Senior Project Director / Delivery Director – Power & Energy Infrastructure in Aberdeen

We are supporting a growing power and energy infrastructure business that is building its delivery capability across a portfolio of major projects, including HV/MV substations, grid connections and associated power infrastructure.

The business is looking to appoint a senior Project Director / Delivery Director who can provide leadership across project delivery, help shape the delivery organisation and support the execution of multiple complex power infrastructure projects. This is an opportunity to become one of the first senior delivery leaders in a growing platform, with responsibility for helping establish the operating model, team structure, governance and delivery approach required to support the business as it scales.

The Role

The Project Director / Delivery Director will lead the mobilisation and delivery of major power infrastructure projects, working closely with the founders and senior leadership team to turn the company’s project pipeline into a structured, deliverable programme of work. The role will require someone who can bring structure, discipline and delivery confidence to a complex, multi-project environment, while also helping build the wider project organisation as the business grows. This person will provide the senior delivery leadership, project discipline and technical credibility required to support the company’s next stage of growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the mobilisation and delivery of major power infrastructure projects, including HV/MV substation and grid-connection packages.
• Take responsibility for programme performance, delivery strategy, project governance and reporting.
• Coordinate engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover workstreams.
• Manage key interfaces between the business, client-side stakeholders, contractors, suppliers and delivery partners.
• Build and lead project delivery teams, including project management, engineering, planning, commercial, HSEQ, quality and BIM/documentation capability.
• Oversee programmes, critical paths, project risks, changes, claims and emerging delivery issues.
• Ensure effective coordination of HV/MV engineering, civil works, MEP interfaces, equipment supply, testing and commissioning.
• Work closely with commercial, procurement and finance stakeholders to manage cost, supplier commitments, payment milestones and contractual exposure.
• Establish project controls, reporting rhythm, governance processes and decision-making structures.
• Support the development of scalable delivery systems and operating procedures for future projects.
• Provide senior leadership and credibility with clients, partners, suppliers and investors.

Candidate Profile

The successful candidate is likely to have:

• Significant experience delivering major substation, grid connection, transmission, distribution or high-voltage infrastructure projects.
• Experience working within an EPC, EPCM, principal contractor, design-and-build or major infrastructure delivery environment.
• Strong knowledge of HV/MV substations, including 132kV / MV distribution schemes.
• Experience with transformers, GIS, MV switchgear, protection and control, civils, MEP interfaces, commissioning and energisation.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary project teams and external delivery partners.
• Strong programme-management and project-controls capability.
• Good commercial understanding, including contract management, variations, claims, risk, supplier performance and project cost control.
• Experience operating at senior stakeholder level with clients, contractors, suppliers and project partners.
• The ability to bring structure and delivery discipline into a growing or entrepreneurial business.
• A hands-on, practical and accountable leadership style.

Ideally Based in the South East

Desirable Experience

• 132kV, 275kV or 400kV substation delivery.
• Data-centre, BESS, renewable-grid connection or mission-critical power infrastructure.
• Major transformer, GIS, MV switchgear and protection/control packages.
• NEC, FIDIC or similar construction / engineering contract environments.
• Experience building or scaling a project delivery organisation.

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity to become one of the first senior delivery leaders in a growing power and energy infrastructure platform. Working closely with the founders and senior leadership team, the successful candidate will play a central role in shaping the company’s delivery model, building the project organisation and providing the operational credibility required to support continued growth. The role would suit someone who has delivered complex HV/substation or grid infrastructure projects and is interested in moving into a more entrepreneurial environment where they can have real influence over the future direction of the business.