Technical Lead (Wastewater)
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Abu Dhabi, UAE
Parsons is seeking a highly experienced Technical Lead to provide technical leadership across a portfolio of wastewater network and pumping station projects within the Project Management Office (PMO). In this role, you will drive technical excellence, governance, and design assurance, ensuring successful delivery of critical infrastructure projects that support our client's long-term strategic objectives.
What You'll Be Doing
Lead the technical delivery and governance of wastewater network and pumping station projects within the PMO.
Develop and maintain technical standards, governance frameworks, and design assurance processes, ensuring compliance with stage-gate requirements and industry best practice.
Provide technical input to programme planning, business cases, feasibility studies, investment proposals, and portfolio prioritisation.
Lead multidisciplinary technical reviews across all project phases, validating designs, hydraulic modelling, capacity assessments, constructability, and regulatory compliance.
Identify and manage technical risks, monitor programme performance, and support continuous improvement across the capital programme.
Provide technical oversight of wastewater planning, hydraulic modelling, network assessments, and engineering standards to ensure consistency across projects.
Act as the technical lead between the client, PMO, operations, asset management, consultants, contractors, and regulatory authorities.
Support projects through design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover, reviewing key technical deliverables and ensuring successful asset integration.
Drive innovation, value engineering, lessons learned, and continuous improvement in technical governance, digital delivery, and engineering practices.
What Required Skills You'll Bring
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 20 years' experience delivering wastewater network and pumping station projects, including significant experience in capital programmes or programme management.
- Strong expertise in wastewater planning, hydraulic modelling, sewer and pumping station design, and wastewater network operations.
- Experience working within or alongside a PMO, with knowledge of project governance, stage-gate processes, portfolio reporting, and risk management.
- Sound understanding of gravity sewers, rising mains, pumping stations, odour control, asset management principles, and relevant engineering standards.
- Experience working within the Abu Dhabi/UAE wastewater sector and familiarity with local regulations and permitting processes (preferred).
- Chartered or Professional Engineer status (preferred).
- Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, communication, analytical, and organisational skills, with the ability to influence multidisciplinary teams and manage competing priorities.
- Commitment to health, safety, quality, environmental compliance, and continuous improvement.
- We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!
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COMPETITIVE BENEFIT OFFERINGS
- Financial Wellness
- We care about your financial wellbeing. Parsons offers competitive pay and retirement plans to help you build wealth for the future while giving you the flexibility to diversify your investments.
- Work Life Harmony
- Balance in life is important and time away from the office is imperative to allow you to refresh and focus your attention on the things that matter to you. Parsons supports your time away by providing paid time off and paid flexible holidays.
- Career Development
- We are committed to fostering the personal and professional growth of our employees. Develop and advance yourself though our comprehensive training, educational and mentorship programs.
- Veteran Support
- We provide Industry leading benefits to support veterans and active-duty members to provide security for you and your family by offering robust leave and benefits; including paid active-duty military leave and paid time off when transitioning back to civilian life.
- Mind & Body
- At Parsons we inspire healthier habits, heathier minds, and a healthier you through our wellness program. Participate in our weekly Meditation Mondays and Wellness Wednesdays. Wellness, at Parsons, is more than just your annual checkup.
- Health
- Health is not a one size fits all. At Parsons, we offer a robust Employee Assistance Program as well as comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans through large, national carriers with the choice of regional PPO, HDHP, or HMO networks.
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