Overview
In this role you help drive a robust, efficient delivery model within the Buildings group. You will support the Buildings Group Director on project leadership and business performance, embedding a collaborative project culture that balances client, staff and commercial needs. You’ll oversee risk, SHEQ, and operational reporting while ensuring resources and processes scale with project demand. The position sits at the intersection of operations, commercial governance, and people development, offering a hands-on way to influence project outcomes. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a cross-functional, high-ambiguity environment and wants to shape delivery standards across a regional,
Pay / Benefits
- hybrid working policy
- work-life balance
- flexible working arrangements
- training and development opportunities
- chartership support
- Thrive wellbeing programme
Responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day operational matters for the discipline and support leadership of projects
- Embed a project-centric culture with technically robust delivery while balancing client, staff and commercial expectations
- Promote SHEQ performance and policy compliance across project delivery and reviews
- Oversee workload, resource utilisation and interface with team leaders to ensure capacity within technical capability
- Support project management to ensure compliance with SHEQ systems and integration of UK-wide best practices (BMS, SHEQ)
- Coordinate reporting on project, commercial, risk and employee performance; support budgeting and forecasts
- Lead commercial governance across major projects, including budgets, forecasts, backlogs, and margin improvement
- Provide leadership on employee development, performance management, coaching and training coordination
- Promote cohesion with GCC and ensure effective use of regional capabilities
- Drive project reviews, financial controls, invoicing, cash collection and audit readiness
- Support horizon platform activity to troubleshoot and educate for business outcomes
- Ensure contract management, change control and variations are handled to protect profitability
- Foster stakeholder relationships and cross-functional collaboration across internal and external partners
- Champion Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) in resource planning, mobilisation and reviews
Key requirements
- Demonstrated ability to lead and manage teams across functions
- Experience managing stakeholder relationships and coordinating multidisciplinary teams
- Evidence of process improvements and change initiatives
- Ability to communicate technical and non-technical information clearly
- Experience coaching, mentoring and developing colleagues
- Strong problem-solving and structured reasoning in complex environments
- Ability to obtain UK Security Check (SC) clearance
- Experience with project review processes and financial governance
- leadership
- communication
- coaching/mentoring
- SHEQ management
- BMS (Building Management System)
- Horizon platform
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