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Major Projects Director
Location: UK (with travel to project sites and client locations)
Reporting to: Senior Vice President, Installation Business Area
The Role
The Major Projects Director is a senior leadership position within Bilfinger's Installation Business Area, responsible for the successful delivery of the business's largest and most strategically important projects.
Reporting directly to the Senior Vice President, the Major Projects Director will provide leadership, governance and oversight across a portfolio of major projects, ensuring the highest standards of safety, operational excellence, commercial performance and client satisfaction.
Leading a team of Project Directors, the role is accountable for driving delivery performance, strengthening leadership capability and embedding consistency across project execution. Working closely with Operations, Commercial, Project Controls, SHEQ, HR and Business Development teams, the Major Projects Director will play a key role in supporting sustainable growth while maintaining Bilfinger's reputation as a trusted delivery partner.
Key Responsibilities
Safety Leadership
- Champion Bilfinger's Safety First culture across the major projects portfolio.
- Demonstrate visible safety leadership and ensure projects consistently meet Bilfinger's industry-leading SHEQ standards and client expectations.
- Promote a proactive approach to risk management, incident prevention and continuous improvement.
- Ensure lessons learned and best practices are shared across projects and incorporated into future delivery.
Leadership and People Development
- Lead, coach and develop a team of Project Directors responsible for the delivery of major projects.
- Build and maintain a high-performing project leadership team with clear accountability and strong delivery focus.
- Support succession planning, talent development and leadership capability across the project organisation.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, engagement, inclusion and continuous improvement.
Project Delivery
- Provide executive oversight and assurance across the major projects portfolio.
- Ensure projects are safely delivered in accordance with contractual requirements, approved schedules and commercial objectives.
- Monitor project performance and intervene where additional leadership, support or corrective action is required.
- Oversee effective project mobilisation, execution, commissioning and close-out.
- Support project teams in resolving complex technical, operational and commercial challenges.
Commercial and Financial Performance
- Deliver agreed financial outcomes across the project portfolio.
- Maintain oversight of revenue, margin, cash performance, forecasting accuracy and working capital.
- Ensure commercial risks and opportunities are identified, managed and reported effectively.
- Support robust decision-making throughout the project lifecycle to maximise shareholder value and client satisfaction.
- Drive a culture of commercial awareness and accountability throughout project teams.
Governance and Assurance
- Ensure projects operate in compliance with Bilfinger governance requirements and contractual obligations.
- Promote the consistent application of project controls, commercial excellence, risk management and reporting processes.
- Chair project and portfolio performance reviews.
- Provide assurance to senior leadership regarding project status, performance and risk exposure.
- Escalate significant risks, issues and opportunities as appropriate.
Client and Stakeholder Relationships
- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior client stakeholders.
- Support the resolution of significant commercial, contractual and operational matters.
- Strengthen Bilfinger's reputation through consistent delivery excellence and client engagement.
- Represent Bilfinger at executive-level client meetings, industry forums and stakeholder events.
Strategic Growth and Business Development
- Support strategic bidding activities, framework opportunities and early contractor involvement initiatives.
- Provide operational input into bid reviews, execution strategies, resource planning and mobilisation approaches.
- Contribute to business planning and portfolio growth strategies.
- Capture and share lessons learned to improve future competitiveness and delivery outcomes.
Continuous Improvement
- Drive standardisation and consistency across project delivery processes.
- Promote innovation, digital tools and best practice across the portfolio.
- Identify opportunities to improve project performance, reporting and governance.
- Encourage a culture of learning, collaboration and accountability.
What Success Looks Like
Success in this role will be demonstrated by:
- Exemplary safety performance across the major projects portfolio.
- Predictable project delivery with strong schedule, cost and risk performance.
- Sustainable improvement in portfolio profitability and cash performance.
- High levels of client satisfaction and repeat business opportunities.
- Effective governance, assurance and reporting across all projects.
- Strong Project Director succession and leadership capability pipelines.
- Continuous improvement and lessons learned embedded across the organisation.
- Successful delivery of Bilfinger's strategic growth ambitions within the Installation Business Area.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
- Significant experience leading major engineering, construction or industrial services projects within the energy, process, industrial, infrastructure or nuclear sectors.
- Proven experience managing multiple high-value projects through senior project leadership teams.
- Strong commercial acumen with demonstrable experience operating under NEC and other major forms of contract.
- Experience leading large multidisciplinary teams in complex project environments.
- Excellent stakeholder management and client relationship skills.
- Strong understanding of project governance, project controls, commercial management and risk management.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior internal and external stakeholders.
Desirable
- Degree qualified in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or a related discipline.
- Chartered Engineer, Chartered Project Professional or equivalent professional qualification.
- NEC accreditation or relevant commercial management qualifications.
- Experience operating in highly regulated environments.
For additional information please contact Leo Andrew Carvel Taylor by email
[email protected].
Bilfinger is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or other characteristics protected by law.
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