We're looking for a Project Director to join our Major Projects team based at Hinkley Point C, Somerset, to lead one of the UK's most exciting and complex infrastructure programmes. You'll have full accountability for driving delivery, ensuring safety and quality, and leading a diverse team of contractors, partners, and stakeholders. This is a unique opportunity to shape a high-profile project that will leave a lasting legacy.
Location: Bridgwater, Hinkley Point C (Subsistence eligible if criteria met)
Hours: Full-time permanent, agile working
Salary: Competitive salary + Bonus
Responsibilities
As a Project Director, you will be responsible for directing the site management team through all phases of a project to meet the contract requirements. The Project Director is also responsible for client liaison and generating new business according to the Company Business Plan.
Your day to day responsibilities will include;
* Manage project documentation and reporting, keeping stakeholders informed of progress, addressing any concerns.
* Oversee design and construction activities, ensuring adherence to safety protocols and environmental regulations.
* Oversee the procurement process for all equipment, materials, and services, ensuring adherence to best practices and compliance with regulations.
* Provide overall leadership and direction for the project, ensuring it meets all objectives within budget, schedule, and quality constraints.
* Provide assistance to the site Project Managers on constructability issues during the planning phase of a project and manage the resource allocation to any early construction activities that may take place during this phase of a project.
* Support the Commercial Manager and Area Commercial Manager in administering subcontracts.
What do we need from you?
This role of Project Director is great for you if:
* Manage financials, risk management, and stakeholder relations through preconstruction to delivery.
* You're experienced in working in environments with structural steelwork, cladding and reinforced concrete
* You have strong knowledge and experience of the main management systems and processes used within a similar Tier 1 business.
* You're able to take the lead with client interfaces and manage project delivery on technical and business aspects of team outputs establish project requirements and drive the team to deliver the required outputs in terms of quality, cost and programme.
* Able to demonstrate experience of leading large, complex infrastructure
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 .
As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
Due to the nature of this role, you will be required to complete a Government Security BPSS Check, which takes place before your employment, and is conducted by the Cabinet Office's United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) agency who set out a pre-requisite criteria including residency history. (Applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us - to read more about our programme to support people with convictions into employment, visit jobs.kier.co.uk/prison-programme/ ). This role will also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
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