Technical Director

The Organisation
SF Executive are working with a market leading, PE-backed businesses services organisation based in Bedfordshire who are in search of a Technical Director to support the driving continuous improvements and high standards across all operations.
Role Scope:
The Technical Director role is a wide-ranging position which currently spans elements of technical, operational, and commercial.
The role requires a truly creative and critical eye for engineering detail, centring around looking at the feasibility of new projects ("can it be done?") and the subsequent planning to ensure that the project is delivered ("how can we deliver it?" and "what resources do we need to deliver it?") safely and on time.
The role has linear elements to it in terms of seeing projects through from start to finish, and also a large amount of ad-hoc work around design queries (while leading the design team), regulatory work, industry thought-leadership, and challenging the status quo.
Person:
The successful Technical Director will:
- Have experience of undertaking a similar role within a related industry - that could range from staging, rigging, scaffolding, steel works, substructures, or big tent; BUT will need to have the backdrop of TDS in the events / entertainment industry.
- Have had a broad exposure to engineering in previous roles (but with the broader base of a civil engineer rather than the load analysis focus of a structural engineer) and having a keen interest and curiosity around that subject matter.
- Be able to critically assess the feasibility of projects and be prepared to challenge - not taking everything on face value will be key in this area.
- Be adept at leading and motivating a Design / CAD team and be credible in their knowledge in this area.
- Be innovative in their approach and certainly not be a "follower" - this role will suit someone with a strong character that can build relationships with many different and challenging stakeholders.
- Have a strong commercial acumen, focussed on deploying the company's rental stock.
Location:
The incumbent will need to be within commuting distance of Bedfordshire given the need to be both visible and to engage with multiple internal stakeholders