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A leading marine transport operator in East London is seeking a Director of Project Delivery to manage major operational and capital projects. You will oversee a small team, ensuring projects progress on time and within budget while adhering to safety and quality standards. This role involves strategic planning and execution across varied projects, such as vessel upgrades and infrastructure enhancements. This position offers a salary up to £80k, with a hybrid working model, making a significant impact across London.
Location : East London (hybrid 4 days a week on-site, site visits across London as required)
Salary : Up to £80k
Reporting to : Chief Operating Officer
A renowned and growing marine transport and infrastructure operator is entering a new phase of modernisation and growth, with major capital projects underway across vessels, piers, and customer-facing environments.
With a small senior team driving a wide variety of operational, construction and fleet-related upgrades, the business is now strengthening its project capability to ensure high-quality delivery across its portfolio.
This is an opportunity to join a lean, focused leadership group where your work has a visible, city-wide impact.
We’re looking for a Director of Project Delivery to oversee the planning, governance and execution of major operational and capital projects.
You’ll manage a Project Manager and Project Executive, working closely with the COO and wider senior leadership team to ensure the portfolio progresses on time, on budget and to the highest safety and operational standards.
Projects span vessel upgrades (including vessel refits, propulsion upgrades, and vessel electrification initiatives) and capital infrastructure upgrades (including pier extensions, berth modifications and asset enhancement projects).
The Director will drive successful capital project delivery, set the project delivery strategy and enable our network to deliver safe, high quality, and resilient transportation services.
This role will maintain the commitment to safety, quality, and sustainability while delivering operational, construction, and marine transformation initiatives across the vessel and infrastructure portfolio.
Key responsibilities will focus on the planning and execution of major operating and capital projects and filtering the portfolio to achieve business outcomes.
As the Director of Project Delivery, you will lead the act practice team and report to the COO.
You will handle the planning, governance, risk, safety, construction, and monitoring systems and manage the strategic base to enable efficient and consistent delivery.
In this role you will:
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.