Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Skanska
Description and requirements

Skanska, one of the world's leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.

Drawing on our Scandinavian heritage, we are green, innovative, and progressive. We bring together people and technology, as part of our objective to make construction a safer and more collaborative industry.

Our infrastructure team brings its design, build and refurbishment expertise to complex projects across the country. We form strong partnerships with clients and communities to deliver major infrastructure improvements like A14 improvement scheme, HS2 and Waterloo and Southwest station upgrade.

We are now seeking a Project Director to join our Infrastructure (Water) team to drive the Successful delivery of Projects and lead the development of Client, Customer, Stakeholder and Supply Chain Relationships.

You will:

• Work with the Ops Director to develop Capture Plans, with a focus on competitivity. Capture Plans to include specific win strategies including a bespoke customer focused value proposition, noting this should be focused on a holistic offering to the customer, including the quality proposal, technical solution, price and programme.
• As part of the Capture Planning process work with the OU's Lead Design Manager to identify and secure the best design partner for the opportunity. Similarly, consider the need for strategic JV partners and/or supply chain partners, working with the relevant Programme Director/Operations Director to secure on the most appropriate terms to support the strategy.
• Contractual arrangements and agreed financial outcome.
• Establish the Project Execution Plan and set up the project organisation.
• Provide Leadership, direction and mentoring to Project Managers, responsible for large scale multi-disciplinary teams developing high quality solutions on time and on budget.
• Carry out regular Project reviews to encompass all aspects of project delivery - including financial, commercial, risks and opportunities, delivery, health, safety, quality and environmental considerations, identifying and reporting and specific Client KPI's measured.
• Develop potential future work opportunities through relationships with clients, suppliers and members of the construction community.

We are looking for:

• Multi-disciplinary experience in Infrastructure projects and ideally within Water infrastructure.
• Excellent collaborative leadership skills across a variety of situations, including project delivery, work winning and business leadership.
• Experience of building and leading large, diverse teams - inspiring the pursuit of excellence and delivering outperformance against defined success measures.
• Demonstrable project management of complex projects in excess of £200m ideally within the water sector.
• Experience of strategic thinking and contributing to the development and implementation of a strategy that delivers against a compelling vision or outcomes.
• Chartered Engineer or equivalent with significant experience and understanding of engineering principles.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience developing and maintaining excellent relationships with customers and stakeholders.
• Proven knowledge and experience of commercial and contractual conditions and project management.
• Significant experience in dealing with Infrastructure Clients preferably in the Water Sector.
• Knowledge and understanding of construction contract law and forms of contract through experience and formal training.
• Experience of planning and statutory processes
• Ability to research information and data and ability to resolve contractual issues.
• Understand the balance between support and challenges for Project Managers and peers.
• Extensive and successful experience of working and collaborating in a Joint Venture/Alliance environment.

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic - we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us:

Closing date

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.