Project Director

CSR (NI) LIMITED; Rochester; On-site; GBP 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

CSR Group in Rochester, Kent is seeking a Project Director to deliver a large £150m design and build, defence project. You will head a professional team and oversee commercial, safety, quality and programme performance.

The role requires strong leadership, excellent stakeholder management, and a track record of delivering flagship projects within tier one contracting environments. This is a challenging opportunity to shape delivery across the business unit.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years' experience in construction project management within tier one main contractors.
• Established good working relationships with a wide range of subcontractors.
• Good organisational skills with the ability to lead projects to high quality and accuracy.
• Excellent communication skills with internal teams and external clients.
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Good leadership qualities and ability to coach others.

Responsibilities

• Identifying and developing long-term relationships to grow the business and deliver a flagship project.
• Planning the skill requirements for your projects, collaborating with project teams to recruit quality staff, and managing them.
• Directing setup for your projects, ensuring best-practice reporting and schedules are implemented from the outset, with close-out factored in.
• Overseeing ongoing client satisfaction with cost, scope and timescales.
• Proactively monitor health & safety processes and promote H&S education with subcontractors.
• Participating in divisional project reporting, identifying issues and ensuring client reporting is accurate and appropriate

Skills

Construction PM experience

Subcontractor relations

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Leadership coaching

Job description

The CSR Group are looking for a Project Director to deliver a large £150m design and build, defence project in Rochester, Kent. The ideal candidate will be ambitious, driven and committed to delivering projects to the highest level of quality. They must be able to build and lead a professional team, able to head a project as a business unit head with a close eye on commercial aspects, and the drive for the highest levels of safety, quality and planning ahead to ensure programme.

Find out exactly what skills, experience, and qualifications you will need to succeed in this role before applying below.

Skills

• At least 8 years' experience construction project management within tier one main contractors.
• Established good working relationships with a wide range of subcontractors
• Good organisational skills, and the ability to lead projects to a high degree of quality and accuracy
• Excellent communication skills with both internal teams and external clients
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Good leadership qualities, and the ability to coach others

Duties

• Identifying and developing long-term relationships to help grow the business and deliver a flagship project
• Planning the skill requirements for your projects, collaborating with the project teams to recruit and select quality employees, and then managing and motivating them
• Directing set up for your projects, making sure that best practice meeting and reporting documentation and schedules are implemented from the outset, and that close-out is always factored in
• Overseeing ongoing client satisfaction with the project, especially in terms of cost, scope and timescales
• Best Practice Health & Safety: You'll proactively monitor health & safety processes, culture and behaviours, promoting the importance of H&S education with subcontractors.
• Participating in a robust divisional project reporting process, identifying and addressing any potential issues and ensuring that our client reporting is accurate and appropriate