Advanced full-stack development skills (.NET, .NET Core, C#, Python, SQL) and cloud technology experience.
- Strong leadership experience managing high-performing development teams.
- Knowledge of banking products, financial analysis, and regulatory requirements.
- Experience delivering Agile projects, CI/CD, and DevSecOps solutions.
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills with global stakeholder engagement.
Full, unrestricted right to work in the UK is a must. No sponsorship will be provided.
Please apply via the link provided or reach out to me directly to book in a confidential phone call -
Director of Engineering
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Engineering Director | £130,000 - £50,000 | London | Permanent
You are the one they call when things get complex….
When everyone else is stumped and someone needs to stand up and say- “this is what needs to happen, and this is what we are going to do”.
You are the technical conscience. The big-picture thinker with the deepest subject matter expertise in electrical and mechanical building services. And this role has been designed for someone like you.
We are working closely with a superb M&E Contractor looking at a significant growth trajectory as part of a 3-5 year plan; a business known for their family values and for delivering award-winning, multi-sector projects while remaining true to a culture of excellence and technical rigour.
They are now looking to appoint an Engineering Director (or equivalent) to join their London based team. A Chartered Engineer with the gravitas and intellectual horsepower to drive performance, compliance and innovation across their operations.
The post holder will act as the technical lead for all things engineering, setting the standard for engineering excellence in the business. Whether it’s high voltage systems, grid connections, advanced commissioning – your experience will be broad and all encompassing.
Working with consultants, supply chain specialist and internal teams, you will be responsible for ensuring every project meets the most rigorous standards and delivered in a way that reflects the business’s high expectations.
Of course, this isn’t just a role for a brilliant engineer (though you’ll need to be one). It’s a role for someone who can mentor, influence and lead. Someone equally at home in a strategic board meeting as they are a technical review.
Key criteria:
- A Chartered Engineer (ideally MCIBSE or equivalent)
- A deep understanding of building services - across both design consultancy and construction
- Leadership experience - and the ability to steer, support, and develop teams
- A commercial mindset and the confidence to work with external specialists, consultants, and statutory bodies
- A calm, clear, credible communicator - trusted and respected at every level
This is a huge opportunity for somebody to play a key role in helping an impressive leadership team define the future of this rapidly growing and highly ambitious contractor.
Salary for the role is in the region of £130,000 - £150,00 with a package reflective of role seniority.
If this sounds like the sort of challenge you’ve been craving, I’d love to talk to you.
Apply now or call Darren for further details.
Director of Engineering
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Head of Engineering
Location: London
We are seeking a Head of Engineering to lead the technical function of a fast-growing hydrogen company. This is a leadership role with responsibility for shaping the engineering organisation, ensuring delivery of current projects, and building the team that will scale the business to gigawatt-level hydrogen production.
Key responsibilities
• Provide overall technical leadership across development, FEED, and execution phases of hydrogen projects
• Manage and grow a multidisciplinary engineering team, including process, mechanical, electrical, and safety specialists
• Oversee the work of contractors and EPC partners, ensuring high-quality and cost-effective solutions
• Act as the technical authority for projects, reviewing and approving designs and ensuring compliance with industry standards and HSE requirements
• Translate business needs into technical scope, schedules, and budgets, and ensure delivery against them
• Build and improve processes that enable efficient project delivery while keeping flexibility in a scale-up environment
• Mentor and develop engineers, promoting best practices and a culture of safety and collaboration
• Represent the technical function with internal and external stakeholders, including investors, regulators, and partners
What we are looking for
• Strong background in engineering leadership within hydrogen, energy transition, oil and gas, industrial gases, or related process industries
• Proven experience managing contractors and multidisciplinary teams through FEED, FID, and EPC phases
• Ability to balance technical, commercial, and schedule requirements in a fast-paced environment start up environment
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience scaling teams and building high-performing technical organisations.
If you are interested in such opportunities please reach out at or apply to this role!
Director, Software Engineering
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We are looking for seasoned engineering leaders to join us in making the world more open and connected. We embrace entrepreneurs as well as those who come from more established companies. We are looking for someone with a strong technical foundation plus a track record of structuring healthy organizations that encourage effective collaborations across multiple disciplines. You'll influence technical decision making, drive prioritization and execution, while managing outstanding engineers and engineering managers in a fast-paced, impact focused environment.
