Project Director

BMC Recruitment Group; Hovingham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

BMC Recruitment Group is seeking a Project Director to lead the delivery of large-scale engineering and industrial projects across the North East, providing strategic leadership to project teams and ensuring safe, profitable execution from tender to completion. Mechanical and piping experience is highly desirable, but broader engineering project leadership will also be considered.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong client-facing skills, commercial awareness, and the ability to

Qualifications

• Extensive project leadership experience within engineering, construction, energy, manufacturing, or process industries.
• Proven track record managing complex projects and client relationships.
• Mechanical and piping experience preferred but not essential
• Strong commercial, financial, and programme management capability
• Based in the North East with the option of hybrid working arrangements

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of large-scale engineering and industrial projects across the North East.
• Provide strategic leadership across project teams, ensuring safe, profitable execution from tender stage through to completion.
• Manage complex client relationships with a focus on commercial success and timely delivery.

Skills

Project leadership

Client relationship management

Commercial acumen

Programme management

Stakeholder management

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Director to lead the delivery of large-scale engineering and industrial projects across the North East. The role will provide strategic leadership across project teams, ensuring safe, profitable, and successful execution from tender stage through to completion. Candidates with a mechanical and piping background are highly desirable, although applicants with broader engineering project leadership experience will also be considered. The successful individual will demonstrate strong client-facing skills, commercial awareness, and a proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams.

Key Requirements:

• Extensive project leadership experience within engineering, construction, energy, manufacturing, or process industries
• Proven track record managing complex projects and client relationships
• Mechanical and piping experience preferred but not essential
• Strong commercial, financial, and programme management capability
• Based in the North East with the option of hybrid working arrangements