Construction Director

Job Description
Construction Director
Galldris Group
Location: Head Office plus Sites, Enfield, United Kingdom
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Construction Director to join our team. The Construction Director will be responsible to lead and manage the production operations of multiple projects ensuring delivery of projects to meet or exceed targets and expectations and managing customer relationships through to delivery, retaining the customer following the achievement of expectations.
Key Accountabilities to include but not limited to:
Manage production outputs of projects including the management of Labour and plant levels across self-delivery projects
Recruit and retain Labour force across the business, ensuring that sufficient resources are secured to meet the needs of the contracts to deliver effectively
Line manage and develop Project Managers and other staff within the business
Lead a group of Project Managers/Site managers to deliver projects safely and to time, cost, quality, and sustainability targets, meeting customer needs, and expectations
Monitor, plan and control all financial expenditure such that financial targets for profit and margin are fully met
Ensure all projects are setup to succeed including setting and managing production outputs on projects
Lead by example to ensure great safety behaviours and a ‘right first time’ quality culture
Participate in tender reviews, tender handovers, monthly Safety meetings, and monthly CVR project reporting meetings
Deliver financial performance of those projects to ensure that financial targets and objectives are met or exceeded
Responsibility to identify risk & opportunity and implement a strategy to deliver financial targets
Appreciate and understand the commercial implications and drivers within the construction process and incorporate these within decision making working
Manage the performance and success of customer relationships to ensure customer expectations are managed and achieved to retain customers
Participate and support work-winning operational activities to the work-winning team to ensure appropriate cognizance is taken of all safety, operational and logistical issues in compiling tender proposals
Provide support to the proposals team in ensuring that operational components of submissions are produced effectively and reflect the requirements of the project under consideration
Undertake other duties commensurate with the level of this position
Comply with Company policies & procedures
Experience/Knowledge:
Experience in self-delivery project management and managing multiple projects
Experience in:
NEC and JCT contracts
FRC, Groundworks and Earthworks
Rail, highway, civil engineering
managing a variety of works with both direct and subcontract workforce
Strategic acumen is needed to manage performance and ensure success
Managing teams across the multi-disciplines
Ability to participate effectively in work winning
Financial awareness to achieve financial targets and manage risk and opportunity
Skills:
Ability to engage across all levels and delivers results consistently
Confidence to lead, influence and communicate with others to deliver targets
Tackles problems head-on and works to resolve them without delay
Self-motivated and enthusiastic and learns quickly
Continually searches for ways to add value and take performance to the next level
Proactively builds knowledge through sharing ideas and expertise with others
Clearly communicates ideas, plans, and priorities to others
Plans and organises work to safely achieve maximum efficiency and output
Adapts positively to changing business and customer demands
Qualifications:
5 Day SMSTS Certificate
Appropriate CSCS Card
Valid driving Licence
Professional qualifications (if any)
Interested applicants must be eligible to work legally in the UK.
Should you feel you have what it takes to be successful in this role then we would love to hear from you.
Employee referral scheme - refer a friend or family member to work for Galldris. We look forward to hearing from you.
Galldris is an Equal Opportunities employer and does not discriminate against any protected characteristic.
Note for Recruitment Agencies: We are not using Recruitment Agencies for this role. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable.
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