Project Director - Industrial Buildings & Datacenter

Cap Ingelec; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cap Ingelec is seeking a Project Director to lead major Datacenter and industrial building projects in Spain. The role is primarily site-based with frequent travel across Spain and responsibility for defining objectives, managing frameworks, and client relationships.

You will coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, oversee schedule and budget, and ensure regulatory and contractual compliance while advancing project management practices within the company.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree in electrical, mechanical, or civil engineering.
• At least 10 years of experience managing complex, multi-disciplinary industrial building projects.

Responsibilities

• Strategic project management: defining objectives and implementation of management frameworks.
• Team coordination and leadership: structuring the project team and defining roles.
• Operational monitoring and reporting: overseeing progress, schedule, budget, and risks.
• Ensuring compliance with contractual commitments and regulatory requirements.
• Building and maintaining client relationships and representing the company externally.
• Contributing to evolution of project management practices and internal transformations.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical project management

Risk & opportunity management

Cross-team coordination

Spanish proficiency

English proficiency

Education

Engineering degree (Electrical/Mechanical/Civil)

Job description

As part of our growth and organizational development around major Datacenter & industrial building projects as a General Contractor, we are seeking a Project Director to join our team in Spain.

More Specifically, Your Main Responsibilities Will Include

• Strategic project management: defining objectives (quality, cost, timeline, safety) and implementing management frameworks (quality plans, organization, contracts),
• Team coordination and leadership: structuring the project team, defining roles and responsibilities, and fostering a positive, collaborative work environment,
• Operational monitoring and reporting: overseeing project progress (schedule, budget, risks) in collaboration with the PMO, and feeding into steering committees,
• Ensuring compliance with contractual commitments and regulatory requirements,
• Building and maintaining strong client relationships throughout the project and representing the company to external partners,
• Contributing to the evolution of project management practices and supporting internal transformations.

Profile

With an electrical, mechanical or civil engineering degree, you have at least 10 years of experience managing complex, multi-disciplinary industrial building projects.

You are recognized for your leadership skills and your ability to manage large-scale projects by coordinating diverse specialist teams. You have solid expertise in analytical project management, risk and opportunity anticipation, and have worked on international projects where you developed proficiency in Spanish and English.

Mainly based on site, close to the construction activities, you are open to frequent travel across Spain.

Ready to take on major technical challenges?

Cap Ingelec is committed to inclusion, gender equality, and the employment of people with disabilities. We believe that diversity is a strength, and we are dedicated to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process and a work environment that is accessible to all.