Technical Lead
| Posting date: | 02 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 October 2025 |
| Location: | Greater London, W2 6NB |
| Company: | FM Conway |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | ORG1531-MH1411164LonTL |
Summary
FM Conway is currently seeking an experienced Technical Lead to join our growing Consultancy division. As a Technical Lead, you will play a pivotal role in managing and delivering key infrastructure and public realm projects. You will act as the primary point of contact for Westminster City Council and other Council Officers, ensuring strong communication and collaboration across all projects undertaken by FM Conway Consultancy Services. Your expertise and leadership will be essential in driving project success and maintaining high standards of service delivery. This is a full-time, permanent position based at our offices in Paddington.
The duties of the Technical Lead will include:
-Acting as the primary representative for FM Conway at regular contract meetings, including fortnightly sessions with Westminster City Council
-Collaborating closely with operational divisions to ensure seamless project continuity and maintain high standards from design through to delivery
-Overseeing the delivery and performance of key programmes, including the Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and Hostile Vehicle Mitigation (HVM) schemes
-Supporting Team Leaders with effective workload and resource planning to ensure timely and efficient project execution
-Providing expert technical guidance, including the review, approval, and quality assurance of design drawings and documentation
What skills and experience do you need?
We are seeking for an experience Technical Lead who is a Chartered Engineer or Incorporated Engineer with substantial experience in highway engineering and urban design within a consultancy environment. A proven track record of working collaboratively with clients, contractors, and build teams is essential. The ideal candidate will have experience engaging with both local government and private sector clients and possess a strong working knowledge of various contract types, including the NEC3.
What benefits will you receive?
As our Technical Lead, we will offer you a range of fantastic benefits including career and professional development, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company pension, life assurance, opportunities for internal and external training and access to a wide range of shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform. We will also offer you a range of health and well-being benefits including 24-hour advice lines and support from our mental health first aiders.
A brief introduction to FM Conway and our Consultancy Services Division
FM Conway is a business of families with over 60 years’ experience of creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on our core values, creating a culture around Care, Innovation, Integrity, and Excellence. The heart of FM Conway has, and always will be, its great people and we are always searching for talented individuals to join our family.
The Consultancy Services division offer specialist design services to several high-profile clients across London and the Southeast. We are a dynamic team covering urban realm, private developer, HVM and maintenance schemes. As a division, we are constantly looking to improve our offer to our clients. We are involved in new initiatives including the design and production of new surfacing materials through to using A.I. to undertake highway inspection.
So, if you would like to join the team as our Technical Lead then please click ‘apply’ today, we’d love to hear from you!
Closing Date: 02/11/2025
FM Conway is an award-winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life. EDI-Strategy
At our heart we are a family that recognises and embraces individuality, so if you are excited about this role but you are unsure if you meet all of the criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway as you may still be the right candidate for this or another role we are recruiting for.
We look forward to receiving your application!
The duties of the Technical Lead will include:
-Acting as the primary representative for FM Conway at regular contract meetings, including fortnightly sessions with Westminster City Council
-Collaborating closely with operational divisions to ensure seamless project continuity and maintain high standards from design through to delivery
-Overseeing the delivery and performance of key programmes, including the Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and Hostile Vehicle Mitigation (HVM) schemes
-Supporting Team Leaders with effective workload and resource planning to ensure timely and efficient project execution
-Providing expert technical guidance, including the review, approval, and quality assurance of design drawings and documentation
What skills and experience do you need?
We are seeking for an experience Technical Lead who is a Chartered Engineer or Incorporated Engineer with substantial experience in highway engineering and urban design within a consultancy environment. A proven track record of working collaboratively with clients, contractors, and build teams is essential. The ideal candidate will have experience engaging with both local government and private sector clients and possess a strong working knowledge of various contract types, including the NEC3.
What benefits will you receive?
As our Technical Lead, we will offer you a range of fantastic benefits including career and professional development, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company pension, life assurance, opportunities for internal and external training and access to a wide range of shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform. We will also offer you a range of health and well-being benefits including 24-hour advice lines and support from our mental health first aiders.
A brief introduction to FM Conway and our Consultancy Services Division
FM Conway is a business of families with over 60 years’ experience of creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on our core values, creating a culture around Care, Innovation, Integrity, and Excellence. The heart of FM Conway has, and always will be, its great people and we are always searching for talented individuals to join our family.
The Consultancy Services division offer specialist design services to several high-profile clients across London and the Southeast. We are a dynamic team covering urban realm, private developer, HVM and maintenance schemes. As a division, we are constantly looking to improve our offer to our clients. We are involved in new initiatives including the design and production of new surfacing materials through to using A.I. to undertake highway inspection.
So, if you would like to join the team as our Technical Lead then please click ‘apply’ today, we’d love to hear from you!
Closing Date: 02/11/2025
FM Conway is an award-winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life. EDI-Strategy
At our heart we are a family that recognises and embraces individuality, so if you are excited about this role but you are unsure if you meet all of the criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway as you may still be the right candidate for this or another role we are recruiting for.
We look forward to receiving your application!
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