**Required Skills:**
Director, Software Engineering Responsibilities:
1. Build, manage and support diverse teams of software engineers and engineering managers
2. Provide both technical and organizational leadership, as well as product leadership
3. Form cross-functional and cross-discipline partnerships to drive engineering efforts
4. Establish effective strategies and execute against them
5. Uphold a culture of respect, integrity, inclusion, innovation
6. Demonstrated experience recruiting, building, structuring, leading technical organizations, including performance management
**Minimum Qualifications:**
Minimum Qualifications:
7. This is a Product-heavy role, so experience leading product teams is essential
8. Strong cross-pillar collaboration skills required, since this team collaborates extensively with the Business Messaging pillar
9. Product and collaboration complexity is very high, with accountability for aggressive revenue growth goals shared with Business Messaging teams
10. Because of the above, technical and product insight is essential, especially in Monetization. The person must be able to get into details and drive for impact
11. The role needs to be based in London, with 3 days per week in-office attendance
12. The role requires quarterly travel to MPK, and annual or more travel to meetings with business partners and/or customers
13. The role requires extensive collaboration with US timezone-based teams, so the working day extends into the evening London time a minimum of 3 days per week, although this is largely flexible and under the control of the person in the role
**Preferred Qualifications:**
Preferred Qualifications:
14. Experience working in a Monetization team would be highly advantageous, especially in building trust with BMO partners
15. Experience specifically in working with an Ads stack is highly desirable
16. Technical focus is on ensuring engineering work delivers high quality consumer experiences on iPhone, Android and Web, so experience with those technologies is an advantage
17. Technical experience with the WhatsApp stack is an advantage but not essential
18. Technical experience with the standard Meta development stack is an advantage but not essential
19. Experience working very closely with Product Designers in a principle-led culture is advantageous
20. Experience working with metrics- and data-driven decision making is highly advantageous
**Industry:** Internet
Director Software Engineering
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At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.
Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.
American Express Global Card Network Platform authorizes and processes all of the company's customer card transactions. The Card Network platform is the critical back bone for all of American Express card transactions, and is a near real time low latency system that is always available and highly resilient, processing transactions from around the world 24x7, 365 days a year. American Express is making strategic investments in new card network products and platforms to allow the company to meet its ambitious global growth agenda.
**How will you make an impact in this role?**
As our Director of Engineering, you will join our global technology team that has embarked on building a highly available and scalable distributed systems on the cloud to support the company's long-term strategy and vision. You will lead a team of engineers across new/emerging concepts in a way that inspires them to do their best work and continue to grow and develop within the company. Our leaders work with distributed teams in a highly dynamic environment collaborating with product and technology leaders, and engineers who are passionate about our journey to build and deliver technology-powered solutions that our customers love and that works for our business.
Your primary responsibility is to lead the development of our next generation distributed platform, aligning resources and delivery with business growth and diversification, while significantly improving service quality and cost-effectiveness. We expect the individual to be innovative and energetic with strong communications and collaboration skills.
**Key Initiatives:**
+ Migrate partners to process real-time transaction through the Payment Network using Single Message rails
+ Develop best-in-class delivery engine with optimal throughput and quality releases
+ Maximize productivity of engineering teams with automation and increase predictability
+ High Availability, Resiliency and Performance Engineering on Cloud
**Roles and Responsibilities:**
+ You will be responsible for building capabilities of a distributed transaction processing infrastructure and payment processing business logic by leveraging that platform. Leading and engaging teams that build/deploy high throughput systems within a fast paced, agile environment while understanding and handling competing priorities.
+ Hands-on collaboration with business and technology leaders, stakeholders, product owners, Architects, and Engineers to define, develop, test and validate technical solutions to help drive customer-first product roadmap enabling business outcomes. Contribute to code review and analysis/design of business needs and user stories
+ Attract, retain, and grow diverse top engineering talent, providing guidance, career development and mentorship to team members maintaining a culture that emphasizes quality, continuous improvement, retention of key colleagues, development, and high performance.
+ You will constantly pursue and learn industry leading/innovative solutions. Build high awareness of open-source technologies and communities that enable high volume low latency systems.
+ Lead a culture of innovation and experimentation, support full software development lifecycle that incorporates the best of technology approaches and delivery methodologies.
+ Engage with developers in day-to-day design and coding activities to execute product and strategy roadmaps. Stepping into code where and if needed and be a hands-on leader
+ Ensure on time product releases that are of high quality, enabling the core vision of next generation card processing systems.
