Job Description
Join Our Client – Project Director, High-Tech & Mission-Critical Construction
Location: West London
Salary: Competitive + excellent benefits package
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
This is a rare opportunity for an experienced Project Director to lead the delivery of highly complex, mission-critical construction projects within the high-tech and data centre sector.
Our client is a fast-growing construction and engineering business trusted to deliver technically demanding projects where performance, precision, and reliability are non-negotiable. As Project Director, you will play a pivotal role in shaping project outcomes, leading teams, and ensuring exceptional standards from pre-construction through to handover.
Why This Opportunity Stands Out
Lead Projects That Truly Challenge You
You’ll take ownership of major high-tech and mission-critical projects, working in environments where attention to detail, robust planning, and decisive leadership are essential to success.
A Role with Real Influence
This is a senior leadership position where your decisions will directly impact programme delivery, commercial performance, and client relationships. You will be trusted to lead, not micromanaged.
Competitive Package & Benefits
The role offers a highly competitive salary alongside an excellent benefits package, including:
* Company travel allowance
* 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off
* Contributory pension scheme (NEST)
* Life assurance (4x salary)
* Private medical healthcare (BUPA)
* Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
A Business on a Growth Journey
With strong year-on-year growth and an ambitious future strategy, the business is expanding into adjacent regulated sectors such as Pharmaceutical and Defence, creating long-term career opportunities for senior leaders.
The Role
As Project Director, you will have full accountability for the successful delivery of complex construction projects, ensuring they are completed safely, on programme, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
You will:
* Lead and inspire multi-disciplinary project teams, setting clear direction and high standards
* Take ownership of project strategy, planning, and execution from inception to completion
* Oversee procurement, cost control, and financial reporting to protect margins and manage risk
* Act as the senior interface with clients, consultants, and key stakeholders, building trusted, long-term relationships
* Champion best practice in health, safety, environmental compliance, and quality
* Proactively identify and manage programme, commercial, and delivery risks
* Drive continuous improvement and innovation across project teams
About You
This opportunity will suit a senior construction professional with a strong track record delivering high-value, technically complex projects, ideally within data centres, mission-critical, or other highly regulated environments.
You will bring:
* A degree (or equivalent) in a construction-related discipline
* Membership of a recognised professional body (e.g. CIOB, RICS or similar)
* CSCS, SMSTS (5-day), and First Aid at Work certification
* Strong working knowledge of NEC and JCT contracts
* Proven experience managing large, complex design-and-build projects
* Excellent commercial acumen and financial awareness
* Confident leadership and the ability to influence at senior level
Above all, you will be a calm, credible leader who thrives under pressure and takes pride in delivering outstanding results.
Ready to Take the Lead?
If you are looking for a senior role where you can shape major projects, influence outcomes, and play a key role in a growing, forward-thinking business, this could be the next step in your career.