Project Director

Skanska; City of London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company is seeking a Project Director to lead the delivery of large-scale multi-disciplinary commercial projects in London. The role requires a strong engineering background in MEP, proven commercial acumen, and experience managing MEP projects valued between £10-£50M. Responsibilities include managing commercial interests and compiling tender submissions.

Qualifications

• Experience in preconstruction, project procurement, and execution phases.
• Track record of managing costs and deadlines on large projects.
• Experience delivering MEP projects valued between £10-£50M.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of large scale multi-disciplinary commercial projects.
• Manage commercial and contractual interests of the company.
• Compile tender submissions and control the sign-off process.

Skills

Strong engineering background in MEPH

High level of commercial acumen

Project management experience

Job description

Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.

Skanska Building Services are experts in Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health (MEP) engineering. We have extensive experience of delivering a huge range of projects in a wide variety of sectors, including commercial, educational, Defence and Data Centres.

Our team are looking for a Project Director to join the team in London.

Working as a Project Director – MEP you will effectively and professionally lead the delivery of large scale multi-disciplinary commercial projects, to ensure the delivery to time, commercial performance, governance and Skanska values are met during all phases of the project’s delivery.

What you'll do:

• Actively participate in the implementation of the Skanska Building Services Business Strategy for developing and delivering within the commercial market
• Ensure that the commercial and contractual interests of the company are managed and always protected with responsibility for the revenue and income targets set as part of the project with full profit and loss responsibility.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of the operating unit plan for which this role applies.
• Lead, develop and monitor the strategy for enhancing our customer base in the sectors for which this role applies. This will include key account management for customers.
• Carrying out project reviews and resolving issues within existing projects; through peer reviews, identifying challenges and putting in place effective improvements to systems and process and people.
• Compile tender submissions and fully control the process to achieve sign off from Senior Leadership Team. Fully articulate the risk profile, form of contract, budget, opportunities and route to margin. Scrutinise supply chain submissions with full awareness of the procurement strategy. Ensuring T&Cs are back-to-back with Skanska.

What you'll bring to the role:

• Have a strong and experienced engineering background in the MEPH discipline.
• High level of commercial acumen with a proven track record of working in preconstruction, project procurement and project execution phases for medium to large scale commercial projects.
• You are likely to have project teams working on large commercial schemes in London and in the surrounding areas, with projects with a MEP value between £10-£50M. Having this experience of delivering such schemes is essential.
• Track record of successfully managing and controlling costs, delivering against deadlines, maintaining quality and progression on major projects

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using [e-mail] or call 0330 105 2000 – Option 5 & 1, if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: [e-mail]

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.

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