Project Director

VolkerWessels UK; Budock Water; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Birthday leave

Private medical care

Pension

Life Assurance

Cycle to Work scheme

Training and development

Enhanced maternity benefit

Flexible working opportunities

Employee Assistance programme

Mental and physical health support

24/7 Virtual GP service

Job summary

VolkerWessels UK is seeking an experienced highways professional to lead business development, bids and pre-construction efforts, shaping the future growth of VolkerHighways.

You will mobilise and deliver highway maintenance and infrastructure frameworks, building trusted client relationships and directing cross-functional teams from early opportunity through to delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience in highways maintenance, infrastructure or civil engineering.
• Strong background in business development, bids or pre-construction.
• Ability to build trusted client relationships and spot future opportunities.
• Experience taking frameworks from bid through mobilisation into delivery.
• Strong commercial, operational and risk-management awareness.
• Credibility when presenting to clients and leading senior stakeholder discussions.
• A track record of building and developing successful teams.

Responsibilities

• Identify, secure, mobilise and deliver future highways maintenance and infrastructure frameworks.
• Work with clients and internal teams from the earliest stages of an opportunity.
• Ensure what is committed during the tender translates into operational delivery.
• Take broader leadership responsibility and contribute directly to VolkerHighways' future growth.
• Lead senior stakeholder discussions and provide clear commercial leadership.

Skills

Highways maintenance

Infrastructure

Civil engineering

Business development

Bids/pre-construction

Client relationship building

Framework mobilisation

Job description

VolkerHighways is a market leader in the delivery of highways and street lighting term maintenance contracts. We build strong collaborative relationships with our clients to drive improvements and efficiency in all our activities.

We have the capability to deliver major surfacing and public realm infrastructure projects. Our specialist in-house traffic management division provides expert advice and support across the industry, whilst assisting with our own, in-house contracts.

work-winning and pre-construction, you will help shape practical, efficient, deliverable solutions, ensuring what we commit to during the tender process translates into successful VolkerHighways is looking for an experienced highways professional who is ready to take the next step and help shape the future growth of our business.

You could already be operating at a management level within a major highways maintenance contract or framework, with responsibility for significant areas of operational delivery and a strong relationship with the client. You understand what successful mobilisation and delivery looks like and are now ready to take on greater leadership responsibility.

You will play a key role in identifying, securing, mobilising and delivering future highways maintenance and infrastructure frameworks, working with our clients and internal teams from the earliest stages of an opportunity.

Bringing your operational experience into work winning and pre-construction, you will help shape solutions that are practical, efficient and deliverable, ensuring that what we commit to during the tender process is successfully translated into operational delivery.

We recognise that the right person may not already hold a Director title. What matters is your experience in the highways maintenance sector, your ability to build trusted relationships, and your ambition to lead.

For someone ready to take that next step, this is an opportunity to take on broader responsibility and contribute directly to VolkerHighways' future.

About You

• Experience in highways maintenance, infrastructure or civil engineering.
• A strong background in business development, bids or pre-construction.
• The ability to build trusted client relationships and spot future opportunities.
• Experience taking frameworks from bid through mobilisation into delivery.
• Strong commercial, operational and risk-management awareness.
• Credibility when presenting to clients and leading senior stakeholder discussions.
• A track record of building and developing successful teams.

If your past experience doesn’t match every requirement in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.

Why work with us?

VolkerHighways is under the umbrella of VolkerWessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.

By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerHighways are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.

We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.

We Offer a Range Of Benefits, Including

• Competitive salary
• Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
• Option to buy additional annual leave
• Private medical care
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
• Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
• Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefit
• Flexible working opportunities
• Employee Assistance programme
• Mental health, physical health, and financial support
• 24/7 Virtual GP service

Fairness, inclusion and respect

We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.

If you need support with your application, please contact us at [e-mail]

Additional information

VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.