Role Overview

As Project Director, you will provide project leadership and be accountable for project delivery, including the creation and implementation of the project delivery strategy and associated plans to ensure Bovis successfully delivers our contractual obligations.

Essential Characteristics and Requirements

• Demonstrable experience in senior stakeholder management, strategic planning and leadership, problem solving, effective people management, and a proven ability to lead in challenging and complex environments.
• Organised, an excellent communicator, and an excellent grasp of commercial aspects of large projects including NEC4 contracts, risk management, supply chain strategies, and procurement.

Additional Responsibilities

• Support the business unit in achieving its strategic objectives, including the Business Plan, Talent retention, development, and recruitment, Work Winning, and safety.
• Building new and leveraging existing relationships with clients and key stakeholders to position Bovis for future opportunities.
• Understand client drivers to inform win strategies for identified pipeline opportunities, build and lead bid teams to develop compelling proposals to secure future work.
• Lead Pre-Construction teams to convert secured opportunities into contracts and on into subsequent delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and Implement Project Strategy: Develop and implement the project strategy, processes, and working methods using the Bovis management systems. To include project conversion plans and project delivery plans to ensure execution of project deliverables within agreed parameters (e.g. budget, time), in accordance with contractual requirements and Bovis quality standards.
• Safety Culture: Creating and maintaining an Incident and Injury Free safety culture (design, client, and trade contractors), demonstrating clear and uncompromising leadership to ensure we operate safely protecting everyone.
• Progress and Performance Review: Review progress, performance, and report to Bovis leadership teams, provide monthly Business Reports and Reviews, internally and with clients.
• Identify Corrective Actions: Identify corrective actions, develop solutions, and contribute to continuous improvement.
• Stakeholder Relationships: Lead on client and partner stakeholder relationships and managing project matters.
• Programs and Schedules: Develop Programs and schedules for your project, including development of site logistics and other plans. Coordinate all operations on site with your team determining an overall plan of works (including design, procurement, construction, and commissioning). Coordinate the efforts of team members to ensure the required tasks are done on time.
• Cost Control: Maintain cost control, working with the project commercial lead to manage risk and opportunity.
• People Plan: Develop a people plan with clear responsibilities and succession plans to support sustainable growth for people at project and within the business unit. This includes talent retention, talent development, and recruitment.
• Quality Plans: Develop project-level quality plans and working culture to drive ‘Right first time’ culture in all aspects of the project.
• Sustainable Practices: Develop sustainable practices.
• Supply Chain Strategy: Lead project supply chain strategy, collaborating with other project teams and business leaders, including supply chain performance management.
• Project Conversion and Strategy: Contribute to the development of the project conversion process (e.g. budgets, frameworks) and project and design strategy to set a clear project framework and support the implementation of the project strategy, objectives, policies, and procedures.
• External Relationships: Build and maintain external relationships (e.g. clients, contractors/subcontracts) to increase networks and manage the performance and development of the project team through coaching, mentoring, and building required skill sets to ensure that staff are adequately resourced to perform.