Enabling Services Project Director

Job Description

Job Title: Enabling Services Project Director
Reports to: Programme Director

Role Purpose
The Enabling Services Project Director provides strategic leadership and oversight for all enabling
works, ensuring readiness for main construction phases. This role drives integration across
logistics, site services, utilities, and temporary works, maintaining delivery performance and
resolving constraints to protect schedule and productivity. Acting as a senior leader within a
complex alliance environment, the Project Director ensures best-for-project decision-making and
cultural alignment across partners.

Core Responsibilities
• Lead delivery of enabling services including logistics, site infrastructure, utilities, and temporary
works, ensuring readiness for main works.
• Maintain performance against schedule, cost, and quality standards.
• Provide senior leadership presence across enabling works and interface with main works delivery
teams.
• Strengthen interface management across engineering, supply chain, commissioning, and
logistics.
• Report progress to Programme Director and Steering Committee with transparency and accuracy.
• Drive adherence to alliance behaviours and act as a cultural role model.
• Oversee readiness reviews, work-front preparation, and lookahead planning.
• Resolve short-term tactical issues impacting enabling works delivery.
• Support workforce planning and capability alignment for enabling services teams.
• Enable high-performing supervision and operational cadence across enabling works.
Decision Rights
• Acts on behalf of Programme Director for enabling works delivery decisions when delegated.
• Escalates strategic or systemic issues to Programme Director or Steering Committee.
• Directs and prioritises enabling works actions to protect delivery and productivity.

Key Interfaces
• Logistics and Site Services Leads
• Utilities and Temporary Works Leads
• Engineering and Planning
• Commissioning and Tier 1 Contractors
• Commercial and PMO Teams
Skills and Experience
• Senior leadership experience in major projects with proven ability to manage complexity.
• Strong delivery focus and ability to drive progress under pressure.
• Excellent stakeholder management and alliance working experience.
• Deep understanding of enabling works, readiness, planning, and field supervision.
• Behavioural leadership aligned to alliance principles and project values