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Job Title: Project Director
Location: Basingstoke/Travel to sites
Hours: 40 hours per week
Requirements: Right to Work, Driving License
RW Armstrong Group is a unique collection of companies, delivering exceptional construction, specialist craftsmanship, conservation, and maintenance services to private clients and Britain's most cherished architecture throughout London and the South of England. With over 65 years' experience, we've earned a reputation for excellence in craftsmanship and quality.
We are currently recruiting for a Project Director. This is an exciting opportunity for a creative individual interested in pursuing a career in high-end construction.
What will I be doing?
As Project Director, you will take lead responsibility for one or more large high-value projects, directing and managing multi-disciplinary project teams, proactively working with Pre-Construction throughout the bid stage and, following bid handover, provide exemplary leadership and direction to the project team throughout the delivery and post-completion phase of the projects.
The role involves taking responsibility for planning and coordinating overall project strategy and managing performance of the projects across all disciplines to meet or exceed the contractual obligations, projected profit margins, and other project KPIs. You will work independently and be capable of effective decision-making and directing the project to achieve the highest standards of performance. Your project-related decisions must be in the best interests of the business.
Project Management
* Implement high-level strategy to direct the course of the project or projects.
* Manage multiple projects and/or phases concurrently, as required, ensuring priorities and time are managed effectively.
* Liaise with the wider management team to consider strategic impact on the business, ensuring project objectives are meeting those of the business plan.
* Assess and implement resource deployment, recruitment, reallocation, and redundancy based on the needs of the projects, collaborating with senior managers and HR Team at all stages and in line with business policies and processes. This role will demand focused and procedural-led team building and recruitment strategies to be deployed.
* Provide effective leadership and management to Senior Project Managers and Project Managers to achieve effective project delivery, setting and maintaining a culture of professionalism across the projects.
* To manage projects concurrently during the period of pre-construction, delivery, and post-completion.
* Continually review and implement project strategy by making necessary interventions, reducing complexity, and improving efficiencies in the operational delivery of the project.
* Identify and procure professional, advisory, and consultancy services as part of the project management and delivery obligations, including research, pre-qualification, tendering, reviewing comparisons, interviewing, and contractual appointment of any such third party.
* Provide comprehensive external and internal reporting to meet contractual obligations and internal processes.
What can you expect from us?
* Competitive Salary
* Exclusive employee discount to retailers and supermarkets
* Free access to legal advice, counseling, and more via our Employee Assistance Programme
* Holiday allowance plus bank holidays
* Christmas period shut down so you can relax and enjoy the festivities
* Stay well over the winter period with a seasonal flu jab
* Private health care
Is this role right for you?
You will be responsible for establishing a constructive project culture, a clear strategy with targets to drive momentum. As a primary role, you will be responsible for demonstrating effective leadership and the management of both direct and indirect team members, working collaboratively with an extensive number of professional design and client team members across multiple phases or projects.
In addition to broad construction knowledge and project management experience, your essential skills must be in the effective management of people, delivery of strategic project objectives, forward planning, effective programming, and accurate reporting of progress.
This role requires having a Right to Work in the UK, RW Armstrong is unable to provide UK Visa Sponsorship.
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