Project Delivery Practice - Project Director
- Transportation
- Birmingham, York, Manchester
Be trusted to make great things happen.
You might know us for the great work we do across our wide variety of projects. We’re proud to say it’s thanks to our people’s diversity of thought, expertise and knowledge. And when you join us, you’ll be part of a genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone’s voice is valued and treated equally.
Join us as a Project Director within our Project Delivery Transportation Practice, and you'll be supporting an exciting variety of civil and structural design projects. You'll collaborate across new build, renewal, maintenance, and assessment works, from our largest, most high-profile to our more progressive and specialised. Our clients include Highways England, Network Rail, Transport for London, and many others. With such size, scope and scale, you'll have plenty of opportunities to keep yourself challenged.
We have several exciting vacancies within the Strategic Highways and Local Transport team within the Project Delivery Practice and are seeking to recruit experienced Project Directors based in Birmingham, Manchester, or York. This is an exciting opportunity for Project Directors looking to be accountable for the successful delivery of the portfolio of projects in the respective regions, whilst influencing the growth and development of the wider project management team.
Flexible and remote working is a central part of our culture. This role will require office attendance two days per week with travel to suit client and project needs.
Your Purpose:
- Overall delivery accountability and project assurance of projects.
- Ensure that projects are delivered safely.
- Appointment of suitably competent Project Managers, who shall be responsible for the successful delivery of the projects and appointment of the delivery team, including Project Technical Lead and Project Technical Reviewer.
- Providing bid phase leadership as a Bid Director.
- Ensuring that there is a common understanding of requirements and scope, programme, costs, constraints, risk and interfaces across the team.
- Leading the wider project team – building, motivating, maintaining, coaching, guiding, and developing the team.
- Communicating, liaising, and engaging with the client on a project-by-project basis.
- Ensure delivery of projects in accordance with governance arrangements for projects within corporate and business policies, directives, guidance, and procedures to ensure a robust outcome.
- Mentoring and developing of Project Managers and other team members, as required.
- Cognisant delivery of projects and tasks in accordance with the AtkinsRéalis Values; Safety, Integrity, Collaboration, and Innovation.
What you can bring:
- Experience of undertaking accountable Project Director roles on multidisciplinary design projects (>£2M design fees per annum).
- Understands and has experience in deploying various forms of construction contract, in particular NEC3 or 4 and/or bespoke forms of contract.
- Strong client facing and customer service skills, with the ability to understand clients’ requirements.
- Ability to lead a delivery team in a positive and confident manner, demonstrating an appropriate level of knowledge, skills, and attitude.
- Trusted by peers, seniors, and clients, to work in the best interests of all parties, fostering a collaborative environment.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with sound business acumen and strong risk/commercial awareness to deliver profits.
- An aptitude towards work winning through strong service delivery and understanding of bid process and different pricing models.
- Demonstrates a proactive and flexible working attitude, is adaptable and responds positively in response to challenges.
Why work for AtkinsRéalis?
Our Transportation teams are reinventing transport for a challenging yet exciting future. We're creating new ideas and smart solutions for cities, people and the environment. You'll be working alongside some of the top people in our industry, solving challenges that bring together traditional engineering and new technologies. As part of our organisation, you'll be in a privileged position, delivering what's right for governments and communities. You'll be helping us to improve our leading environmental performance while enabling others to do the same.
Security clearance:
This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.
We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.
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