About the role
Job Title: Project Director - Healthcare
Location: Fort William – Candidates must be based locally or within a realistic commute of the project
Company: Balfour Beatty Scotland
Project: New Lochaber Hospital
About the Project
Lead the delivery of a landmark healthcare project
Balfour Beatty has an outstanding opportunity for a Project Director to the delivery of the new Lochaber Hospital in Fort William, a major healthcare development.
This is a career-defining opportunity to shape the project from its current pre-construction phase, guide it through contract close and lead the subsequent construction, commissioning and handover.
We are open to applications from established Project Directors, as well as highly experienced Senior Project Managers who have successfully delivered complex healthcare projects and are ready to take the next step into a director-level position.
Healthcare construction experience is essential.
What you'll be doing
Key Responsibilities
As Project Director, you will hold overall accountability for the successful delivery of the project, providing strategic direction and visible leadership across a multidisciplinary team.
You will:
- Lead the project through pre-construction, contract close, construction, commissioning and final handover
- Develop and implement the overall project strategy, ensuring alignment with client and business objectives
- Build, lead and inspire a high-performing team of Project Managers, Construction Managers, functional leads and technical specialists
- Establish strong and collaborative relationships with the client, healthcare stakeholders, consultants, subcontractors and supply-chain partners
- Maintain overall control of programme, cost, quality, scope, risk and project benefits
- Lead project governance, performance reviews and senior-level reporting
- Ensure robust commercial management, budget control and contract administration
- Drive the procurement and supply-chain strategy to support successful project delivery
- Lead risk, opportunity and change-management processes
- Champion the highest standards of health, safety, environmental performance and quality
- Create a positive project culture focused on collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement
Who we're looking for
You may already be operating as a Project Director, or you could be a Senior Project Manager who has led significant healthcare schemes and is ready to move into a broader leadership role.
You will need:
- Significant experience delivering major healthcare construction projects
- Experience working through both pre-construction and construction delivery stages
- A successful track record on high-value, technically complex projects
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate, influence and develop multidisciplinary teams
- A strong understanding of standard construction contracts and commercial project management
- Experience managing project budgets, programmes, risks, procurement and supply-chain performance
- The confidence to engage with senior clients, stakeholders and business leaders
- Excellent communication, decision-making and problem-solving skills
- The ability to create a clear project strategy and translate it into successful delivery
- A strong commitment to safety, quality and collaborative working
A construction or project-management qualification, professional membership, SMSTS and an appropriate CSCS card would be advantageous.
Your next step into project leadership
This role offers more than responsibility for a major construction programme. It provides the opportunity to lead a project that will have a lasting impact on healthcare services across Lochaber and the surrounding communities.
For an experienced Senior Project Manager, this could be the ideal opportunity to step into a Project Director position with the support, resources and expertise of one of the UK’s leading infrastructure and construction businesses.
The successful candidate will need to be based in Fort William or within a sustainable commuting distance of the site.
Why Join Balfour Beatty?
Professional and personal development
The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.
We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.
We're proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10* approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.
- 70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.
For further information about Balfour Beatty Scotland please go to www.balfourbeatty.com/careers/Scotland - You can also check out further job opportunities in the careers section
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Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About us
From Dunfermline’s tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on.
We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities.
Our award-winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland’s transition towards net zero in the built environment.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [email protected]
Job Reference: BBUK20367
