Project Director

Position: Project Director

Location: UK Based, ideally commutable to London

Salary: £110,000 + Performance-Based Incentives, Car Allowance / Vehicle

Project Director required for a growing international power and energy business delivering complex power generation and infrastructure projects. This is a senior leadership role responsible for overseeing multiple projects while building and developing the Project Management function to support continued growth.

The successful candidate will have significant experience delivering complex, high-value projects, leading project teams and managing programme, cost, risk and commercial performance. Experience within power generation, energy, EPC, industrial construction or major infrastructure would be highly advantageous.

• Lead and develop the Project Management function
• Recruit, mentor and develop Project Managers
• Provide senior oversight across multiple international projects
• Maintain control of programme, cost, risk and commercial performance
• Establish consistent project management processes and reporting
• Act as the senior escalation point for major project and client issues
• Drive improvements across project delivery, commissioning and handover
• Build strong relationships with clients, subcontractors and delivery partners
• Work closely with Commercial, Finance, Procurement and Technical teams
• Maintain visibility of international projects and site teams

• Significant senior project, programme or operational leadership experience
• Proven track record delivering complex, high-value projects
• Experience building and developing Project Management teams
• Strong commercial awareness across budgets, contracts, risk and cost control
• Experience managing multiple projects and multidisciplinary teams
• International project experience
• Excellent leadership, communication and organisational skills
• Practical, decisive and solutions-focused approach
• Power generation, energy, EPC, industrial construction or infrastructure experience advantageous
• Willingness to travel overseas approximately 1-2 weeks per month, including regular travel to Ukraine
• Ideally based within a commutable distance of London

• Salary £100,000 - £110,000 DOE
• Performance-based incentives
• Car allowance / company vehicle
• 24 days holiday plus public holidays
• Time Off In Lieu for travel and weekend hours
• Expenses covered while travelling

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Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.

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