Project Director

Project Director | £50m projects | London

(Or a PM who's basically already doing the job but waiting for someone in HR to notice)
Are you a Project Manager who's 'almost' been running £100m+ sites while your Project Director "circles back" on email?
Or maybe you're already a Project Director, just looking for a company that doesn't treat every decision like a UN resolution.

The Company
·Think Tier 1 build quality without the Tier 1 nonsense. All the tools, none of the tape.
·This contractor is backed by a well-funded parent company (the type that pays on time and doesn't do jazz hands every time someone says "procurement"). They've got all the toys in-house: demo, piling, superstructure, joinery, haulage – and actually finish jobs. Properly. Not "let's get practical completion and run"

Projects include:
·£50m + New build film studios – where the actors pretend and the builders actually work
·£50m + Luxury retirement apartments – posh pensioners and marble loos
·£50m + Football stadium extensions – for clubs who think "this season's our year" (bless 'em)

What you'll need to bring:
·Tier 1 experience – if you've made it through a pre-start meeting with 14 consultants and lived to tell the tale, that counts
·Either already a Project Director, or a Project Manager who's basically running the show but still being patted on the head
·Stuck around long enough to see a job finished – not someone who updates their CV every time the kettle breaks.
·Have proper construction knowledge – not just fluent in buzzwords like "value engineering" and "project synergies"
·Can read a programme, challenge it, fix it, and not have a meltdown when the brickies disappear for two weeks

What you'll be doing
·Running £50m jobs like they're yours (because they are) from breaking ground to cutting ribbons
·Taking responsibility without needing a committee to back you up
·Getting stuff built properly, safely, and on time – while fending off 800 "urgent" emails about what shade of grey the cladding is
·Leading from the front – boots on, not just boots in the back of the car

What you won't be doing
·Filling in ten forms to order a skip
·Sitting in meetings where someone says "let's park that for now" and then drives off forever.
·Explaining what a soffit is to a senior stakeholder named Clive who once built a treehouse in 1989

This role could also be referred to as a Project Manager, Senior Project Manager, Senior Construction Manager, Construction Manager, Project Director or Project Lead

I know this ad's had a bit of fun, but let's be clear-I'm a serious recruiter working with a serious contractor, and this is a seriously good opportunity. If you've got the experience and the grit to handle projects that matter, I want to hear from you.

Give me (Spencer Wade) a call on (phone number removed) or drop me an email at (url removed)