+ Promote a fun and high engagement culture, with a results orientated focus. Hire, mentor, motivate and retain the best talent.
+ Collaborate with peer technology and product teams across different locations
**Qualifications**
+ You have Computer Science degree, or equivalent with at-least 10 years of relevant work experience.
+ Have built and delivered large scale enterprise systems/products and have extensive hands-on experience. Preferably delivered and supported products as Cloud hosted services.
+ Experience building highly available and low latency distributed systems. Experience building systems as service-oriented architecture and/or micro-services architecture.
+ Keen awareness of concerns in a massively distributed systems and effective solutions.
+ Experience in Linux cloud (Kubernetes) environment supporting applications built using language like Java, Go, Node.js and NoSQL databases like Couchbase, Cassandra, Redis.
+ Experience attracting, hiring and retaining a diverse high-performing engineering talent.
+ Have experience leading engineering teams and in agile methodologies, have enabled DevOps mindset, processes and tools
+ Ability to learn and deep dive into new technology and business domains, question status quo and think outside of the box.
+ Excellent judgment and constant pursuit of higher standards, a passion to build and nurture high efficiency teams.
+ Have excellent written and verbal communications skills. Create and deliver effective presentations to Senior Leadership.
+ Ability to negotiate and influence stakeholders
+ Knowledge of Payment Network Authorization, Acquiring & Issuing platforms and business processes is a plus
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the UK is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
**Qualifications**
We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:
+ Competitive base salaries
+ Bonus incentives
+ Support for financial-well-being and retirement
+ Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
+ Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
+ Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
+ Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
+ Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
+ Career development and training opportunities
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
**Job:** Technology
**Primary Location:** United Kingdom-West Sussex-Burgess Hill
**Other Locations:** United Kingdom-London-London
**Schedule** Full-time
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Director - AI Engineering
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Consulting Director – AI/ML Engineering
Posted by Brio Digital on behalf of our client
Brio Digital is supporting a leading organisation at the forefront of AI innovation to hire an AI Engineering Director - A unique chance to combine engineering expertise, people leadership and senior-level consulting to deliver AI solutions that improve an industry vertical at scale.
Applicants must either hold, or be eligible for, UK Security Clearance (SC).
The Role
- Provide technical authority across multiple large-scale AI/ML programmes, ensuring solutions are robust, scalable, and production-ready.
- Set the engineering standards , ways of working, and technical excellence benchmarks for teams.
- Lead and grow teams of engineers and data scientists, supporting career development and fostering a culture of delivery excellence.
- Operate as a senior consultant , engaging with C-suite and senior government stakeholders to shape strategy, scope projects, and translate business needs into technical solutions.
- Partner with commercial leaders to identify opportunities, build propositions, and support business growth.
What We’re Looking For
- A proven technology leader with a deep engineering background (system architecture, ML/AI deployment, full-stack fundamentals).
- Experience taking AI/ML solutions from concept into production in real-world settings .
- Strong people leadership skills , with a track record of building, mentoring and inspiring high-performing technical teams.
- Ability to operate as a trusted senior advisor , confident in consulting with stakeholders and communicating complex concepts with clarity.
- Commercial awareness, able to balance delivery excellence with strategic and business outcomes.
Why Apply?
Through Brio Digital, you’ll join a client working at the cutting edge of AI for public good. This role offers the chance to:
- Shape the technical direction of high-impact programmes in government.
- Lead and grow exceptional teams of engineers and data specialists.
- Be at the table with senior decision makers , influencing strategy and delivery at national scale.
This is a career-defining opportunity for a hands-on engineering leader who can also inspire people, advise at the highest levels and bring AI solutions into the real world .
Principal / Technical Director Engineering Geologists and Geotechnical Engineers - UK Wide - Hybr...
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+ To help support Amentum's worldwide $14B F25 forward looking workload and our portfolio of complex and exciting geotechnical projects within the Defence, Nuclear Power, Environment and Government-Owned Critical Infrastructure industries, we are now looking to grow our Ground Engineering capabilities within the UK and are seeking to recruit Engineering Geologists and Geotechnical Engineers at a range of experience levels including:
+ Engineering Geologist and Geotechnical Engineer
+ Senior Engineering Geologist and Geotechnical Engineer (Chartered or approaching).
+ Principal Engineering Geologist and Geotechnical Engineer (Chartered).
+ Associate director Engineering Geologist and Geotechnical Engineer (Chartered)
We are operating under flexible working arrangements, with a mixture of office-based and home working environments. Bristol office would be the preferred base-office, although other offices, such as Oxford, Reading, London or Glasgow etc can also be considered.
