Project Director

Kier Group; Landbeach; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in the UK is looking for a skilled Project Director to lead high-value construction projects. In this role, you will oversee the delivery of either a large defense scheme or a life science project, ensuring operational excellence and client satisfaction. Candidates should have proven experience in managing complex projects, strong leadership, and communication skills. This full-time position offers a range of benefits to support your needs.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading high-value construction projects.
• Experience in listed buildings and heritage development.
• Deep understanding of project management methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the delivery of large defense or life science projects.
• Manage multi-disciplinary teams to meet client expectations.
• Lead operational communications with clients and contractors.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Problem-solving

Communication

Risk management

Commercial governance

Job description

We're looking for a Project Director to join our construction team based in Waterbeach, Cambridge.

Location: Waterbeach, Cambridge

Contract: Full time, Permanent

What will you be responsible for?

As Project Director, you'll be in a leadership role, responsible for overseeing the delivery of either a large defence scheme or a large life science project, from preconstruction through to delivery. You'll provide strategic direction, ensure quality outcomes, and lead operational excellence across all phases.

Your day-to-day will include:

• Identification and leadership of new opportunities and experience managing the preconstruction phase against programme milestones in readiness for delivery
• Leading operational communications and relationships with clients, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and government agencies
• Implementing the strategic business plan and ensuring compliance with contractual terms and conditions
• Managing multi-disciplinary teams to deliver against client expectations. Overseeing build progress, overseeing financial performance, and ensuring quality delivery
• Providing leadership and direction to Project Managers and delivery teams and timely and accurate reporting on progress to the client and internal stakeholders

Who are we looking for?

This role requires a highly experienced person in major projects. You'll be able to demonstrate the following:

• Proven experience in leading high-value construction projects / portfolio management within a Tier 1 environment.
• Experience in listed buildings, historical / heritage development in prominent central London live sites.
• Strong stakeholder management and client-facing skills.
• Deep understanding of project / portfolio management methodologies, risk management, and commercial governance.
• Experience managing complex, multi-disciplinary teams in live operational environments.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

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