Salter Grange
Project Director
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Project Director – Tier 1 Main Contractor (MOD or Healthcare)
Location: Nationwide (UK), with regular travel and overnight stays
Salary: Up to £120,000 per annum plus package
Sector: MOD or Healthcare – Refurbishment, Fit-Out and New Build
Salter Grange is partnering with a leading Tier 1 main contractor to appoint a Project Director to lead the delivery of major MOD or healthcare schemes across the UK.
Our client delivers complex, high-profile projects for defence or healthcare clients, ranging from live-environment refurbishments and specialist fit-outs through to major new-build programmes.
About the Role
As Project Director, you will take overall responsibility for the safe, profitable and on-time delivery of one or more major schemes, leading the project team from pre-construction through to handover and ensuring the business continues to exceed the expectations of demanding public-sector clients.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of major defence or healthcare projects, from pre-construction and design development through to completion and handover
- Take full accountability for health and safety, quality, programme and commercial performance on your projects
- Lead, develop and motivate project managers, site managers, engineers and wider site teams, building a high-performing and collaborative culture
- Act as the senior point of contact for clients, consultants, end users and the supply chain, building strong and lasting relationships
- Manage delivery in sensitive and live environments, including operational hospitals or secure defence establishments
- Work closely with the commercial team to manage cost, change, risk and forecasting, protecting and improving project margins
- Oversee design management, procurement and subcontractor performance to ensure delivery against programme
- Report on project performance to the Operations Director and senior leadership, and support the business in securing repeat work and future pipeline
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- Proven experience as a Project Director, or a Senior Project Manager ready to step up, with a tier 1 main contractor
- Demonstrable track record delivering defence or healthcare projects at a senior level
- Experience across refurbishment, fit-out and new-build delivery, ideally within live or secure environments
- Strong commercial awareness and experience managing multi-million-pound projects
- A confident leader able to drive project teams and manage multiple stakeholders
- Excellent client-facing skills, with experience working within public-sector frameworks desirable
- Comfortable with regular travel across the UK and staying away from home as and when projects require
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