Principal Consultant

4 days ago


Durban, South Africa Nicholas O'Dwyer Full time

Salary**: DOE**
- Location**: Durban, South Africa**
- Contract Type**: Full Time Permanent**

**The Vacancy**

**About the Company**

At Nicholas O'Dwyer, sustainability is at the core of our work. If you are looking to advance your career in a socially responsible company, which has a proven track record over 90 years, and is committed to creating a sustainable planet, we invite you to be part of our team.

Our mission is to provide innovative and reliable solutions using cutting edge technology and expertise, to ensure project success and employee satisfaction. We deliver infrastructure projects in water, wastewater, transportation, civil and structural engineering, flood protection, and energy including renewables. With headquarters in Ireland, we also operate in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

As part of the RSK Group, an amalgamation of over 200 companies with more than 15,000 employees, we benefit from a global network of opportunities while retaining our brand and autonomy.

**About the Role**:
You will have a diverse and interesting responsibilities including client management, business generation, leading a team and people development. You will instinctively recognise opportunity to drive productivity and improve our clients' outcomes.

**Core Role Requirements**:

- As a Principal Consultant you will be responsible for leading a team of engineers and technicians
- Lead and advise across the design and delivery arena of our wastewater services projects from initial conception through to completion.
- You will be responsible for managing resources and progress across various project such as programme management, tender management, business sector management.
- You will be responsible for managing department commercials and growing our portfolios for continued growth.
- Bringing your expertise, you will be responsible to manage and develop additional competencies such as financial management and/or strategic management.
- You will be responsible for managing processes to ensure compliance with current technical standards.
- Able to create, track and deliver multiple plans for multiple teams.
- Experienced in fostering a working environment which supports co-operation, collaboration, diversity and inclusion, ownership, and initiative.
- As a Leader you will be responsible to lead group and social dynamics to build effective and proactive working relationships.
- You will act as a mentor to junior engineers across the organisation.
- Lead client engagements and provide technical delivery and assurance of projects.
- Other tasks as required as the role evolves.

**Qualifications and Experience: -**
- Experience of circa 15 yrs.+ delivering infrastructure projects, preferably in the wastewater sector.
- You will be third level qualified or equivalent.
- Chartered Engineer or member of a professional body - essential
- Well-developed and proven technical competence with a background in Water or Wastewater preferred.
- Experienced People Leader with a proven ability to mentor and develop team
- Good time management skills, ability to prioritise and delegating work.
- Excellent clear and concise communications working as part of a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural team.

**About Us**

Our mission is to deliver sustainable solutions that transform communities and bring about lasting positive change. Through a blend of expertise, innovation and global dedication, we envision a world where sustainable engineering protects growing communities.

Nicholas O’Dwyer provides professional services in engineering design, project management, environment and planning, construction supervision and technical and contract advisory. We are one of the most respected Irish consultancies operating in local and international markets, providing professional services to public
- and private-sector clients.

Whether in Ireland, the UK or internationally, we understand and solve major challenges associated with delivering and adapting infrastructure for an increasing global population while maintaining a sustainable environment for future generations.

Nicholas O’Dwyer is part of the RSK Group, a leading integrated environmental, engineering, and technical services business providing dynamic, multidisciplinary services to a wide range of sectors. RSK was founded in 1989 and has grown considerably since then.

At RSK, we operate as a group of businesses that work together seamlessly, aiming for growth through diversification. Our strategy helps us build a strong and resilient business, capable of weathering external challenges, while also providing greater value to our clients and more opportunities for our employees.

Since the beginning, our philosophy has remained the same: employ, develop and reward talented individuals. People are crucial to our company, and we recognise that our success hinges on our colleagues' growth. We're committed to preserving RSK's people-first culture, promoting innovation, and f



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