Project Director

You will deliver a number of projects whilst leading and managing a team including Operations Managers, Project Managers, Project Engineers, Supervisors, operatives and sub-contractors in delivering a number of concurrent projects. You will be responsible for ensuring that all projects are commercially managed in a professional and proactive manner to protect and enhance profitability.

What you will be doing:

• Ensuring all projects are delivered successfully, on time and within budget.
• Overseeing the line management of a team delivering project works to our clients.
• Holding regular reviews on each project to ensure programme, cost, quality and safety are controlled in line with business expectations.
• Ensuring a high level of service is delivered and developing relationships with key stakeholder clients to encourage repeat business and long-term strategic frameworks.
• Assisting and developing new opportunities with existing and new clients in line with the business strategy to focus on predominantly end user clients.
• Delivering financial targets to meet established objectives, including reporting of financial status with the support of the Commercial team.
• Leading the relevant project teams to ensure compliance with company policies and procedures including Health & Safety, Quality Assurance and Engineering standards along with all H&K policies and procedures.
• Ensuring works are carried out to a high standard complying with relevant British Standards and codes of practice.
• Managing the provision of technical support to the contract.
• Carrying out staff appraisals for direct reports setting out training and development programs as required.
• Maintaining a close working relationship with Commercial, Engineering, Estimating / Work Winning and Support teams.
• Assisting in final contract negotiations prior to contract award (including such matters as commercial and engineering matters).
• Developing customer relationships and providing excellent customer service.
• Identifying and sharing innovations from across the business and lessons learnt on each project.

What we will need from you:

• Relevant educational background – degree or equivalent experience in Construction/M&E/Building Services.
• Comprehensive senior project management related experience within the sprinkler industry.
• Leadership/people management experience combined with the ability to develop a team below you.
• A proven track record of delivery.
• Experience managing multiple projects with diverse scope of works/range of clients.
• Clear and confident written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge and skills to effectively problem solve.
• High level of self-motivation, organisational ability and drive to meet deadlines.
• Commercial and financial skills, along with proven negotiation skills.
• Computer literate IT skills, proficient in Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint along with project management applications (e.g. Primavera, MS Project).
• FIA Qualifications.
• Client engagement and relationship skills and previous experience in a senior leadership role with a national account or large team.
• Proven track record of delivering improvements and innovations in our delivery methods, timescales and processes.

Additional Company information:

What sets us apart? Our culture. What we call ‘the Hall & Kay way’… it’s a people thing. Put simply, we know we can achieve more when we work as a team – with clients, with the communities we serve and in our own business. Our people create safety every single day, using their skills and experience to adapt to changing situations and rise to the challenges presented to them. It’s our people that make us trusted to deliver.