Intec Select
Head of Major Projects
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Head of Major Projects £700 to £750 PD | Inside IR35 | 3–6 Months
Location: Morden, South London
Working Arrangement: Hybrid – 3 days per week onsite
Intec Select has been engaged by a large government-backed enterprise organisation undergoing an ambitious period of transformation and significant investment across its property and major-projects portfolio.
We are seeking an experienced Head of Major Projects to provide strategic leadership across a substantial programme of high-value capital, refurbishment, planned maintenance and decarbonisation projects.
This represents an exciting opportunity to join an organisation during a period of considerable change, with the successful individual playing a central role in shaping and delivering a major programme of transformation.
The Role
Reporting directly into the Director of Property & Major Projects, you will provide strategic leadership across a portfolio with £25m–£30m budget responsibility, managing Project Managers and external contractors.
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Key responsibilities will include:
- Providing strategic leadership across major capital and revenue programmes.
- Leading planned maintenance, refurbishment, decarbonisation and major capital projects.
- Managing and developing a team of Project Managers.
- Providing oversight of projects from business case and inception through procurement, delivery and completion.
- Leading project governance, financial management, risk and programme assurance.
- Managing high-value procurement and contractual arrangements.
- Ensuring programmes are delivered to time, cost, quality and health & safety requirements.
- Reporting programme performance to Directors, Executive leadership and corporate boards.
- Managing senior relationships with internal clients, contractors and delivery partners.
- Advising senior officers and other key stakeholders on major-project delivery.
- Driving improvements in project and programme management capability.
- Deputising for the Director of Property & Major Projects when required.
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Experience Required
We are looking for a senior major-projects professional with:
- A significant track record of leading complex, high-value capital and built-environment programmes.
- Extensive experience taking projects from concept through design, procurement and construction to completion.
- Strong knowledge of refurbishment and construction delivery.
- Excellent programme-management, governance and commercial capability.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary internal teams, consultants and contractors.
- Strong budget-management and financial-control experience.
- The ability to operate credibly with Directors, senior officers and other executive-level stakeholders.
- Previous local government or wider public-sector major-project experience would be highly advantageous.
- RICS, CIOB, RIBA or similar professional membership/qualification would be desirable.
Inside IR35 | Initial 3–6 month assignment | Hybrid – Morden
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