Project Director

About ISG

ISG is a dynamic global construction services company.
We have had a hand in some of the world's most impactful and recognisable places, but our legacy is about far more than buildings. Across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, we deliver places where people and businesses make memories, forge new experiences, and reach their goals.
In short, we deliver the places that enable people and businesses to thrive.

Job title:Project Director

Division: UK Fit Out - Agility

Location: London

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Role purpose

We are seeking an experienced Project Director with a background in commercial fit out to join the Agility side of our UK Fit Out Division, where you will be working with some exciting clients to create outstanding commercial office spaces.

As a Project Director, you will be running 2-3 projects concurrently whilst also being involved in tendering / winning work. These projects will involve both Cat B fit outs and full refurbishments, with projects ranging in value from £2million - £20million.

You will be responsible and accountable for providing project direction to ensure the safe, successful, cost efficient and timely delivery of a variable number of projects at any time, enabling and providing as necessary, effective risk management and problem resolution.

To oversee, provide coaching and personal input to client, professional and supplier relationships for assigned projects, ensuring development of skills for ISG delivery staff.

To ensure adequate resources for the assigned projects, ensuring appropriate levels of skill, especially for design and engineering, facilitating skills transference with the assigned project team staff to develop their recruitment, selection and resourcing capability.

Key accountabilities

Winning Work:

• From a project basis and working closely with Sales & Marketing, identify and develop long-term relationships to grow the business, profitably
• Select, with divisional leadership, appropriate skills to prepare and lead proposals and presentations to win projects
• Ensure that bid teams are fully briefed and also debriefed, sharing learning and feedback with the team and divisional leadership.

Effective Resourcing:

• Plan skill requirements for assigned projects, managing and personally working with the project teams to recruit and select quality employees within budget and headcount (permanent and where necessary, agency or freelance), adhering to company recruitment and selection processes and agency preferred suppliers.

Project Set-up and Close-Out:

• Direct timely, quality and cost efficient set up for all assigned projects, ensuring that meeting and reporting documentation and schedules are implemented from the outset and are in accordance with company Best Practice.
• Ensure set-up is linked to close-out in terms of establishing quality processes, problem resolution and snagging with focus on alignment of cost, scope and timescale from project start-up.

Best Practice Health & Safety:

• Proactively monitor project health & safety processes, culture and behaviours, ensuring compliance with the Safety Management System and personally attending any serious incidents.

Quality Project Reporting:

• Manage and take an active part in the monthly divisional project reporting process ensuring the line manager has reliable and accurate information on which to base his Board Report.  Through the monthly reporting process and other feedback, identify and address potential problem areas, ensuring that client reporting is accurate and appropriate.

Effective Risk Management:

• Proactively manage and monitor programmes, change process and financial reporting for assigned projects to ensure commercial and relationship risk avoidance and management.

Effective People Management:

• Manage project construction teams in line with the values and culture of ISG.
• Provide effective feedback to project teams and individuals.

Skills & experience

• Experience of delivering several large Fit Out projects
• Experience in pitching / winning work
• Experience in all forms of contract
• Relationships with clients/consultants and suppliers which will raise the profile of the business and lead to new opportunities.
• Evidence of strong interpersonal and people management skills are essential
• Ability to multitask
• Ability to understand the wider picture whilst devoting attention to detail
• Proactive, diligent, able and willing to think ahead
• Attitude: characterised by enthusiasm, commitment to personal and divisional success
• Values: the person must understand the values of ISG and respond positively
• Commercial awareness: understanding and ability to make profit whilst retaining relationships and company values
• Quality driven; demonstrates attitude and experience of delivery projects based on quality, attention to detail and client satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Degree or postgraduate level in a relevant subject, such as construction management or business and management
• In-depth knowledge of the Fit-Out construction process

What's in it for you?

• Ongoing career development and accredited learning

• Annual recognition and values awards

• Global employee assistance program

• Pension scheme

• Life assurance

• Private healthcare including private GP service and mental health pathways

• As part of our wellbeing offering, ISG offers a monthly wellbeing allowance

• Cycle to work scheme

• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme

• Industry-leading family friendly policies (39 weeks maternity leave and 8 weeks paternity at full pay)

• Volunteer day

• Discounts such as cinema to ensure you're still loving ISG even when you leave the office

• Most Friday's are a 4 pm finish providing work is completed for the week

• Your work-life balance really matters to us, so in addition to your holiday allowance we have a You Day to allow you to take an extra day off to celebrate a special event, spend time with your family or just do something that will make your life easier or more enjoyable

• Thriving networks including I-NOW (Women's Network), Race and Faith, LGBTQIA+, Armed Forced Covenant and the menopause working group, everyone's invited

If you'd like to speak to the Talent Acquisition team, please contact tateam@isgltd.com below for more details.