Project Director

Kier Construction; Witham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company is seeking a Project Director to manage major projects within the Defence, Education, Healthcare, and Commercial sectors. The role involves overseeing project delivery, managing multi-discipline teams, and ensuring stakeholder satisfaction. Ideal candidates will possess strong technical credentials and a proven track record in project management.

Qualifications

• Experience in major projects within tier 1 construction sectors.
• Demonstrated ability in managing budgets, programmes, and senior teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee project delivery from £60m - £100m+.
• Manage communications with various stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with contractual terms.

Skills

Leadership

Budget Management

Technical Expertise

Operational Management

Job description

We're looking for a Project Director to join our Construction team based on a project in Hertfordshire

Location: Hertfordshire

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

What will you be responsible for?

As a Project Director you will be in a leadership position to oversee the delivery of projects from £60m - £100m+. These projects are within the Defence, Education, Healthcare and Commercial Sectors for Kier. You will be monitoring the build progress, overseeing finance and ensuring quality delivery. You'll be providing leadership and direction to the Project Managers to implement those actions. The Project Director for this position will lead on a large Education project in Hertfordshire.

Your Day To Day Will Include

• Managing the pre construction phase against programme in readiness for the construction phase.
• Managing operational communications and relationships with customers, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and government agencies
• Implementing the project plan and ensuring compliance with the contractual terms and conditions.
• Managing a multi discipline teams to deliver against the client expectations
• Timely and accurate reporting on progress to the client
  
  

Who are we looking for?

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

• Have strong technical and operational credentials within tier 1 construction sectors.
• The ability to manage budgets, programmes and resources
• The ability to manage senior teams
• Delivery of similar schemes
  
  

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.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with criminal convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any offences disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

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