As a Ground Engineering Professional within Amentum, you will play a critical role in managing ground risk by delivering geotechnical assessment, analysis, design and construction supervision to a diverse range of existing and future projects across the UK and internationally. This work will involve:
+ Preliminary source, feasibility, value engineering, innovation and sustainability studies.
+ Land and overwater ground investigations including advanced in situ and laboratory testing and data management.
+ Ground characterisation, parametrisation and modelling of soil and rock.
+ Numerical and FE analyses of geotechnical problems, including seismic and dynamic analysis.
+ Geotechnical analysis and design of innovative and sustainable structures, including:
+ Routine and complex design within soil and rock, SSI and seismic SSSI
+ Deep and shallow foundations, retaining walls, basements and cofferdams, Earthworks, reinforced earth and geotextiles, Ground Improvement including vibrational, mixing and grouting methodologies, Ground anchors, soil nails, rock bolts etc
+ Specification for construction purposes and Technical construction assurance.
+ Providing guidance, support, and supervision to team members, fostering their professional growth and ensuring high-quality deliverables.
+ Bid Preparation: Assist in the preparation of bids, ensuring all requirements are met and proposals are compelling and competitive.
+ Stakeholder Management: Support management in maintaining effective communication and relationships with stakeholders, ensuring their needs and expectations are met.
For the right ground engineering candidates there are opportunities to develop at all levels within our organisation. This would include taking on responsibility for team management, mentoring of junior team members and business development opportunities.
**Here's What You'll Need**
We are interested in seeing your profile if you have experience and competence with a SELECTION of the following:
+ Ability to work independently or within multidisciplinary groups;
+ Strong technical knowledge of ground engineering with a focus on engineering geology, soil mechanics, rock mechanics and technical leadership relevant to your experience level;
+ British geotechnical standards and codes of practise such as BSEN1997, BS5930, BS6031, BS8081 etc;
+ BSEN1998, ASCE Seismic Publications, IAEA Nuclear Safety Standards and ASTM Guides would be beneficial. ;
+ Geotechnical desk studies, field mapping and geomorphological assessment;
+ Ground investigation including design, specification, supervision, assessment and data management;
+ 2D/3D Ground Modelling and Characterisation;
Routine geotechnical analysis, design, specification and technical reporting involving some of the following;
+ Foundations, retaining structures, and reinforced earth;
+ Landslip, excavations; earthworks; and ground treatment;
+ Soil / Rock reinforcement and ground anchors;
+ Land quality
+ Technical software such as: OpenGround, Leapfrog, GEO5 Suite; RocScience Suite; WellCad; AutoCad; ArcGIS; MathCAD etc, would be beneficial.;
+ Degree (BSc, BEng, MEng, MSc) Engineering Geology / Geology, Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering or equivalent.;
+ Chartered status (i.e CGeol, CEng) or, equivalent experience;
**Benefits:**
We'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.
People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.
Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.
**Our Culture:**
Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.
We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centered on inclusion and diversity.
We partner with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility, please visit to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.
Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal laws and supplemental language at Labor Laws Posters ( .
Engineering & Technical Director
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Our client, a major player in cross-border energy infrastructure, is seeking an experienced Engineering & Technical Director to join their Senior Leadership Team.
Reporting directly to the CEO, this is a key leadership role overseeing engineering integrity, asset management, and the ongoing development of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems and converter station infrastructure spanning the UK, the Channel Tunnel, and France.
The Opportunity
As Engineering & Technical Director, you’ll lead a multidisciplinary technical team and play a central role in shaping the organisation’s strategy, driving operational excellence, and ensuring the reliability of one of Europe’s most important interconnector assets.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team covering engineering, projects, and commercial support functions.
- Set and deliver the technical strategy, aligning with business and regulatory objectives.
- Oversee the safe, reliable operation of converter stations, HVDC cables, and associated systems.
- Manage relationships with OEMs, service partners, and regulators.
- Ensure compliance with UK and EU standards while embedding a strong safety and quality culture.
- Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and lifecycle performance across all assets.
About You
You’re a proven engineering leader with deep experience in HVDC systems, power transmission, or major energy infrastructure. You combine strong technical insight with strategic thinking and have a track record of leading high-performing teams in complex, safety-critical environments.
Benefits
-25% bonus
-6k car allowance
-Up to 22% pension