FCDO Services
George Hickerton has over 15 years of professional experience in the engineering and technology field. George is currently working as the Director of Engineering and Operations at FCDO Services since November 2020. Prior to this, George held the position of Director of Engineering and Technology at FCO Services.gov.uk starting from November 2016. George also served as the Chief Engineer at the same company from December 2014 to October 2016. Before joining FCO Services, George worked at Atkins as a Director, where they were responsible for leading and building the London building services division. George handled key account management for top oil majors in Nigeria, Angola, and EAME and was accountable for profit and loss accounts, business development, technical standards, innovation, and team performance. George Hickerton also gained valuable experience as an Associate Director at Arup, assisting with the operation of the Hotel and Leisure group and taking charge of contractual negotiations, new bids, financial agreements, and project coordination. Their notable projects included Federation Towers in Moscow and Los Faros de Panama in Panama. Prior to that, George worked as a Key Account Director at Capita Symonds.
George Hickerton has a Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) degree in Energy Engineering from London South Bank University, which they obtained from 1991 to 1995. George also holds a Master of Studies (MSt) degree in Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment from the University of Cambridge, which they completed from 2003 to 2005. George is a Fellow of CIBSE, although no specific information is available about when they obtained this certification.
FCDO Services
For over 60 years, we have been keeping our customers’, assets and information safe all around the world. We are essentially a public sector organisation, which gives us a strong ethos of service. Yet we are commercial too. This rare blend of governmental stability and commercial drive allows us to be dynamic and keenly competitive within our markets. We do vital work on a global scale. We design and deliver secure services to high-level customers, such as governments and international organisations, all over the world – often in places that others don’t go. From personal and site security, to counter eavesdropping and sophisticated cloud solutions, our customers look to us to keep their information and assets secure in a constantly changing world. To respond, we need to continue to deliver solutions that are truly world class, We are an organisation of immense capability. Our work protects information, national interests and people worldwide. Our customers face ever-changing security challenges. We respond with speed, agility and technological innovation and are able to deliver solutions anywhere in the world. Our complex work is always important, and takes place on a global scale - often in very demanding environments. Join our diverse and accomplished team, and you’ll find careers with unparalleled variety and an ingrained culture of excellence, more than this, you'll find a job to be proud of. Many of our roles are truly international, but whatever you do here, you’ll support and deliver complex work that just matters more. Your contribution will help keep people safe, protect critical information and safeguard national interests. As such, your work will have greater significance. And the impact you make will reach further. Put simply, your job will be bigger. Our careers are as diverse as our organisation. Whatever your skills, find out where we might have a role for you.