Gleeds Infrastructure are looking for a well-rounded Project Director to join the Project Management team who will have experience across multiple UK Infrastructure sectors with a preference on Water and Utilities.
As a Senior member of Gleeds, you will be responsible for managing projects, bidding, customer relationships, and managing and coordinating the activities of other members of the Gleeds Programmeand Project Management Team as appropriate.
This position is ideal for an established Associate Director looking for that next step up in career development or an established Project Director looking for a new challenge and will support the ongoing growth across the UK team.
Executive responsibility for the delivery of services and representing Gleeds as an ambassador.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
* Formulating and managing strategies to deliver the business objectives.
* Actively identifying new business development opportunities and driving growth across the Business Unit’s activities.
* Ensuring that projects are managed in accordance with Gleeds processes and procedures (governance and controls).
* Agreeing fees and charges for potential services with Business Unit Manager / Area Chair.
* Agreeing appointments / scope of services. Ensuring that appointments are in place prior to commencing service delivery.
* Delivering high quality services and deliverables ensuring that services meet our Customer’s requirements.
* Reviewing scope of appointments on a monthly basis to ensure services are being delivered in accordance with appointments.
* Managing and maintaining Customer relationships (i.e. Clients, business partners and other consultants). Ensuring a Customer care plan is in place.
* Resolving customer complaints.
* Ensuring sufficient resources are made available to deliver services on our projects, including managing resource conflict resolution (with fellow directors).
* Leading and managing Teams, including working with Associate Directors in managing resources and workload. Ensuring compliance with administrative requirements (appraisals, training, timesheets etc)
* Managing employees, focusing on retention and development.
* Developing and enhancing Gleeds Project Management capability.
* Briefing employees on relevant aspects of Gleeds business.
* Preparing bids for services.
* Managing service delivery for profit.
* Managing the commercial aspects of projects (e.g. scope of services/deliverables, invoices, payments, and debt management).
* Working harmoniously with other Directors and Networking across the Infrastructure business at all levels.
As a Gleeds team member, you will have access to:
* Opportunities to develop and grow your career.
* A contributory pension scheme.
* Employee Assistance Programme.
* Our Global Travel Scholarship Programme.
* Flexible working arrangements.
About You
Who we’re looking for:
Experience, Knowledge and Key Skills
* Proven background of experience working across various UK Infrastructure Projects/Sectors with a preference on Water and Utilities.
* Extensive experience in delivering project management and/or programme management services on construction projects, with a proven background being responsible in leadership function in the management of major construction projects or frameworks.
* Excellent knowledge of construction procurement strategies, including tendering and contract strategies
* Extensive knowledge of construction technologies, sequences, methods and materials
* Excellent commercial background, including familiarity with contract conditions and procedures and ability to administer contracts (as contract administrator, employer’s agent and/or project manager)
* Sound understanding of legislation impacting on building contracts.
* Demonstrate experience of leading high performance multi-disciplinary project delivery teams
* Excellent communication skills - both oral and written.
* Excellent organisational skills and the ability to quickly adapt to changing environments.
* Excellent problem solving, negotiating skills, financial and numeracy management skills.
* Ability to absorb complex information and assess requirements readily.
* Ability to prepare first-class bids for services.
* Understanding of corporate governance and sign off.
* Competent at negotiating sufficient fees to both complete services and generate required profit levels.
* Demonstrable evidence of delivering services to Clients and managing Client relationships.
* Demonstrable experience of timely interfacing with clients and key stakeholders at the highest level.
* Experience managing multiple projects.
* Ability to work as part of a team and lead teams.
Qualifications
* ChPP (Chartered Project Professional. APM) or working towards.
* Must hold MAPM with the Association for Project Management.
About Us
Joining us
Be part of the extraordinary
Every day at Gleeds, we influence the way people around the world live, work and travel. Delivering on the world’s most iconic projects for globally renowned clients, our teams solve complex problems that shape the future of the built environment.
One of the qualities we value in people, is the ability to think creatively about the solutions we offer to clients. With 71 offices spanning the Americas, Europe, MENA and Asia Pacific our ability to innovate and improve is a product of the varied backgrounds and experience of our people. We welcome new perspectives and ideas.
Above all, we believe that quality relationships sit at the heart of good business. We strive to be the people that seek to understand and bring people together. Wherever we are in the world, our aspiration is to leave a positive legacy for people and local communities, whilst living and breathing our three core values:
* We’re committed to our clients and our people
* We’re creative and realistic
* We combine professionalism with personality
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications regardless of age, disability, marital status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status or gender.
We recognise the importance of work/life balance and agree flexible working arrangements to suit each individual.
Gleeds is a Great Place to Work certified employer.
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