Project Director

BAM UK & Ireland


Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Bridgwater
Contract type: Full time
Building a sustainable tomorrow

We have an opportunity for a senior and progressive leader to take on the role of Project Director for our programme of works at Hinkley Point C. A great opportunity to be part of a project that will play a major role in achieving the UK 2050 carbon net zero target and set the benchmark for future large scale New Nuclear projects. This role will take on the leadership of a significant team delivering critical and innovative scope for a world leading project.

The successful candidate will be a strategic leader with proven credibility in the delivery of complex infrastructure, either in a civils or construction environment.

Your team

  • BAM operates a flexible working policy

Making Possible

As Project Director, you will be responsible for the following;

  • Leading a team of circa 600
  • Responsible for teams delivering Civil Engineering, Building Services and Marine works within a regulated nuclear environment. In additional to delivering work in hand, the role involves development of strategies to identify, and secure further scope within the Framework.
  • Reporting to the Joint Venture Board, the candidate will lead a Framework turning over in excess of £100m per year, over a range of bespoke Contracts. Each individual contract will be at different degrees of maturity from Pre Construction and Negotiation stage, to Delivery, Close out and Final Account
  • Responsible for the management of a Joint Venture agreement between two leading Tier 1 Civil Engineering Contractors along with responsibility to the JV Board for Safety, Commercial, Financial and Operational performance.
  • Responsible for raising the bar when it comes to the health, safety and wellbeing leadership on the project, pioneering innovation and consistently striving for best in class approaches.
  • Responsible for nurturing and maintaining a good working relationship with the customer, to be able to continue to grow the pipeline of work and opportunity on this programme.
  • Responsible for the commercial success of the programme of works, administering our contractual and scope requirements and working with our client and associated stakeholders to achieve best for programme outcomes.
  • Oversight of our supply chain performance and ensuring that Quality management standards are maintained in this highly regulated and unique environment
  • Provide strategic direction and support to your teams to ensure that performance is predictable, well planned, well resourced and successful

What do you bring to the role?

  • Degree, HND in Engineering or equivalent
  • Successful experience and performance at a senior level within the BAM business
  • An excellent communicator who is able to articulate successes and challenges, negotiate terms and conditions of Contracts and build relationships with the Customer at Executive level.
  • An individual who is able to motivate and create environments that enable teams to be the best they can be
  • Must be able to demonstrate leadership and management capabilities to manage both single and multiple projects of complexity and value
  • Detailed working knowledge of the construction environment and forms of contract used upon the operational projects for which the individual is responsible

What’s in it for you?

  • Competitive salary
  • A wide range of family-friendly policies
  • Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
  • 8 % matched pension contributions
  • Private healthcare
  • Life assurance
  • 26 days holiday
  • 2 wellbeing days
  • 1 volunteering day
  • Personal and professional development

BAM Infrastructure is also committed to equality of opportunity in all its employment practices, and to developing policies that support work-life balance.

About BAM

Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.

We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

The application process

For more information about the vacancy and our projects, please contact Jonathan Schulte, Recruitment Manager, BAM Infrastructure, m: 07717 227890 / Email: [email protected]

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.

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