Commercial Director

Calibre Global Consulting; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Director of Project Delivery Transmission to lead large-scale projects across the UK. The role requires significant experience in project management within the power engineering sector. Responsibilities include ensuring project delivery meets schedule, quality, and safety targets while managing stakeholders and EPC contractors. The ideal candidate will have over 15 years of experience and possess strong leadership and communication skills. This opportunity provides a critical role in shaping the future of the UK's energy transition.

Qualifications

• 15 years of project management experience in transmission or power engineering.
• 5 years delivering projects within the UK / European power market.
• Proven track record managing large-scale projects.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of transmission project delivery in the UK.
• Establish and oversee a comprehensive PMO system.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with sales, engineering, and supply chain.

Skills

Building Construction

Logistics & Procurement

Account Management

Communication

Client Services

Jboss

Education

Degree qualified in engineering or business

Job description

About the job

Director of Project Delivery Transmission (UK)

United Kingdom Full-time Senior Leadership

We are seeking a Director of Project Delivery Transmission to lead large-scale new build and upgrade projects across the UK. This is a high-impact leadership role for an experienced project director with deep expertise in transmission project execution stakeholder engagement and large capital programme management

Key Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of transmission project delivery in the UK ensuring achievement of schedule quality cost and safety targets.
• Establish and oversee a comprehensive PMO system including planning risk schedule quality contract and financial control.
• Manage EPC contractors design consultancies suppliers and subcontractors to ensure compliance with Transmission Owner (NGET / SSEN / SPEN) standards and HSE requirements.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with sales engineering supply chain and factories to ensure seamless order-to-delivery processes.
• Monitor progress against milestones using traffic-light reporting and provide regular updates to the UK CEO and Group HQ.
• Lead client communications manage variations claims and disputes to ensure customer satisfaction and positive cash flow.
• Build and develop a local delivery team with responsibility for recruitment training and succession planning.
• Approve project spend resource allocation and safety incident investigations up to delegated authority level.
• Ensure organisational effectiveness in resource utilisation both internal and contractor-based.

Experience & Qualifications

• Degree qualified in engineering business or a related discipline; advanced professional qualifications preferred.
• 15 years of project management experience in transmission or power engineering.
• 5 years delivering projects within the UK / European power market.
• Proven track record managing large-scale projects ( 100m individual investment ).
• Strong expertise in contractual management : NEC3 / NEC4 FIDIC PMI Prince2 frameworks.
• Financial management of multi-hundred-million-pound projects with focus on budget returns and early revenue.
• Extensive experience leading geographically diverse teams and engaging senior stakeholders across the supply chain.
• Strong knowledge of UK transmission sector regulations CDM and HSE frameworks .
• Skilled in value engineering risk management programme delivery and project refinement to achieve business case requirements.

What Were Looking For

• A strategic leader who thrives in complex multi-stakeholder environments.
• Proven ability to manage end-to-end delivery of large capital projects balancing commercial technical and regulatory considerations.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the ability to build trust across Transmission Owners EPCs consultants and regulators.
• Results-oriented resilient and driven to deliver in a challenging and evolving energy market.

Why Join Us

This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of the UKs transmission infrastructure delivering critical new build and upgrade projects that will enable the energy transition. You will lead a high-performing project delivery team drive operational excellence and have direct accountability for some of the most significant capital investments in the sector.

Key Skills

• Building Construction
• Logistics & Procurement
• Account Management
• Communication
• Client Services
• Jboss