Associate Director / Technical Director - Industrial Decarbonisation and CCUS

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Overview

Role: Associate Director / Technical Director - Industrial Decarbonisation and CCUS
Location: Hybrid (London, Harwell, Glasgow, Shoreham, Bristol, Manchester, Netherlands, Singapore, Abu Dhabi)
Role ID: 2025-3041
Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.

Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide expertise in delivering cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.

We are looking for a self-motivated Associate Director / Technical Director who can drive Ricardo’s private sector and international business growth, and lead project delivery in industrial decarbonisation and CCUS.

Responsibilities

• Programme Management for multiple projects.
• Supporting bids and proposal.
• Client relationship management.
• Providing technical leadership to project teams.
• Managing project portfolio including technical and financial performance.
• Managing quality assurance on projects.
• Managing the development of staff and providing mentoring and coaching support.
• Supporting and contributing to the development of the business plans and growth strategy.

Skills And Experience

• Experience of energy-intensive processes / industries and/or CCUS.
• Familiarity with evolving industrial and decarbonisation context and trends.
• Deep technical experience related to process efficiency, fuel switching (electrification, bio-energy, waste, hydrogen and alternative fuels), CCUS and negative emissions technologies, ideally supported by experience of winning and delivering Feasibility Studies and/or Owners Engineer assignments in multiple countries.
• Excellent consulting skills, with ability to develop other team members, including project leadership, problem solving, data work, client/stakeholder leadership, project management, research, analysis, stakeholder management, technical project delivery, multitasking, organization, attention to detail, critical thinking and communication (oral and written).
• Excellent business development skills including networking, opportunity identification, sales pipeline management, proposal development, partnering, and negotiating pricing and commercial terms.
• Experience with working with different countries and industry sectors.

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place. Use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on, delivering innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Work life balance

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We\'re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core of our culture, allowing employees to flourish and achieve their full potential.

Benefits

Our core benefits include 25 days' annual leave, plus 8 flexible bank holidays, a competitive company pension scheme, life assurance and professional subscriptions reimbursement. We also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle, plus support for your physical and mental health.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, with a commitment to diversity, equality, and inclusion. We are disability confident and welcome adjustments in the recruitment process.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Timing can vary based on application volume, and we may start reviewing applications prior to the closing date. Ricardo is a Disability confident employer; please advise the recruitment team via recruit@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments.