Turner & Townsend
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Project Director - Project Management
Lead strategic client relationships and deliver major infrastructure programmes
Job Highlights
About the Role
• Lead growth of client relationships in the Midlands and support national infrastructure initiatives. • Drive strategic delivery of commissions and major programmes across sectors such as rail, aviation, utilities, and highways. • Manage and develop diverse multi‑sector teams, ensuring successful project and programme outcomes. • Generate new business through bidding, networking, pursuit planning, and client engagement. • Contribute to client and internal board strategies, setting resourcing and growth targets. • Ensure compliance with SOX controls where applicable.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸client growth
- ▸strategic delivery
- ▸team management
- ▸business development
- ▸board strategy
- ▸sox compliance
What You Bring
We are seeking a strategic Project Director for our UK Infrastructure business, based in the Midlands but willing to travel across the UK. The role will lead growth of client relationships in the region and support national initiatives, requiring a commercially minded individual who can cultivate and develop relationships and lead delivery of commissions at strategic levels. The ideal candidate has proven leadership of diverse, multi‑sector teams (rail, aviation, utilities, power, highways, local authorities) and experience in project management or engineering capital programme delivery. Experience includes leading major programmes and projects, managing teams, working knowledge of NEC3/4 contracts, and successful business generation through bidding, networking, pursuit planning and client engagement. Desirable experience includes procurement, asset management, advisory, and participation on client or internal boards setting strategy and growth targets. • Utilize NEC3/4 contract knowledge and oversee procurement, asset management, or advisory activities as needed.
Requirements
- ▸nec3/4
- ▸procurement
- ▸asset management
- ▸leadership
- ▸project management
- ▸strategic
Benefits
• Work in an inclusive, equal‑opportunity environment that values diversity.
Work Environment
Hybrid