Project Director

Skanska UK Plc; City Of London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company based in London is seeking a Project Director to lead large scale commercial projects. You will collaborate with teams to ensure timely delivery and manage revenue targets, requiring a strong engineering background in MEPH discipline and commercial acumen. This role also involves implementation of project controls and continuous improvement in a multi-disciplinary environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in preconstruction, project procurement, and execution phases for large scale commercial projects.
• Successful track record in managing revenue and income targets.
• Contribution to business strategy and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of large scale multi-disciplinary commercial projects.
• Manage commercial and contractual interests of the company.
• Implementing business strategies in the commercial market.

Skills

Strong engineering background in MEPH discipline

Commercial acumen

Project controls implementation

Continuous improvement experience

Key account management

Job description

Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.

We are looking for a Project Director to join our Building Services Team located in London. You will effectively and professionally lead the delivery of large scale multi-disciplinary commercial projects, working alongside the Skanska JV building construction team, to ensure the delivery to time, commercial performance, governance and Skanska values are met during all phases of the project’s delivery.

You’ll:

• Actively participate in the implementation of the Skanska Building Services Business Strategy for developing and delivering within the commercial market
• Ensure that the commercial and contractual interests of the company are managed and always protected with responsibility for the revenue and income targets set as part of the project with full profit and loss responsibility.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of the operating unit plan for which this role applies.
• Lead, develop and monitor the strategy for enhancing our customer base in the sectors for which this role applies. This will include key account management for customers identified in the business plan.
• Have a strong and experienced engineering background in the MEPH discipline.
• High level of commercial acumen with a proven track record of working in preconstruction, project procurement and project execution phases for medium to large scale commercial projects.
• Have implemented and used appropriate project controls to oversee successful major project delivery
• Experience of identifying and implementing continuous improvement in a project environment
• Experience of actively contributing to the development, analysis and implementation of business strategy and analysis

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic - we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using [e-mail] if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: [e-mail]