Construction Director
3 weeks ago
VIVID Housing is seeking an experienced and dynamic Director of Construction to join our team in Portsmouth. This pivotal role will be responsible for the leadership, performance, and delivery of VIVID's construction, development, and regeneration programmes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the service strategy, standards, and ambitions, and agree the targets for VIVID's Development teams.
- Create a performance culture that drives an excellent customer experience, highly motivated colleagues, and a continuous improvement approach to drive effectiveness and efficiency.
- Assist with the training of staff to enable them to carry out their duties and responsibilities.
- Responsibility for the budget, effective financial monitoring, and controls in accordance with policy and procedures, levels of delegated authority, and financial controls/audit requirements.
- Oversee project planning, budgeting, and scheduling.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with appropriate external stakeholders to maintain a pipeline that delivers over 1,500 homes per annum.
- Ensure effective controls are in place to manage department budget in excess of £300m pa.
- Work collaboratively with the construction & sales teams to ensure an integrated and orderly hand over of developments.
- Respond positively to new initiatives, policy, or legislation to help the business with developing new strategies and practices.
- Drive continuous improvement in construction processes and practices.
- Implement Health and Safety Policy and Procedures, ensuring that all practices and procedures are undertaken in accordance with ensuring a healthy and safe working environment and that all employees are aware of their responsibilities in respect of their role, inclusive new starters.
Requirements:
- Extensive experience at executive level in a complex organisation.
- Experience managing large teams and driving continuous improvement in performance.
- Vibrant and effective leadership skills - you will thrive in leadership and enjoy the challenge and success that can be achieved through seeing improvement in others.
- An understanding of the social housing environment, including regulation and emerging government policy would be beneficial.
- Excellent knowledge of construction methods, materials, and legal regulations.
- Significant experience and expertise in housing and construction procurement and delivery.
- Excellent commercial skills thus balancing risk, operational performance, external factors, and budgetary pressures to deliver successful outcomes.
- The ability to deputise for an Executive member.
- Good commercial awareness and financial understanding, related to construction works.
- Strong understanding of project management techniques.
- Knowledge and application of good procedures and practices relating to Health & Safety.
What We Offer:
- 30 days holiday (plus bank holidays), with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave.
- A productivity-related bonus scheme to enhance your take-home.
- A generous contributory pension of 6%. We'll match employee contributions between 7% and 10%.
- Life assurance paid at x 3 annual salary.
- Private medical insurance.
- Health care cash plan called Medicash.
- Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave.
- Access to counselling, legal, and financial information.
- Electric car scheme.
- Huge variety of in-house & e-learning courses and a range of coaching and mentoring programmes.
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