Technical R & D Lead

Job description

Are you an experienced Technical Research and Development Lead looking for a new challenge with a well-known company like Sir Robert McAlpine? This could be the perfect role for you!

This is a Hybrid role with elements of working from home and attending projects to gain an in-depth understanding of innovation within Sir Robert McAlpine.

Why join us?

For 152 years Sir Robert McAlpine has worked at the forefront of the construction world - gaining a reputation for engineering excellence and the respectful, honourable way of doing what we do.

Our achievements through the decades are down to the people we employ and the opportunities we give them to succeed. With so many stand-out projects and opportunities ahead, now is the perfect time to join our family-owned business, and proudly build Britain’s future heritage with us.

The Technical R & D Lead role

• The Technical R&D Lead is responsible for actively promoting a culture of innovation across the organisation, supporting our approach to driving innovation while managing the technical elements of our R&D Tax claim.
• You will be undertaking the preparation of R&D tax credit claim report, ensuring we have robust technical input, costing calculation to relevant deadlines, initially supported by a highly experienced external consultant.
• You’ll be highly analytical and experienced with project coordination, using your problem-solving skills to foresee obstacles and make strategic decisions. You will be an excellent mentor who can clearly express complex ideas.

Your profile

You’ll have:

• knowledge of the R&D tax claim process
• a passion for innovation and learning
• a methodical, systematic approach to problem solving with strong analytical skills
• enthusiasm about supporting and documenting change in the business and improving processes
• a people-first approach; consider self-improvement, efficiency, inclusion, and collaboration to be vitally important to productivity
• a willingness to learn, be committed to keeping up with changes in legislation
• the ability to lead and inspire through forward thinking, motivating whilst providing vision to the business and identify long term goals.
• a focused mindset striving to meet set targets, reassess goals to identify areas of the business on track and others that need refocusing.
• technical expertise and the capability to understand how improvement techniques have been implemented and report on this.
• communication skills including excellent verbal, listening and written skills to hold presentations, facilitate meetings, training and report writing.

Rewards

We’re ready to invest in you and your future, and offer wide-ranging, performance-related progression opportunities. Our competitive rewards packages feature flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities.

We’d love you to join us in proudly building Britain’s future heritage. Apply online now.

Sir Robert McAlpine is focused on being a truly inclusive employer.