Project Director

Posted 30 October 2025
Salary £450 - £500/day
Start Date ASAP
LocationBurgess Hill
Job type Contract
Job DurationOn Going
Discipline Civil Engineering
ReferenceHD PD - Hampshire

Job description

​My client are a national blue chip civil engineering and construction contractor. They operate across multiple sectors including transport, energy, water and infrastructure. They are looking to onboard a project director to oversee projects in West Sussex and Hampshire. 

Project director responsibilities:

  • Promote and actively demonstrate collaborative behaviours within the team and across the framework.

  • Develop and maintain a high performance culture across the team, delivering efficiencies and continuous improvement. 

  • Establish and grow relationships with the client teams.

  • Actively champion well-being, safety, and environment performance and compliance throughout your team to create safety culture to ensure zero LTI and RIDDOR incidents. 

  • Provide whole life oversight and accountability for the successful delivery of projects, throughout design, procurement, assembly, commissioning and handover.

  • Deliver commercial and financial performance in line with budget expectations.

  • Ensure compliance governance and client requirements.

  • Communicate extensively across all stakeholders. 

Project director requirements: 

  • Right to work in the UK.

  • HND/ HNC or degree in relevant construction/ engineering discipline. 

  • NEC PM accreditation.

  • Senior leaders safety training. 

  • Association of project management APMP. 

  • Ability to build strong stakeholder relationships.

  • Proven experience in the leadership of complex projects/ programmes. 

  • Excellent knowledge and experience of CDM regulations.

  • Solid commercial, financial and analytical skills. 

  • Significant experience with contract delivering.

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