Construction Director - Data Centres

Aldwych Consulting; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent project management firm is seeking a Construction Director for their Data Centre projects in London. This role involves leading project delivery, managing client relationships, and ensuring high-quality outcomes. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in construction leadership and a background with M&E contractors or similar. This position offers a chance to work at the forefront of the data centre sector, with opportunities for a global career pathway and a focus on professional development.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in leading construction projects, especially in data centres.
• Ability to manage client relationships and deliver satisfactory outcomes.
• Experience in commercial leadership and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of major Data Centre projects, ensuring quality and standards.
• Manage client expectations and satisfaction, develop income streams.
• Collaborate on fee proposals and mitigate project delivery risks.
• Provide performance feedback and develop team members.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Commercial awareness

Client relationship management

Job description

Job Title: Construction Director - Data Centres. Location: London

This is your chance to join a world-class project management organisation delivering complex, high-value technical projects across the UK and Europe. With a respected global structure, industry-leading progression, and a pipeline of major hyperscale and colocation schemes, this is the perfect opportunity for you as a Construction Director who wants to build a long-term career at the top of the data centre sector.

You'll be joining a business known for investing heavily in its people, offering genuine international mobility, and giving you the autonomy to make decisions, drive contractor performance, and deliver outstanding results.

We are currently recruiting for the really exciting opportunity of a Construction Director, who will be responsible for delivery of Major Data Centre projects! Must have previous knowledge in:

• Commercial project performance exceeding plans when leading.
• Capturing of knowledge and sharing to support bids.
• Exemplary service delivery to highest quality.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership of Service Delivery

• Lead delivery of the service line on projects, taking responsibility for quality through the implementation of company standards.
• Contribute to accurate workload forecasts.
• Own successful outcomes of project audit reviews.
• Lead full project planning, including development of project plans and work breakdown structures.

Client Relationship Development

• Plan and manage projects to meet client expectations, deliver client satisfaction, contracted outcomes and business objectives.
• Manage opportunities with existing clients and develops new income streams.

Commercial Leadership

• Work in collaboration with Head of Services, developing fee proposals.
• Manage business and project risk to ensure guaranteed outcomes and contract recognition.
• Mitigate complex delivery risks.

Leadership through inspiring others

• Evaluate project performance of team members for personal development purposes giving feedback to Heads or Service and Team Leaders.
• Provide specific and regular project performance feedback to team members, Team Leaders and Heads of Service, supporting development and helping to achieve their performance objectives.

Knowledge, engagement and enablement

• Facility development of expertise, capturing and sharing delivery knowledge and specific information sets working closely with Service Experts.
• Captures project lessons learnt after project close out and deliver details of lessons applied during project.
• Uses best practice on project service delivery working closely with service experts.

Preferred Backgrounds

Candidates with experience from specialist M&E contractors or data centre delivery teams are strongly encouraged to apply. If you're looking for a role where you can take ownership, lead major technical projects, and step into a global career pathway-this is the opportunity you've been waiting for!

Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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