Richard Dietrich
Regional Manager & Associate Director at Roughton International Limited
- Location
- Southampton, United Kingdom
- Industry
- Civil Engineering
As a LinkedIn member, you'll join 150 million other professionals who are sharing connections, ideas, and opportunities. And it's free! You'll also be able to:
- See who you and Richard Dietrich know in common
- Get introduced to Richard Dietrich
- Contact Richard Dietrich directly
Richard Dietrich's Overview
- Current
-
- Regional Manager & Associate Director at Roughton International Limited
- Past
-
- Managing Director at Hammer International Limited
- Shelter / Housing Coordinator at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- Project Manager at ZOA Refugee Care
- Assistant Regional Manager at Roughton International
- Project Manager at ZOA Refugee Care
- Design Engineer at Metronet Rail
- Consultant for Construction and Infrastructure Rehabilitation / Afghanistan at ZOA Refugee Care
- Bridge Engineer / UK at Robert Benaim & Associates
- Research Student / UK at Department of Engineering, Cambridge University
- Structural Engineer / Germany at Ingenieurbüro Albrecht Doblies
- Student Placement at Ingenieurbüro Albrecht-Doblies
- Education
-
- University of Cambridge
- McGill University
- Technische Universität München
-
McGill University
- Recommendations
-
1 person has recommended Richard
- Connections
-
448 connections
- Websites
Richard Dietrich's Summary
Richard is a dedicated Austrian engineer, consultant advisor and manager with a background in civil, structural, and environmental engineering.
He has over 13 years professional experience on an international level and has been involved in a wide variety of projects and sectors.
During his career, Richard has worked on commercial, research and humanitarian projects for a broad range of international clients and funding agencies. These include roads, bridges, buildings, guyed masts, antennas for satellites, housing, water and sanitation projects.
Richard aims to provide first class international consultancy services with a strong focus on beneficiaries' and clients' needs.
Richard speaks English, Spanish and German fluently.
Specialties
• General & Project Management
• Project Acquisition & Business Development
• Contractual and Commercial Advice
• Infrastructure Construction & Rehabilitation
• Post Disaster Reconstruction & Humanitarian Relief
• International Recruitment
Richard Dietrich's Experience
Regional Manager & Associate Director
Roughton International Limited
Partnership; 51-200 employees; Civil Engineering industry
February 2008 – Present (4 years 4 months) United Kingdom
Roughton International Limited, a member of the UK based Roughton Group, provides professional consultancy services in sustainable infrastructure development and management solutions predominately in developing and emerging countries. Richard is the Regional Manager in charge of Latin America, the Caribbean and recently also the Middle East & North Africa. He was previously in charge of the Romanian business. Since April 2011 Richard is also Associate Director of the company and hence a member of its board of directors.
Managing Director
Hammer International Limited
July 2006 – January 2008 (1 year 7 months) Sri Lanka
Hammer International (Pvt.) Ltd. is a subsidiary of the German Hammer Group. The group’s core business is in commercial, industrial and residential property development, but Hammer International in Sri Lanka offered a variety of consultancy services within the housing, construction, energy, environmental, infrastructure, tourism and humanitarian sectors. It also looked into the development of renewable energy power plants. Richard was in charge of the entire commercial and administrative management of the Romanian business, business development and project acquisition. He also oversaw technical project implementation.
Shelter / Housing Coordinator
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Nonprofit; 5001-10,000 employees; International Affairs industry
April 2005 – June 2006 (1 year 3 months) Sri Lanka
In the aftermath of the tsunami of December 2004 UNHCR was asked by the Government of Sri Lanka to act as lead coordinating agency for the shelter sector. Richard, as part of the UNHCR Shelter Unit, assisted the Government in its efforts to coordinate the construction of over 55,000 transitional shelters for tsunami victims. He also advised policy makers and implementing agencies on technical issues, best practise, guidelines and processes.
Richard also handled for UNHCR the development, implementation and management of its own shelter programmes for both tsunami victims as well as people internally displaced by the conflict (conflict IDPs). During 2005 and 2006 UNHCR assisted about 7,000 tsunami or conflict affected families with shelter or housing, including related infrastructure facilities across northern and eastern Sri Lanka.
Project Manager
ZOA Refugee Care
Nonprofit; 501-1000 employees; Nonprofit Organization Management industry
January 2005 – April 2005 (4 months) Sri Lanka
Richard was part of an emergency response team and consulted and assisted the office in Trincomalee in its relief and reconstruction activities after the tsunami of December 2004.
Assistant Regional Manager
Roughton International
Partnership; 51-200 employees; Civil Engineering industry
November 2004 – December 2004 (2 months) United Kingdom
Richard assisted the regional managers with the preparation of contracts and proposals and the support of the in-country project teams on various international road infrastructure rehabilitation projects. He was considered to go to Sri Lanka to assist the local team on a highway construction project when the 2004 tsunami hit that country.
Project Manager
ZOA Refugee Care
Nonprofit; 501-1000 employees; Nonprofit Organization Management industry
October 2003 – October 2004 (1 year 1 month) Afghanistan
Richard was initially hired to head the engineering department of ZOA Refugee Care in Afghanistan and after handover of this responsibility to his local counterpart he was transferred to a consultancy role monitoring and evaluating existing projects, providing general technical and managerial advice and developing the programme concept for 2005.
Design Engineer
Metronet Rail
Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry
February 2003 – September 2003 (8 months) United Kingdom
Richard was appointed as the task manager for the design works for the Earl’s Court Station Modernization Project,at the time London Underground's largest station refurbishment project. Richard oversaw the design process, coordinated with all parties and successfully brought the project through an internal audit.
Consultant for Construction and Infrastructure Rehabilitation / Afghanistan
ZOA Refugee Care
Nonprofit; 501-1000 employees; Nonprofit Organization Management industry
October 2002 – January 2003 (4 months)
Richard was hired to advise ZOA in Northern Afghanistan on all construction issues and to develop a rural road rehabilitation project. He also took the role as security advisor for Northern Afghanistan.
Richard Dietrich's Languages
-
English
-
Spanish
-
German
Richard Dietrich's Skills & Expertise
Richard Dietrich's Education
University of Cambridge
MPhil, Engineering
2000 – 2001
Design of a Deployable Antenna for Small Satellites
Activities and Societies: Wolfson College Rowing Club
McGill University
Thesis, Earthquake Engineering
1999 – 1999
Completed the thesis required for the German Degree at McGill.
Technische Universität München
Dipl.-Ing. Univ. (equiv. to MSc), Civil Engineering
1993 – 1999
Specialisation in Steel &Lightweight Metal Structures and Mechanics & Dynamics of Buildings and Structures
McGill University
Visiting, Environmental and Hydraulic Engineering
1996 – 1997
Visiting student completing part of the German Degree at McGill.
Richard Dietrich's Additional Information
- Websites:
- Groups and Associations:
-
Emergency Engineering
-
Contact Richard for:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
View Richard Dietrich’s full profile to...
- See who you and Richard Dietrich know in common
- Get introduced to Richard Dietrich
- Contact Richard Dietrich directly
Not the Richard Dietrich you were looking for? View more »
