Project Director

4 days ago


South East England, United Kingdom Bennett & Game Recruitment Limited Full time £130,000 per year

Position: Project Director

Location: South East

Salary: up to £130,000

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Project Director to lead the delivery of a major water infrastructure and earthworks programme on behalf of a leading civil engineering contractor. This long-term project involves the design and construction of large-scale water assets, complex earthworks, highways interfaces and environmentally sensitive works.

The role requires a proven leader capable of driving project performance, engaging collaboratively with stakeholders, and ensuring safe and successful delivery across the full lifecycle of a multi-year Design & Build scheme.

Project Director Salary & Benefits

  • Salary up to £130,000
  • Car allowance £7000
  • Bonus
  • Private healthcare
  • Pension up to 10% match
  • 25 Days Holiday + BH

Project Director Job Overview

  • Ensuring the project is delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
  • Providing overall leadership and direction to the project team
  • Acting as the primary point of contact with the client's senior leadership
  • Managing risk, programme, financial performance and contract obligations
  • Chairing progress meetings, steering reviews and collaborative workshops
  • Developing and maintaining a high-performing, multi-disciplinary project team
  • Overseeing health, safety, wellbeing and environmental performance on site
  • Ensuring project KPIs, legacy commitments and stakeholder expectations are met
  • Promoting knowledge-sharing and feeding lessons learned into the wider business

Project Director Job Requirements

  • An accomplished senior leader with significant experience in delivering large-scale Design & Build civil engineering projects
  • Experience within the water infrastructure, earthworks or major infrastructure sectors.
  • Experience managing major projects (£80m–£150m+)
  • Strong client-facing skills and experience working within complex stakeholder environments
  • Leadership of large, multi-disciplinary project teams
  • Excellent understanding of NEC contracts, project controls and programme management
  • Knowledge of BIM and CDE Applications
  • Chartered Engineer status (CEng MICE or similar)


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