Project Director

Sphere Solutions Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus

Benefits package

Job summary

Sphere Solutions Ltd in North London is seeking an experienced Project Director/Project Lead to oversee delivery of a major infrastructure package for a data centre development. The role involves leading civil and infrastructure works from pre-construction through to completion, managing multi-disciplinary teams and ensuring programme, commercial, quality and safety objectives are met.

Reporting into the senior project leadership team, you will drive performance, maintain client and stakeholder

Qualifications

• Proven experience operating at Project Director, Project Lead or senior level on large infrastructure projects.
• Strong track record delivering major civils, industrial or data centre schemes.
• Excellent leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Commercially aware with experience managing large budgets and complex delivery programmes.
• Able to lead high-performing teams in a fast-paced project environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of a major infrastructure and enabling works package.
• Manage multidisciplinary project teams and key supply chain partners.
• Drive programme performance and ensure key milestones are achieved.
• Maintain client, consultant and stakeholder relationships.
• Oversee commercial performance, risk management and project controls.
• Ensure the highest standards of health, safety and quality.
• Support recruitment, mentoring and development of project delivery teams.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Commercial awareness

Budget management

Delivery leadership

Job description

A leading international construction contractor is seeking an experienced Project Director / Project Lead to oversee the delivery of a major infrastructure package on a high-profile data centre development in North London.

This is a unique opportunity to take a senior leadership role on one of the UK's most significant mission-critical projects, managing the delivery of complex civils and infrastructure works from pre-construction through to completion.

The Role

Reporting into the senior project leadership team, you will be responsible for the successful delivery of a large-scale infrastructure package, ensuring programme, commercial, quality and safety objectives are achieved.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the delivery of a major infrastructure and enabling works package.
• Managing multidisciplinary project teams and key supply chain partners.
• Driving programme performance and ensuring key milestones are achieved.
• Maintaining strong client, consultant and stakeholder relationships.
• Overseeing commercial performance, risk management and project controls.
• Ensuring the highest standards of health, safety and quality across the project.
• Supporting recruitment, mentoring and development of project delivery teams.

About You

• Proven experience operating at Project Director, Project Lead, Senior Project Manager or Contracts Manager level.
• Strong track record delivering major infrastructure, civils, industrial, mission-critical or data centre projects.
• Excellent leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Commercially aware with experience managing large project budgets and complex delivery programmes.
• Able to lead high-performing teams within a fast-paced project environment.

What's on Offer

• Opportunity to join a market-leading contractor with a strong pipeline of major projects.
• Long-term career progression within a growing business.
• Exposure to one of the UK's largest data centre developments.
• Competitive salary, bonus and comprehensive benefits package.