Project Director

at  Balfour Beatty

About the role
Our work matters to millions. It’ll matter to you too. Join our Power Transmission and Distribution team as a Project Director on the Operational Team based in Scotland and you’ll be a big part of fascinating, complex, varied and meaningful work.

As a Project Director you will have the skills and competence to;

• Deliver the Power T&D business strategy especially in regard to securing work and achieving project outcomes
• Manage commercial and business risks to achieve targets
• Understand the relevant commercial terms and conditions for each project
• Pro-actively manage the customer relationship during delivery, including change and decision making to effectively manage expectations
• Show clear, visible felt leadership and display the right leadership behaviours
• Develop and support the operational teams to be successful by talking positively, listening actively and encouraging constantly

IN RETURN WE OFFER YOU.

£Competitive - DOA + excellent benefits including Site Allowances, Company Car, generous bonus and Subsistence Allowances (Subject to T&C’s of role)
Opportunity to shape what’s next in a pivotal project management role with an industry leader. What you do here as a Project Director will matter. Not just to the infrastructure and engineering experts it will also matter to your supportive colleagues who’ll value your perspective. Your work will matter to society, as you help us to shape large-scale power engineering projects.

When it comes to developing our people, our project management team are award winning. Joining the team as a Project Director, you’ll get to:

• Work for the largest infrastructure company in the UK
• Secure a future in an industry that’s enjoying significant investment
• Take pride in adding your talents to our focus on building sustainably Power for the future
• 00000;">Lead and inspire a multi-skilled team and set the tone for large infrastructure projects
• Take charge of all aspects of project delivery – from initiation, planning and design, to delivery, monitoring, commissioning, and handover
• Be part of something big by helping us to connect communities and build sustainably
• Benefit from a project management development pathway towards chartership with the Association for Project Management
• Prove yourself and lead bigger and bigger projects in a rapidly growing industry
• Build relationships with clients and other stakeholders
• Be a critical part of a business that’s embedding innovation into all we do.

What you’ll be doing

Your responsibilities will include ( but not exhausted) to:

• Work collaboratively with the Heads of Operations, Executive Leadership Team and other parts of Balfour Beatty to deliver Power T&D strategic objectives and enhance solid working relationships across the business
• Planning, controlling and managing the delivery of large complex projects utilising the necessary resource and skills, within the agreed parameters of cost, timescales and quality
• Instil a strong safety culture and develop the capability of our project teams to take personal responsibility through strong visible leadership
• Leading engagement with design and engineering teams to ensure the successful development of the technical solutions in line with customer requirements and specifications
• Planning and implementation of quality management processes to ensure defect free delivery
• Drive yourself and others to comply with all business policies, procedures and governance
• Lead in developing a high performance culture of one team
• Project leadership and management of the tender process to deliver tenders to successfully and encourage constantly seeking out talent for the future
• Day to day management of client expectations whilst promoting the value we bring

Who we’re looking for

To make a real impact as a Project Director with us, you’ll need:

• Proven experience at Senior Management level and Project Director level
• Sound track record of the management and delivery of technically complex projects in the power transmission or equivalent industry
• Strong people management skills
• Proven track record in tendering and managing complex projects, including sub-contractors
• Commercial awareness with knowledge of both budgetary and financial control
• Excellent relationship management skills

If you’re inspired by the chance to grow like never before through meaningful work, join us as a Project Director. As well as benefits that include a share plan, pension, recognition scheme, employee assistance programme and generous annual and volunteering leave, you’ll be safe, seen, heard and respected throughout your career with us.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.
About us
Our skilled and dedicated teams deliver a range of proactive and reactive services which support a reliable and safe supply of power flowing to millions of homes and businesses around the world. Our contracts range from 50,000 schemes to 100 million plus major projects.
Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions. With experience and expertise across the full spectrum of the electricity grid our teams have capability across overhead lines, cable tunnels, distribution networks and substations. From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support clients in the development of some of the world’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.
At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence ‘Employer Recognition Scheme’ and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.
Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
Job Reference: BBUK1019

• Work collaboratively with the Heads of Operations, Executive Leadership Team and other parts of Balfour Beatty to deliver Power T&D strategic objectives and enhance solid working relationships across the business
• Planning, controlling and managing the delivery of large complex projects utilising the necessary resource and skills, within the agreed parameters of cost, timescales and quality
• Instil a strong safety culture and develop the capability of our project teams to take personal responsibility through strong visible leadership
• Leading engagement with design and engineering teams to ensure the successful development of the technical solutions in line with customer requirements and specifications
• Planning and implementation of quality management processes to ensure defect free delivery
• Drive yourself and others to comply with all business policies, procedures and governance
• Lead in developing a high performance culture of one team
• Project leadership and management of the tender process to deliver tenders to successfully and encourage constantly seeking out talent for the future
• Day to day management of client expectations whilst promoting the value we brin