Director – Marine & Coastal Infrastructure - CK3450611

Description

This is a strategic leadership position that blends business development, team leadership and major project delivery. You will be instrumental in defining the market proposition, building capability, and ensuring excellence in delivery, profitability, and client satisfaction.

• Manage and mentor senior project managers and associates, fostering a collaborative, high-performing and accountable culture
• Lead, develop and grow a new Marine & Coastal Engineering team, including recruitment, mentoring and resource planning
• Champion innovation, sustainability and climate resilience within the marine and coastal environment, ensuring compliance with regulatory and environmental frameworks
• Oversee the delivery of major marine and coastal infrastructure programmes, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest technical and safety standards
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients at senior and board level, acting as a trusted advisor on marine infrastructure and coastal resilience
• Access a diverse and expanding project pipeline across the UK’s coastline
• Provide leadership across technical, commercial and operational aspects of projects, from concept and design through procurement, construction and commissioning
• Take full ownership of business growth, including client development, bid leadership, market positioning and strategic planning

Requirements

You are a senior infrastructure professional, ideally with a strong track record in marine and coastal environments, ready to lead at Director level and take ownership of a growing business unit.

• Willingness to travel across the UK as project and client needs require
• Extensive experience delivering marine, port, harbour and/or coastal flood-defence infrastructure projects in the UK
• Excellent communicator, influencer and networker, confident engaging with clients, contractors and stakeholders at senior levels
• Strategic and commercially astute, able to align technical delivery with wider business objectives
• Degree-qualified in engineering, project management or a related discipline; chartered status (CEng, ICE, RICS, APM or equivalent) preferred
• Proven leadership of multi-disciplinary teams, with accountability for P&L, growth and delivery performance
• Strong technical credibility in marine/coastal engineering, construction delivery and asset resilience
• Demonstrable success in business development and client relationship management, with a track record of winning work and increasing market presence

Benefits

Winchester, Plymouth or Southampton | Hybrid | : £90,000 upwards + exceptional benefits Package

A highly competitive salary, executive benefits and clear progression are on offer, together with the opportunity to make a meaningful and lasting impact in the marine infrastructure sector.

• Coastal protection and shoreline management schemes
• Benefit from regional flexibility with bases in Winchester, Plymouth or Southampton

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance