Project Director

The Vacancy

PROJECT DIRECTOR – SMARTSPACE

Wates are looking for a Project Director to join our SmartSpace team, taking project leadership on a range of exciting fit-out projects. If you are Project Director with proven technical skills looking for an opportunity to challenge the norm, bring fresh new ideas and elevate yourself within the industry, we would like to hear from you!

To be suited to this opportunity, you must have experience as a project director, taking the lead on fast paced fit-out projects. This role is working in partnership with one of our clients, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). If you have previous MoJ experience, this would be beneficial, though not essential.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Our Project Directors are a valuable part of our business, the focus of this role will be to provide visible leadership, insight, direction and foresight in the safe and profitable delivery of schemes, while also providing excellent customer satisfaction and successfully develop a team.

This role will involve nationwide travel in line with ongoing and upcoming projects across the UK.

As our Project Director you will:

• Lead the project team and manage the supply chain to deliver projects to time, cost and quality targets and standards
• Ensure safety targets and standards are maintained by understanding what safety excellence looks like
• Foster a continuous improvement culture by actively seeking input from all members of the project team and encouraging them to implement safety improvements
• Manage design strategies, coordinate with architects, engineers, and consultants, and oversee the selection of finishes, materials, and FF&E (Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment).
• Develop project delivery programs, manage subcontractors, and handle procurement strategies.
• Ensure strict adherence to health and safety regulations, identify potential risks, and implement mitigation strategies.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.