Project Director

We seek a Project Director, with experience in highly complex, highly regulated environments, ideally with experience in Defence / Nuclear. Costain improves people’s lives by deploying technology-based engineering solutions to meet urgent national needs across the UK’s energy, defence, water and transportation infrastructures. The position will have responsibility for leading a dedicated team of specialists in complex, multi-disciplinary infrastructure integration, including close working and supply chain integration to meet our clients' demanding needs.

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Responsibilities

• Ensures projects are completed to quality, schedule, and budget; anticipating and developing contingency plans to mitigate risks and issues
• Responsible for overall performance including profit and loss across specified customer accounts
• Manages and controls risk and change to meet Costain and client objectives
• Manages stakeholders and project to deliver direct (project) and indirect (e.g., social value) benefits
• Develops effective project delivery organisations and secures sufficiently qualified and experienced personnel to meet the project needs
• Selects, integrates, and assures the supply chain required to meet the project needs
• Assures efficient project execution by leading teams to remove complexity and maximise productivity
• Demonstrates high profile and visible safety leadership. Responsible for ensuring all project requirements are achieved for health, safety, environmental impact mitigation, and security

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• Ensures compliance with and continuous improvement of quality management systems

Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to interface and interact with management and client representatives at all levels
• Experienced in developing strong client and wider stakeholder relationships
• Possesses a recognised degree ‘or’ equivalent experience ‘or’ qualification in a relevant branch of engineering and be a member of an internationally recognised professional Institution
• Has robust and practical experience in integrating multi-disciplinary and external organisations into a high-performance enterprise across the project lifecycle
• Strong Project Management expertise in highly regulated industries with complementary leadership and behavioural management
• Delivery focused with proven experience in achieving project goals whilst maintaining high standards in HSEQ at all times.
• Innovative, adaptive, harnessing data and technology to drive project success
• Conversant with estimating approaches and competent in cost/schedule budget management processes
• Conversant with HR practices/processes
• Proven track record of building teams with different backgrounds and values diverse thinking
• Excellent communication skills

Essential

• Security Clearance would be desirable, but the ability to gain SC is essential.