Project Director

Location: Manchester / Preston

Summary of the role:

Responsible for the overall direction, management and supervision of multi-disciplinary projects to appropriate time, cost and quality targets and provide strategic planning, leadership and support to project operations.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the successful delivery of projects to scope, target cost, quality, programme and completion encompassing design, engineering, construction, handover and commercial aspects ensuring Perfect Delivery is achieved.
• Implement a full risk and value engineering management process where all risks and cost savings opportunities are identified and actioned.
• Ensure that project imperatives are clearly communicated and understood throughout the project and to others, as appropriate.
• Provide direction, motivation and leadership to both internal staff and external consultants or contractors engaged in providing technical support activities to the project.
• Responsible for all safety, health, environment and quality matters including driving excellence and championing continuous improvement.
• Advise the project management team on project planning activities and initiatives and present recommendations and project delivery status updates to key customers and stakeholders.
• Prepare financial spreadsheets, summarise information and communicate results to key customers and stakeholders.
• Lead, review and challenge project budgets and forecast to ensure a consistent, challenging but deliverable approach is adopted.
• Deliver all projects demonstrating a thorough understanding of associated processes and technology.
• Develop and manage key customer relationships, through regular reviews of contract performance with customers, understanding and managing needs and gaps.
• Proactively deliver a quality installation to the satisfaction of our customers.
• Implement the appropriate Morgan Sindall management, monitoring and control mechanisms, policies and procedures to ensure compliance and adherence to statutory and legal requirements and manage the projects risks and opportunities in line with company procedures.
• Be accountable for, and deliver, high levels of performance in key areas of health and safety, environment, sustainability and quality and champion continuous improvement and best value, ensuring compliance with the quality systems which constantly support our Perfect Delivery philosophy.
• Actively seek out, drive and promote service excellence, best practice and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage the appropriate costs within the contracts, ensuring maximum utilisation of resources.
• Ensure appropriate allocation of other (non-staffing) resources.
• Coach and motivate the project team and lead by example.
• Ensure inadequate team performance is recognised and handled appropriate.
• Improve and develop mutual supplier relationships.
• Continually review suppliers performance and share information.
• Ensure all services and installations are designed, built and certified to the required standards and that all functions are carried out in appropriate manner.
• Ensure that project costs are rigorously managed and expenditure is recorded accurately at all times.
• Review and approve project management plans, health and safety plans, environmental work package plans (WPPs), and safe method of work plans (SMOWS).
• Work with the business unit senior management team to deliver annual business plan objectives, plans and budgets that meet Morgan Sindall budgets and targets.
• Implement the business plan for rail projects, managing and reviewing performance of contracts against financial and operational targets.
• Seek opportunities for business growth both within and outside the existing contract base.
• Support bid development as required including planning bid strategy, resourcing optimal skills sets, overseeing solution development and planning, leading negotiations and tenders.
• Ensure efficient management of the Company's resources; employees, suppliers and subcontractors.
• Contribute to the development of key project staff.