Position: Project Director
Location: South East
Salary: up to £130,000
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Project Director to lead the delivery of a major water infrastructure and earthworks programme on behalf of a leading civil engineering contractor. This long-term project involves the design and construction of large-scale water assets, complex earthworks, highways interfaces and environmentally sensitive works.
The role requires a proven leader capable of driving project performance, engaging collaboratively with stakeholders, and ensuring safe and successful delivery across the full lifecycle of a multi-year Design & Build scheme.
Project Director Salary & Benefits
Salary up to £130,000
Car allowance £7000
Bonus
Private healthcare
Pension up to 10% match
25 Days Holiday + BH
Project Director Job Overview
Ensuring the project is delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
Providing overall leadership and direction to the project team
Acting as the primary point of contact with the client's senior leadership
Managing risk, programme, financial performance and contract obligations
Chairing progress meetings, steering reviews and collaborative workshops
Developing and maintaining a high-performing, multi-disciplinary project team
Overseeing health, safety, wellbeing and environmental performance on site
Ensuring project KPIs, legacy commitments and stakeholder expectations are met
Promoting knowledge-sharing and feeding lessons learned into the wider business
Project Director Job Requirements
An accomplished senior leader with significant experience in delivering large-scale Design & Build civil engineering projects
Experience within the water infrastructure, earthworks or major infrastructure sectors.
Experience managing major projects (£80m-£150m+)
Strong client-facing skills and experience working within complex stakeholder environments
Leadership of large, multi-disciplinary project teams
Excellent understanding of NEC contracts, project controls and programme management
Knowledge of BIM and CDE Applications
Chartered Engineer status (CEng MICE or similar)Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.
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